Dear All,
I am a granddaughter of John Axon. My mothers mother was Gladys Rose Bickerdyke who married John Axon. Gladys mother, Hannah was married twice to a Mr Bickerdyke then to a Mr Lindley.
My Grandma Gladys did remarry to a Robert Moss. My Grandma Gladys died and I attended her funeral and later Robert Moss funeral.
I know little about my Grandma's first husband, I was told that his brothers were Harry and Arthur, and that their mother Sarah Elizabeth ran a hotel. I also was told about a connection with Wales, was Sarah from there. I was told that John Axon was taken to Pennselveyna with the family returning back to the UK when he was 12. I was told that John Axon before the war worked as a ships engineer for Ellerman and Wilson, during the war as a ships engineer for the Merchant Navy. I was told that Grandma Gladys received a missing presumed dead telegram just before Christmas towards the end of the war,and then after that, no official information, I too have heard about the secret mission off Zanzibar. All, I can say is that John Axon was never seen again by my mother, her brothers and their mother Gladys. This created hardship for them. I would be grateful to learn more about John Axon. Did he die, any official records, did he go missing, did he have another life?
