Dorset/Army records

[Richard Knott]

How on earth did you find the date he died?

They are on ancestry.

The reference is
Mar 1980
Portsmouth 20 0652

What did Frederick give as his father's name on the marriage certificate?

Richard

[Jebber]

Frederick died in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley just outside Southampton. Now demolished it is theRoyal Victoria Country park.

http://www.southernlife.org.uk/vichosp.htm

Jebber

[Richard Knott]

There is a Frederick Charles Foot born in Wimborne in Sep 1890 (5a 253). The co-incidence of names and places seems to suggest a connection.

In 1901 this Frederick was living with his family in Bournemouth (RG13/1042).

In Jun 1910 a Frederick Charles Foote married in Christchurch either Mary Elizabeth Warren or Daisy Ellen A Bell. Neither, of course, is called D'Silva, which may mean that...

..in 1901 Frederick is calling himself: Charles Foote, 21, living with Alfred, 58; Alice, 45 ,and Harry, 17 (ie the right family) in Bournemouth/Christchurch.

A Frederick Foot married in Jun 1911 in Southampton and one of the possible wives is missing, but I can't find a D'Silva with a similar reference.

Richard

(Sorry; we now have two threads running together)

[Jebber]

DorsetGal,

You need to obtain your Frederick Charles birth certificate, that will give you his father's name. His father's name should also be on his marriage certificate to Gladys HABGOOD.

Jebber

[Redroger]

If Frederick died in Southampton on 13th December 1906 in Southampton, then it has to be a different Frederick who left India on 8th December, or one of the dates is wrongly recorded. I suggest a trip to the British Library to look at the British servicemen's records in India might be helpful.

[mark foot]

many thanks Mark