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  1. Mike Fisher

    Where buried?

    for workhouse read hospital , which is what they had become by that date, who was the informant on the death certificate ?
  2. Mike Fisher

    Medal card lookup for Charles William Rogers

    What does it say her father's name was and could you post a photo/copy of the bit of the certificate that contains the address ,I can't find Lola in the 1911 census and I can't find a birth for a Lola Needham. Before 1929 women did not appear in the electoral roll unless they had a property...
  3. Mike Fisher

    John Thomas Stoke 1887

    The records of Officers and Other British Army ranks from 1920 onwards, including those still serving, are held at the Army Personnel Centre, see https://www.armymuseums.org.uk/bothb.htm and various other sites
  4. Mike Fisher

    John Thomas Stoke 1887

    If he stayed in the army after about 1920 and stayed in the reserve maybe his papers are still with the MOD. It will cost you a bit to find out though. (my wife's grandfather went through WW1 but then got called up in 1939 and was released after Dunkirk so his papers are with the MOD)
  5. Mike Fisher

    Parkes Irene

    Re: looking for granddad If you go into the central library you can see more up to date ones, I think.
  6. Mike Fisher

    Parkes Irene

    Re: looking for granddad Hi Simon We would all like to help, to start off do you have you go your mom's birth certificate? (Sorry Shortie should have read your posting more closely) When did you grandmother die and what was her name then ?
  7. Mike Fisher

    Residents look up

    William Joseph,Ellen Ann and Reginald Stanley Needham
  8. Mike Fisher

    Medal card lookup for Charles William Rogers

    The Charles William that died in 1929 was 59 years old so was born in 1870
  9. Mike Fisher

    Medal card lookup for Charles William Rogers

    The is a Charles William Rogers living with a Lola Enid Rogers at 145 Waverley Rd in the electoral registers up to and including 1939
  10. Mike Fisher

    Medal card lookup for Charles William Rogers

    If he went on the serve in WWII ,like my wife's grandfather who was in the reserve between the wars , his military records are held by the MOD and are available to next of kin for a fee of £30
  11. Mike Fisher

    Medal card lookup for Charles William Rogers

    In 1920, 175 Warwick Rd was occupied by Joseph & Ida Alice Evans and William Jones 145 Waverley Rd has a Needham Family with Charles William Rogers (& Lola Enid Rogers in 1922)
  12. Mike Fisher

    Medal card lookup for Charles William Rogers

    He was recorded in the 1918 and 1919 electoral rolls as from 145 Waverley Rd but as 242220 Pte. /Bed. Regt. which meant he was in the army
  13. Mike Fisher

    Near Fordhouse lane 1952

    Yes a cousin Carol Fisher and her parents Roy & Gladys used to play the alley behind on a Friday night. Roy worked for Fleetwoods and my grandmother Flo Fisher worked in the Breedon
  14. Mike Fisher

    Sunday Afternoons

    Wasn't Muffin the Mule on Sunday tea time followed by All Your Own with Hugh Wheldon ?
  15. Mike Fisher

    Sunday Afternoons

    Two way family favourites, Ken Dodd Show (what's the weather like today Judith (Chalmers)) the strains of Carousel heralding the film program as I headed off to Swanhurst Park, listen to Top of the Pops with Fluff on one of the new Trannie Radios, evensong at Holy Cross Church the down to then...
  16. Mike Fisher

    Missing tipton Family in 1861

    In 1861 John Westwood timber dealer and Edward Berryman iron masters clerk and families .
  17. Mike Fisher

    Missing tipton Family in 1861

    I have now found some in Tipton on Westmidlandsbmd,org.uk. Emily in 1853 Josephs in 1855 & 56 Louisa in 1858 George in 1860 can't find a Jonah
  18. Mike Fisher

    Missing tipton Family in 1861

    I can't seem to relate the birth dates of the children to any entries in freebmd. Do you have the details of the marriage of George and Elizabeth.
  19. Mike Fisher

    What does USD or U.S.D. mean?

    see https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/types/status_page.jsp?unit_status=USD it was a national term
  20. Mike Fisher

    Aston Road

    In the distance ? left to right Rotunda - Dental Hospital - Post and Mail - ? - Lloyd House - ? ? ? ? ? - BT Tower can someone fill in the gaps please ?
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