grants of abernethy

[tomk23]

You have been a great help Simon , i now have a much better chance , was very impressed with your research work you are doing a fantastic job , will let you know how i get on , best wishes and thanks again .
                                 Tom

[tomk23]

Hello Simon ,  Alex Grant married Elizabeth Barbara Simpson 21. 9 . 1918 at forres moray , Alex ad given as , driver 3¬5 Bedfords , Crowbury camp Essex ,
This is only 7 months before he died , must have been on leave ,i find this unusal if he was on active service , ur views on this Simon .
   Elizabeth Barbara Grant widow of Alexander Grant driver died on the 6.12. 1961 at the Jubilee hosp Huntly , age 74 . It would look like she never remarried , no mention of any family, sugnature on death certificate unreadable
                                  tom

[Gooders]

Hi Tom,

I'm sorry for the delay in replying to your latest post - to be honest I haven't been on the site for a while and your post was a welcome surprise when I logged on again.

The extra information you sent is very welcome and thanks for sharing it with me.

I thought you might like to know a little more about the 3/5th Bedfords - so I have set out below a link to a wonderful website created and maintained by a contact of mine, Steve Fuller.

http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/5thbn/5thbattalion.html

Can I just check with you the date that Alex married Elizabeth - your message says it was the 21st September 1918, but i show him as having died on the 23rd August 1918 (you can see the question forming in my head

I'm starting to think that Alex may have been wounded or sent back to the UK to help the 3/5th Battalion in it's goals of recruiting and training new soldiers for "the front".

Simon

[tomk23]

Hello Simon, Nice to hear from you , ON the date of Alex and Elizabeth mariage i must have made a mistake as the correct date was 29 1 1918 in Forres Morayshire , sorry . Elizabeth died in 16 12 1961 , aged 74 , in the Jubilee hospital Huntly Abdn shire , she died as the widow of Alex Grant so had not remarried , no family . 
                                             regards Tom 
 

[Gooders]

Hi Tom,

That's great - many thanks for checking that Wedding date.

How sad that they only had seven months married before Alex was killed.

Simon