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I meant that if born around 1925 he would have been eligible to fight. I thought Home Guard would be either too old to fight or too...

Sorry, not sure what you mean.

Speculation only. On the 1950 ER there is an Arthur Terry listed at 12 Loxton St with wife Elsie (nee Hassall) and in laws. They...

His listed at that address on findmypast, with an Alfred & Ellen Smith which is not much help.

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thanks mark but cant be him as the letters i have calling him up for the home guards are dated 1940 lyn

He may have been in the Welsh Fusiliers and died in WWI 16 Sep 1916, buried Belgium. I think his service records may have survived.

There is an Arthur Terry on the 1911 census in Aston b1886 Bham who is listed as a Brass Worker. He was single and the son of William...

Yes, that's correct. Handsworth came under West Brom until 1930.

See my post #213 above for their marriage details. No birth reg. but Sarah Ann was baptised West Brom 6 Sep 1840, born 15 Jun.

The 1841 census has to be treated with caution. There is not enough information to infer relationships between people in the same...

An unusual name though it seems not as uncommon as I thought it would be. Earliest sighting in Yorkshire?

Edward Wainwright was born 1813ish, I think Dordon rather than Atherstone. Hannah Davis was born 1821ish in Wilnecote, They married 22...

My Dad was born in a Staffordshire town in 1924, his mother had married, against her families advice, to a man 10 years younger...

Thank you for posting the interview. It held great resonance for my own situation. I was born in 1950 to a young unmarried mother...