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I am doing some research for a friend. In the '1939 England & Wales Register' for the Felixstowe area the Old Felixstowe House School is listed along with a list of some of the boys attending the school. This is the only reference I can find to the school. It is presumably a private school. I have looked through the pages of the register immediately before and after the relevant page in the hope that I might find a helpful street name, but to no avail. If anybody wants to take a look for themselves you can enter 'John S. Doyle', DOB 18th August 1930 in the register (Ancestry). I would appreciate any help.

Regards

Doddie

I have a question about adoption. Would it have been common in the 1920s/1930s for a child born in Scotland to be adopted by a couple living in England? I presumed that there would be plenty of people in Scotland wanting to adopt and that they would have been given priority. Also, were the laws relating to adoption in England different to those of Scotland. Finally, if you were quite well off, could a ‘private’ adoption be arranged between two parties? Thanks in advance for any help in settling this issue.


Doddie

Whilst clearing out my late father's house recently, I came across something of interest. A necklace that once belonged to my grandmother features a locket (containing small portrait photos of my dad and uncle) and a set of attached St. John Ambulance Association items - a standard medallion, with a cross of St. John(?) and two small 'bars' (for lack of a better description), one bearing the date 1912 and the other 1940. On the reverse of the medallion is the inscription, 119356 Harry Smith. On the reverse of both bars is just the number. I have been researching my family for some years now and have never come across the name of Harry Smith. However, he must presumably have held some significance for my grandmother. She spent most of her life in the Leigh area of Lancashire and died in 1995 aged 91. I gather, after looking on the internet, that any research inquiries related to the St. John Ambulance Association have to be directed to the relevant local area branch. Does anybody know how I find out who to contact in the lancashire area? I am intrigued  and would like to find out a bit more about Harry Smith.

Regards

Doddie

Looking for details of a marriage that took place in Africa (possibly Kenya or Malawi) in late 1940s or early/mid 1950s (at a push it may have been even later). Frank Moran, a planter, born c. 1920 married Pamela Muller (Mueller), born c. 1924. Pamela was apparently born in Africa and her mother's surname was Campbell. Both parties are now deceased. I know some of the information is a very vague but what I have is as accurate as I have been able to ascertain thus far. I am particularly keen to establish Pamela's mother's first name. This research relates to a line of inquiry I am following about family in the West of Scotland.

Regards

Doddie

Can somebody do me a great favour? I am not on the Forces War Records website - and I am not entirely sure if the information I am after is contained on it. My mother was in the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps between approximately 1955 - 1960. She served in Malaya during the 'emergency' and I  have her medal that she was awarded. I am trying to find records relating to her. My mother's name then was Ishobel McAlpine Stewart. She was born in November of 1932 in Argyll, Scotland and was a Lieutenant and then a Captain in the QARANC. I have a great many wonderful photos of her from her time in Malaya/Singapore. I would just like some more service details to complete my research. I am aware of the fact  that by calling the conflict an emergency it meant that it allowed the government of the day to declare that it was not a war in the technical sense of the word. Therefore it may be that there are no relevant records to view on the Forces War Record website. That being the case does anybody have any ideas where  else  I can look for the records. I would be grateful for any assistance.

Regards

Doddie