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World War One / Re: Is it possible to find no records on a WW1 veteran?
« on: Wednesday 14 August 13 14:46 BST (UK)  »
I checked 36195, who lived in Bristol, but he's reported in the papers as marrying Audrey Dutfield in 1925 and his father's initials were W H Cooke, so I don't think it's the right one.

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World War One / Re: Is it possible to find no records on a WW1 veteran?
« on: Wednesday 14 August 13 14:05 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the info. I'll take a look at those 4 entries.

I've not found him in any census. Witnesses at his marriage were his wife's sisters. He died in Leeds in Q1 1954 aged 55. He was 29 when he married in Leeds in March 1928. Father was Lewis, deceased, a bandmaster. He (Harold) lived in Bristol in 1923.

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World War One / Re: Is it possible to find no records on a WW1 veteran?
« on: Tuesday 13 August 13 22:58 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: CaroleW on Tuesday 13 August 13 22:52 BST (UK)
Where was he born?

I've heard his dad was in the forces and that he may have been born in Malta. His mother may have been Spanish and he gave his children Spanish names, which adds weight to this theory. I haven't found any birth record for him in the GRO indexes.

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World War One / Is it possible to find no records on a WW1 veteran?
« on: Tuesday 13 August 13 22:37 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to trace a soldier called Harold William Cooke. He fought in the First World War and lost a leg. He was born in c1899 and probably enlisted in about 1916 (and lied about his age). He was injured within a few months of seeing action.

There are no service records on ancestry, but I know these are incomplete. There is no Medal Roll Card Index entry for a H W Cooke (although there are a few for H Cookes).

In 1928, when he married, he was described as an army pensioner, but his records do not appear in the army pension records on ancestry.

I know he lived in Bristol after the War, but don't know where he was before that (perhaps Bristol or Malta or Spain?) and have no information on his regiment.

Have I missed any possible sources of information?

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Kent Lookup Requests / Re: Ashton in Woolwich & Erith, can anyone help please?
« on: Tuesday 02 March 10 20:57 GMT (UK)  »
I'm also researching this family - I'm descended from their daughter Hester (name spelt Esther Ashdown on her marriage certificate in 1841). Hester and Mercy are on the www.familysearch.org site, but James and Samuel are new to me. Strange there's no daughter called Sarah.

There is a marriage on the IGI of a Samuel Ashdown and Sarah Willington on 21 May 1820 in East Wickham, which is very near to Erith. A better match for dates. A look at Joseph's birth certificate would show Sarah's maiden name.

Thanks for the info.

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