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Messages - Allyson Bekkar

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Help needed in trying to solve the Mystery of my Granfather
« on: Thursday 24 December 15 23:12 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: groom on Thursday 24 December 15 22:56 GMT (UK)
I don't know how army numbers are assigned, someone here will, but that number belonged to this man who was a Prisoner of War

W N Bax
Nationality   British
Service number   135207
Rank   Sergeant
Prison camp:   Changi PoW camp
Country of imprisonment   Singapore
Conflict   World War 2
Archive reference   WO 361/2229
Thats really interesting, where can i find the record? Is the persons name W N Bax?
Is it possible there would be a duplicate service number for lets say an American soldier?

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Help needed in trying to solve the Mystery of my Granfather
« on: Thursday 24 December 15 22:41 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: groom on Thursday 24 December 15 22:37 GMT (UK)
That puts a slightly different slant on it, unless taxi driver refered to his occupation before the war.
My father assumes this his civilian job, yes before the war

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Armed Forces / Re: Army service number search
« on: Thursday 24 December 15 22:39 GMT (UK)  »
Yes sorry the questions i raised have rolled into one!
I initially posted the above in hope to find out how i can search for my Grandfather and posted here to focus on the military side of the mystery!
I appreciate the replies i received, if you could please click on the above link to the other post i have added new information taken from my fathers birth certificate including service number, occupation and corps.. Thank you
shall i delete this post? i am not sure how things work... sorry  :-[  :D

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Help needed in trying to solve the Mystery of my Granfather
« on: Thursday 24 December 15 22:29 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you all for your help so far,
I asked my father for a bit more information on my Grandfather, it seems i made a mistake in the name it is not Roy just Henry.
so here is what i found out;
Name; Henry Blakeway
Occupation; Taxi Driver
Army number; 135207
Corps: Reconnsissance

My Father and his sister were born in Ashwellthorpe, Depwade in 1942 and 1944

Thank you

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Armed Forces / Re: Army service number search
« on: Thursday 24 December 15 00:27 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ScouseBoy on Thursday 24 December 15 00:22 GMT (UK)
Do you know which Corps or regiment he was in, please?
No sorry i don't, i am not even sure which country he was serving for, its a bit like a needle in a hay stack!  :D
Thanks

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Help needed in trying to solve the Mystery of my Granfather
« on: Wednesday 23 December 15 23:44 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: groom on Wednesday 23 December 15 23:25 GMT (UK)
She must have known that there was no chance of him turning up wanting to see the children - that would have been awkward if she was claiming to be a widow! So either he was dead or had gone back to perhaps America and she knew he wouldn't be back.

If you do order the marriage certificate get it from the GRO   http://www.gro.gov.UK/gro/content/certificates/default.asp   as you will pay twice as much if you get it from Ancestry.
yes, that's a good point!
yes i did order from GRO, they are really helpful! i quizzed them quite a bit on my search for my granfather so got my moneys worth!  ;)

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Help needed in trying to solve the Mystery of my Granfather
« on: Wednesday 23 December 15 23:20 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: majm on Wednesday 23 December 15 22:53 GMT (UK)
Is the name of father of the Widowed Bride mentioned on any of her marriage certificates?

Cheers  JM
I don't actually have any of her full marriage certificates, i just have the record of the marriage from the marriage register index i found on Ancestry.co.uk.
Would it mean something if his name was mentioned?
Thank you

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Help needed in trying to solve the Mystery of my Granfather
« on: Wednesday 23 December 15 23:13 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: groom on Wednesday 23 December 15 21:58 GMT (UK)
Just seems a bit odd that if she hadn't married and wasn't actually a widow, why bother to lie, why not marry under her maiden name? Unless it was to cover up the illegitimacy of her children. I wonder if her second husband knew?
I suppose in those days having a child out of wed lock was a very shameful thing to do and so yes she may of felt the need to lie just to cover the fact her children were illegitimate.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Help needed in trying to solve the Mystery of my Granfather
« on: Wednesday 23 December 15 22:52 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: groom on Wednesday 23 December 15 22:07 GMT (UK)
Also, is the father just named or did he actually sign it as well as the mother? I believe if they both signed, whatever name they used, it meant they weren't married.
Tha'ts a good point, thank you, would i find that on the Long Birth cert? I didn't know that a birth cert would be signed

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