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World War Two / Service record Canadian navigator in England - help with attachments
« on: Sunday 09 April 23 07:00 BST (UK)  »
I am having trouble with a couple of parts of a service record relating to where a relative, an RCAF navigator, was stationed in England.  I have worked out that 3(O)AFU is No.3 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit, Halfpenny Green, Wolverhampton. 23 OTU is 23 Operational Training Unit, Pershore. 3 PRC is No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre, Bournemouth.  But I am stuck on (1) Att. (attached?) to ACOS and (2) something that looks a bit like Army (Henley), but the way it is written looks very much more like Benley or Senley.  Presumably this was a holding depot.  I understood that 3PRC had satellite holding stations at Innsworth and Hastings.  There is no "t" so it is not Bentley.
He ended up being killed on his 36th mission flying in Halifax III bombers from RAF Tholthorpe.  Suggestions appreciated. Roger Cousens

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Kent / Re: Stelling Gate Inn Lyminge Kent
« on: Saturday 04 September 21 06:40 BST (UK)  »
Interesting info on Harriet.  Thanks.  I am also a direct descendant of George Cousens (that is the way that his grandson Tommy spelt it and we still do).  My father was Leslie Charles Cousens, George's great great grandson.  On the 1881 census, the name Sarah is quite clearly in error.  Mary Ann was still around and she appears on the 1891 and 1901 censuses.  I note that the entry on the line directly above hers in the census was a Sarah.....  However, nothing about the pub was handed down through my branch of the family that I am aware of, though my father lost touch with his father (Charles Richard Cousens) after Charles and my grandmother (Charles' first cousin) divorced.  Info and photos on the Gate are at http://www.dover-kent.com/Gate-Rhodes-Minnis.html
Hope this helps
Roger

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