« Reply #13 on: Friday 02 May 25 08:16 BST (UK) »
I'm stumped as too Arthur Brooke. Did he or didn't he have a middle name? There seems to be a slew of Arthur Brooke's born ant 1881 in or nearby Dewsbury. How to distinguish the difference. Ancestry shows so many choices.
If you look at Arthur's birthdate in 1939, it narrows down his registration to a single quarter (assuming he stated dob accurately and his parents didn't register him after the 42 day limit). There is only one who fits on GRO and he is in Dewsbury. MMN Tolson
Berks / Oxon: Eltham, Annetts, Wiltshire (surname not county), Hawkins, Pembroke, Partridge
Dorset / Hants: Derham, Stride, Purkiss, Sibley
Yorkshire: Pottage, Carr, Blackburn, Depledge
Sussex: Goodyer, Christopher, Trevatt
Lanark: Scott (soldier went to Jersey CI)
Jersey: Fowler, Huelin, Scott