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Re: Wilfred Birch
« Reply #9 on: Friday 02 February 18 16:34 GMT (UK) »
This looks like the marriage

Marriages Mar 1937   
Birch    Wilfred    Delves    Skipton    9a   56   
Delves    Clara    Birch    Skipton    9a   56

Added - They had two sons but I won't name them as they could still be alive.
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Wilfred Birch
« Reply #10 on: Friday 02 February 18 16:37 GMT (UK) »
Looks as though Clara remarried in 1953

Marriages Mar 1953   
BIRCH    Clara    BRADBURY    Staincliffe    2d   769    
BRADBURY    Herbert    BIRCH    Staincliffe    2d   769
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Wilfred Birch
« Reply #11 on: Friday 02 February 18 20:03 GMT (UK) »
Cheers all,

I still can not find any thing about his Army days or even a pension !. This is all I can find

Army details as known are:- Duke of Wellington Regt., 8th Army map caravan driver for General Montgomery’s 2nd in command at El Alamein.
 
Any ideas..

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Re: Wilfred Birch
« Reply #12 on: Friday 02 February 18 20:14 GMT (UK) »
See my reply.....his Army record is with the MOD and not available online.

You need to apply, details given in the link I posted.
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: Wilfred Birch
« Reply #13 on: Saturday 03 February 18 10:31 GMT (UK) »
Many thanks all,

I was doing this look up, on behalf of one of his sons.

cheers