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I now have the death certificate for Frank Preece aged 13 in 1901, and it is certainly the Frank who was on the Training Ship. My task now is to see if this is "my" Frank as I have been assuming, so will be looking into getting copies of records from the Training Ships annual logs which I gather are at Bristol RO.

I am fairly certain I have a relative sent to the Training Ship "Formidable" in 1901 - a person of the right name is confirmed as being there in the 1901 census.

His name is Frank Charles Preece, originally from Newent. He was sent to the ship on 2 March 1901 for 3 years, although only named as Frank Preece both at court and in the census. I cannot locate him anywhere on the 1911 census, family lore says he ended up in Alice Springs, but I cannot find proof of that either!

I am very interested in getting what details there may be in the annual register which I gather is available to view at Bristol RO, together with any other information in allied records. Does anyone have experience of these particular records at all, do they contain family information at all or simply date and name type lists?

Many thanks, Ian

Thanks for those further leads. Searching through Google books and similar, I see several mentions of Ruby Tilmouth, not sure I'll ever get to the bottom of this!

Frank Charles Preece (my great uncle), was born in Newent Gloucestershire in 1888. I cannot locate him in the 1911 UK census. He is believed to have travelled to work on/run a farm, it is thought in the Alice Springs area? My father remembers letters arriving at home from Alice Springs when he was fairly young - he was born in 1935, so I guess I'm looking at 1940's? There is a Frank Preece named in an online document - Residences for half-castes - Alice Springs (1943-1954) - but I have no concept of what this may mean, though it does say he is european. Is there any way of finding more out about this gentleman as it looks a possible lead? Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give, I am somewhat in the dark about Frank.

Thanks so much Sandra, looks like you have told me who Flora married and a likely date range for both Alfred and Minnie's deaths. Thanks again.