This is a bit of a mystery.
Wife Alice L Gundry describes her condition as married in the 1921 census; and yet she seems to be in receipt of a widow's pension from the War Office in 1920 per pension records; and other pension records record his widow as Maud L Gundry in Boulder City, Western Australia in 1932.
https://www.corpsofmilitarypolice.org/soldier/8106/
seeds ltd
The information on marriage certificates is very often false.
People lie about their ages, the present marital status, their occupations and their parent's names.
There was no requirement in the document format to state whether the partiy's parents were dead or living.
It seemd to be left to individual clergy whether or not it was mentioned.
Social face-saving played a part here.
I wonder if the "seven year rule" played any part in the story from Alice's (nee Whittaker) pension claim.
Horace joined the Army Police Force in 1914 and had possibly been estranged from his wife for a time before that.
The "rule " goes along the lines that if there has been no contact between spouses for 7 years and their whereabouts is uncertain it may be presumed they are dead.
This left each free to marry again and, in this case, free to claim any monies or benefits due.
Of course she may still use the term married to describe her status if she chose.
I think the police pension office was completely confused by this situation!!
Do others have thoughts on this
Sue
