thanks for your response ,I do know his DofB, where he was born , his siblings all but one, and his parents etc ,when the family arrived in south wales (trealaw) where they lived ,his fathers occupation in trealaw,and his former trade in bedfont Middlesex his father and elder brothers regiments in the first world war , when two of his brothers and one sister returned to the London area in the 1920/30's I do have photographs of him, finding him in the bridgend area surprised me did not know until about a week ago, tried to find his last resting place as mentioned I am unable to find ! I am aware of the rules of the rootschat protocol and am not flaunting it as you insinuate all I asked is last resting place may be as I am failing at present to find any of the perkins last resting places in south wales. thank you for your response once again most helpful.