Just been listening to a podcast from the National Archives. Towards the end they mentioned several names which had caused them hassles when analysing data. There were a few military ones, such as Colonel Brook, who was only a private and Major Phillips, who was a Lance Corporal.
Richard & Elizabeth Holliday, of Grimsby, named their son, born 7 November 1900, "Christmas".
Thomas and Alice Day of Hoo, near Gravesend in Kent, managed to name their son, born 18 May 1899, "Time Of". On his transfer from the Royal Navy to the newly formed R.A.F., someone wrote on his record "Half past 2". His parents ran a pub - were they drunk at the time?
