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Interesting Molly. So the moral here is that if the use of a particular register was to be pivotal in one's research results then corroborating evidence should be sought.  Note to self.

Thanks
Brian

hanes, yes she was and thanks for the press cutting

Brian

I have my grandmother's death certificate showing date of death as being 12 January 1945. However she is still showing as living at the same address in the Electoral Register for the West Riding of Yorkshire - Parliamentary County of York with the qualifying date of 30 June 1946 and a date, presumably of publication of 15th October 1946. As this is at least 18 months since the death of the subject, my query is how accurate are the electoral registers as a source of information, particularly in the assumption of dates?

Thank you in advance

Thanks Max

Joined in 1917, hospitalised twice in May and June '18, dropped shell on foot and invalided back to England. Hmm, not much of a story compared to some but I still wouldn't want to have experienced any of it.

The irony of all this is that I have a handwritten war diary of a soldier, I know not who, describing the trenches, the boredom, the excitement and the tragedy of war. It certainly wasn't that of James Bottomley.

Thanks again for the reference, I'll have a look there now.
Brian