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[Hampshire Lass]

Yes, that does look a possibility.

If he died from TB he was probably in the isolation hospital and so he had no particular connection with the Worthing area and may not be buried there. However, there is a graveyard just down the road from Swandean Hospital...... have you tried contacting them. I think it's called Durrington Cemetary. The other thought is to contact any well established burial companies in Worthing as they could have some records. Or sometimes Family History Societies have little books with the records of individual burial companies.....I believe East Sussex have so maybe West Sussex have too.

Do you know where his second wife and any family were living in 1948. Perhaps he's buried near one of them.

Bramshott Lodge Hostel is an interesting address because of the Hostel part.......it seems to indicate that because of his financial situation he wasn't living in a property he owned and so perhaps his roots weren't really there either. If he had family elsewhere perhaps that could be another area to explore.

I found some online records for Brookwood and I could be wrong but he doesn't seem to be there. Like Jane, that was my first thought and could still be worth you investigating.

The link I put to TNA and the hospital records was because I wondered if his records may include information as to which burial company his body was sent.

Then there is always the thought that as a Naval man he would have probably liked to be scattered at sea.

Good luck......there's still many avenues for you.

[diane666]

Thanks I sent a email to swandean hospital in the hope they may still have some archive information I thought it was worth a try, I will look into the cemetery down the road from swandean, his estranged wife died in 1966 drugs overdose he isn't buried with her they split up when my mother was very young she went on to have 6 more children who I have found all bar one Dorothy born 1935, I was hoping he may have been buried with his mother ELIZA KELWAY BAMBER she died 1933 steyning sussex but guess what I cannot find her grave either.

[Hampshire Lass]

I've never managed to find where my ancestors are buried either but I think in the main they were a poor lot and so may not have marked graves.

An email to Swandean may produce some results so it is a step in the right direction.

However, with difficulty  I navigated the website for West Sussex Records Office, since TNA say they have some Swandean Hospital records there....

and what I found was:-
Catalogue no Ada MSS 29224
Title: Register of patients admitted to Swandean Isolation Hospital from areas outside the Borough of Worthing. July 1938-June 1948.
Description: This register records the name and address of the patient, authority from whom transferred, disease, date of admittance, date of discharge.
This information can only be consulted with the permission of the County Archivist and is not available to the public for 100 years.

I would have thought that if you email or telephone them they may be able to pass the information on to you as you are a direct descendant.

I do hope you have success. At least then you may know what happened to his body and then you can work out what to do next.

There is also information in The London Gazette about the solicitors acting for Eliza Kelway Bamber, after her death. It looks as though you could get her Will if you're interested.

Good luck and do tell us how you get on   

[diane666]

Hi and thank you for all your hard work that's amazing I will contact them on Tuesday and also look up London gazette I will keep you posted on results. THANK YOU Diane

[Hampshire Lass]

You're welcome 

Also forgot to say that on Ancestry the probate record is available for Eliza and the amount is quite high for those days I would have thought, so her Will may be interesting.

[Mabel Bagshawe]

This might give a clue about Bramshott Lodge - London Gazette 1954, a liquidation

Name of Company: The HOSTELS COMPANY Limited.
Nature of Business: HOSTEL FOR RECEPTION AND ACCOMMODATION OF PERSONS OF THE BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL CLASSES AND OF LIMITED MEANS.
Address of Registered Office: Bramshott Lodge, Hindhead.

HR K-B had been declared bankrupt in 1947, so was receiving some kind of support from this organisation

[Mabel Bagshawe]

i an also see references to King George's Sanatorium for Sailors, Bramshott Place. Liphook. Hants

[diane666]

Hampshire lass and Mabel thank you so much for info your amazing I feel inspired to carry on now will keep you posted xx

[diane666]

I have found my grandfathers grave today he is buried at wood vale cemetery nr Worthing which is owned and run not by local council but the funeral directors. thank you to everyone who helped me find him.