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No I'm afraid I don't.  I picked the info up from shipping records arriving December 1908 in Halifax Nova Scotia heading to Montreal but his wife is just referred to as Mrs Batson and the child as Master Batson born 1903.

Thank you very much for the George Alfred information.  I'm almost certain this is the right one too!  I appreciate that.  Frances Thompson seems to have been his second wife, his first wife died in 1934.  Unfortunately Frances only seems to have lived until 1942 so it was a short marriage.  It seems his birth was registered as Alfred but his baptism (which was a few years later) shows him as George.  He seems to use either name.
I'll now follow up the clue for Charles.  Ernest is as a second name is a first so I might get the death certificate to double check on the father's name.
As I said, I really appreciate that help.  People on here are much more tenacious than I am apparently!

You have given me help before in researching this part of my family but I think I need someone to give me ideas on where to go next.  My great grandmother (born Caroline (or Carrie) Batson 25 Nov 1883) had three much older brothers, William Henry (b.1865), George Alfred (b.1867) and Charles (b 1869), all in Redditch.
Unfortunately she could be a fantasist so we have learned to take some family stories with a large pinch of salt, although very often some of her more outlandish tales turn out to be true so I'm trying to prove what went on from definite records.
From what I can see, William was in Croydon in 1891 and died there in 1941.  I can't see any other census entries, marriage or 1939 Register entries.  She suggested he worked as a companion/translator for people travelling to the Far East (she did have a lot of porcelain she said he brought back for her) but I can see nothing to really suggest that was true. Also that he went on to be an antique dealer.  Any idea where I might look?
George Alfred was registered at birth as Alfred, called himself George Alfred when he married and just George on the 1911 census.  I'm reasonably happy with his info although I'm not sure why I can't find him on the 1939 Register. His wife was Ellen Andrews, a relative of Caroline Batson's husband.
Charles seems to disappear after the 1881 census, although he may have travelled to Canada in 1908 with a wife and five year old son.  I can find no definite UK records for him after 1881 and nothing in Canada either.
She had other brothers and sisters who have been easy to trace but these three eldest have turned into an enigma.  Any pointers would be very gratefully received!

Thank you KGarrad, I do appreciate your comments and help and my previous reply was not really intended for you.  It's pretty straightforward to buy the certificates, which I will now do.  I was hoping for some constructive advice on how I could move forward into establishing whether, knowing a dob, I could find info on a person's death.  I'm reasonable sure I have all the right people but I suppose I am just doing some double checking by wanting to see the birth certs.  it just surprises me that I can't find death records for two of the three sons despite the fact that I'm reasonably sure none of them left the immediate (ie Lickey, Rednal, south west Birmingham) area.  The 1939 register DOES give me some dob's but experience has shown me that quite often the dates shown are a year out for some reason.