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The Common Room / Re: Home baptisms
« on: Friday 14 November 25 12:29 GMT (UK)  »
Usually if the infant survives they are later taken to Church where they are  then received into the church, the completion of the of the baptism.

You sometimes see a P in front of a baptism entry in the Parish Register which indicates a private baptism.  Sometimes see an entry Received into the church which usually indicates the child had been privately baptised pbut what is recorded depends on whoever fills out the register, usually the Incumbent or the Parish Clerk.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 16th November 2025
« on: Wednesday 12 November 25 15:51 GMT (UK)  »
I also thought the King looked strained on Sunday, his breathing seemed rather laboured.

I was quite disgusted that on the arrival of the Princess of Wales at the National Arboretum the male  BBC commentator called her Kate  Middleton instead of her proper title. Later he did use her title and I wonder if someone had pointed out his disrespect. Another case or lowering standards at the  BBC.

I believe the Duke of Kent has been in poor health for some time, it's understandable  at 90 years of age.

I don't know about the Duke of Gloucester but the Duchess of Gloucester was at the National Arboretum yesterday.

I remember meeting  the Duke of Gloucester's father when I was about ten, he was reopening a boys youth club across the road from our back garden. The GPO had to install a telephone in the club for the visit and the pole was erected in our garden. They paid rent for the tiny bit of land it stood on  until my parents sold the land for building two bungalows years later.

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The Common Room / Re: Strange place of birth on WWI pension records
« on: Saturday 08 November 25 22:38 GMT (UK)  »
You mention his pension record but do not say if you have read his service record where he names his father as Robert Henry Luck.

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The Common Room / Re: Strange place of birth on WWI pension records
« on: Saturday 08 November 25 22:10 GMT (UK)  »
As Neal says,  nobody can do much to help without some names and dates.

Were his parents married when he was born. If not you should look for his birth in his mother's maiden name. Could his mother have been one of the many women who went out to India at that time to work, often for military families. That could explain a birth in Quetta which at that time was India, Partition was not until 1947.

Have you found his mother in all the appropriate Census prior to his birth.

As Ayashi has already told you, you can be born in different countries and still be British. My own family are all British but born in Malta, Gibraltar, Singapore,Hong Kong, Canada, Grenada and Africa to name but a few countries. It is the same with most military families.


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The Common Room / Re: Government Find a Will Service
« on: Saturday 08 November 25 18:46 GMT (UK)  »
You say he owned the house jointly with his wife. It depends on how they owned it, if as Tenants in Common then they owned each half separately and his half would form part of his estate and would be  dealt with as such. If they owned the house as joint tenants his half would automatically pass to his wife and not be included in his estate.

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Armed Forces / Re: Died in Northern Ireland J I Reynolds 13th March 1976.
« on: Saturday 08 November 25 10:19 GMT (UK)  »
Lots of reports of his death of alcoholic poisoning after drinking a cocktails of drinks while celebrating on his 22nd birthday in the papers but I can see no mention of his burial or cremation.

His body would most likely have been returned to his family in Canterbury for burial or cremation

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The Common Room / Re: Marriage certs
« on: Thursday 06 November 25 16:37 GMT (UK)  »
A witness doesn’t need to be an adult, as long as they are old enough to to understand what they are witnessing.

I was not allowed to witness a friend’s marriage when I was eighteen although I was already married myself. It was years later I learned from another Registrar that the first Registrar had been wrong to prevent me.  After all until the 1920s, with consent a girl could marry at 12 and a boy at 14. I later came across a twelve year old witness and then a 13 year old marrying a man in his 20s

Witnesses don’t have to know the couple, it was not uncommon for two passers by called in off the street to act as witnesses.

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The Common Room / Re: Hughes Family burial plot - missing members
« on: Monday 03 November 25 09:52 GMT (UK)  »
If the Will is not with the Probate service it probably didn't go to Probate, it isn't always necessary as it depends on a number of factors. If the size of the estate is small probate is not required, the sum varies with the passage of time. If property and money is in their joint names it usually passes to the survivor without
There are various things that can affect the need for Probate. My mother's estate was small and I was executrix, the Probate Office did not require me to apply for Probate and financial institutions were happy to pay out after sight of the Will.

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Dorset / Re: Isaac Taper - Can't find him
« on: Friday 31 October 25 20:39 GMT (UK)  »
Welcome to Rootschat.

I'm afraid Jane Benjamin has only been on here twice and that was thirteen years ago. If she still has the same email address she should get notified of your post but I hope you won't be too disappointed if you get no response.

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