Looking for someone in 1939

[Penmaiden]

I have tried multiple times to find this relative on the 1939 register without success. Does anyone have any ideas?

Arthur Frederick Smith b. 7 March 1908 in Sydenham. As of 1921 he lived in Beckenham with his family. My mother thinks he may have lived in a caravan in Hoo near Rochester during the 70s, but this is unconfirmed. He died in Chatham in 1995.

[KGarrad]

In 1939 he would have been 31, and still living.
The 1939 Register was updated by the NHS until the early 1990's.

Ancestry and FindMyPast will only update the Register if tey know about his death.

[ShaunJ]

He joined the army in January 1927, number 546837. Served in 10th Hussars initially, then transferred to Royal Artillery in June 1927.

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FTANK%2F052390

If he was still in the army in September 1939, he won't be in the 1939 Register.

[softly softly]

This may sound silly but did Arthur possibly marry/remarry in 1984 to Callista Mary Miller. The war register would suggest she married a "Mr Smith".  She also died 1995

SMITH, CALLISTA  MARY     1916 
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/1995 in MEDWAY  (5611B)  Reg B24A  Entry Number 111


Smith
Callista Mary
1916
1995

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Chatham, Kent, England

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[Penmaiden]

He joined the army in January 1927, number 546837. Served in 10th Hussars initially, then transferred to Royal Artillery in June 1927.

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FTANK%2F052390

If he was still in the army in September 1939, he won't be in the 1939 Register.

Thank you, I didn't know that he joined the army. That possibly explains it.

[Penmaiden]

This may sound silly but did Arthur possibly marry/remarry in 1984 to Callista Mary Miller. The war register would suggest she married a "Mr Smith".  She also died 1995

SMITH, CALLISTA  MARY     1916 
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/1995 in MEDWAY  (5611B)  Reg B24A  Entry Number 111


Smith
Callista Mary
1916
1995

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Chatham, Kent, England

SS

Yes I have suspected that one too. What I can't figure out is if he married someone else earlier in life. There's been some mention of a daughter but no one is really sure.

[softly softly]

Have you Arthur's death certificate, should show an address and informant that may be a daughter or Callista.



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[Penmaiden]

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[Chris Doran]

No Arthur Frederick Smith in the inter-war Beckenham directories that I've spot checked, but some houses had more than one family and only one is named. There was an Arthur Smith without a middle name in Blandford Road, but he had gone by 1939. I don't have a sub for the 1921 census, but if you have the address there (or from elsewhere) and will tell us here or send me a PM, I'll check further, including the 1939 Electoral Roll.

I can't see him in the Service Register pages of the 1945, 1948 or 1949 ERs. I don't have these pages for other postwar years (if they were printed).