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The Common Room / Re: Find a Grave soldier's memorial
« on: Monday 13 October 25 12:56 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Andy J2022 on Monday 13 October 25 12:48 BST (UK)


I note that Ethel is being a little economical with the truth over her age, considering that she was born 6 Oct 1913.

Theatrical artists license!  :D

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The Common Room / Re: Find a Grave soldier's memorial
« on: Monday 13 October 25 12:09 BST (UK)  »


"And lastly for this update, I am wondering if he was in the Preston area in 1941 where he met and married Myrtle. According to the timeline I linked to earlier 11 RHA were in the Surrey/Berkshire area in 1941, so perhaps he was still with 58th LAA Regt at the time he married. Does his marriage certificate give a unit and or address for him? A plausible explanation may be that Myrtle was working away from home, near where he was stationed and they just returned to her parents home for the wedding. Her occupation in September 1939 was professional dancer (travel) so maybe she had joined
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Hi Andy

I'm sorry I missed answering your question about Arthur's marriage (so much information to go through!).  For some strange reason the system is not allowing me to send the death and marriage certificates even though they are Jpeg.  Here is a "snip" from the marriage certificate.

Carole

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The Common Room / Re: Find a Grave soldier's memorial
« on: Saturday 11 October 25 00:18 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Top-of-the-hill on Friday 10 October 25 23:39 BST (UK)
  This is quite irrelevant to your original query, but I am fairly sure that Arthur's wife ran the village playgroup attended by my children and generations of others in the area!

Thanks! 

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The Common Room / Re: Find a Grave soldier's memorial
« on: Saturday 11 October 25 00:16 BST (UK)  »
Hi Andy

Yes I can answer how Charles William Webb came to be born in Hampstead.  The London electoral register has Myrtle Ethel Webb and Arthur Charles Webb living at 4 Downing Court, Grenville Street, WC1 from 1949 - 1953.

I came across that "unreliable" Webb family tree on Ancestry and got in touch with the owner when I first started researching Arthur.  He was unable to help.

Carole

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The Common Room / Re: Find a Grave soldier's memorial
« on: Friday 10 October 25 18:20 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so very much Andy and willsy, I am overwhelmed by all this fabulous information you have found!  Crumbs???  A whole three tiered cake I'd say!!!  I had a feeling that Arthur had an interesting life, and so he had.  How interesting he worked at BBC Midlands as I'm from the Midlands (Worcestershire).  The article with the photograph of Myrtle is just incredible and her photograph is gorgeous.  Wow!  Just ... wow!! 

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The Common Room / Re: Find a Grave soldier's memorial
« on: Thursday 09 October 25 13:42 BST (UK)  »
Hi Andy

Thanks for the confirmation. 

Yes the theatre manager occupation is fascinating, and I wonder if it was a West End theatre!

Carole

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The Common Room / Re: Find a Grave soldier's memorial
« on: Thursday 09 October 25 11:06 BST (UK)  »
Hi Andy

I think you are like me when it comes to this research ... like a dog with a bone!  It is very satisfying to get to the bottom of Arthur's military history, but would be even better if I could contact a relative to find out personal things about his life.  His death certificate shows he was a theatre manager later in life and sounds such an interesting person, there will be so much more to be said about him than I can find in online records. 

I had a quick look at applying for service records from the MOD.  When I sent for those of my father and uncle a few years ago, they were I think only available to next of kin.  I had to get my uncle's daughter in the USA to sign the application - as it is, she was interested to see them too so there was no problem.  It looks now that you don't need to be next of kin and perhaps this is because they are becoming available in the National Archives.  I can't find that Arthur's are in the National Archives unfortunately and the MOD warn that it takes about a year for applications to them to be processed.

Please can I ask one more favour!  Can you confirm I am correct in referring to Arthur as Lieutenant Arthur Charles Webb, Royal Artillery?

Many thanks
Carole 

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The Common Room / Re: Find a Grave soldier's memorial
« on: Thursday 09 October 25 09:07 BST (UK)  »
Hello Andy

Many thanks for your last message and for all the work you have put into my enquiry, I am very grateful.   I think I have enough for the purposes of Arthur's Find a Grave memorial - but it is tempting to apply for his service record!

Kind regards
Carole


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The Common Room / Re: Find a Grave soldier's memorial
« on: Wednesday 08 October 25 18:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi Andy

Just found that Arthur's wife Ethel Myrtle Webb nee Glenister passed away in 2001 in Canterbury, Kent - and Arthur's address on the Burma Star Association application is Bridge, Canterbury, Kent!

Carole

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