Hi Wendy & Suzanne.
To say I'm thrilled is an understatement. I'm overjoyed. Thank you both very much. You are both stars.
I will take a ride to Handsworth soon. My maternal grandmother was buried at Handsworth in 1951. I can visit her at the same time. My paternal grandparents both died long before I was born. I can't recall my father ever talking about his parents and of course I didn't ask when he was alive.
If I may be cheeky, is there a record of the burial of my maternal grandfather. He was discharged from the Coldstream Guards in July 1918 suffering from shellshock. He was admitted to Lodge Road Asylum in 1922 and spent the next 27 years in various asylums until his death on 11th May 1949. He died at the Old Manor Hospital, Salisbury. I have been to Wiltshire RO and photographed his medical records but there was no record of his burial. I also went to the local cemetery where they also had no record of him. I was 6 years old when he died and didn't even find out he was alive during my life time until after my mother died in 1991. She never spoke of him.
His name was William Joseph Parsons, aged 71, died 11th May 1949. A cousin thinks he was taken to a military cemetery somewhere but isn't sure.
I must subscribe to FMP and I may find a few more. Once again, thanks very much indeed.