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Trying to find details of my father who served in WW2.  He was in the 8th Army Royal Engineers from 1939 and I believe he was a driver.  He served in North Africa and had the Africa Star and he landed in Normandy D Day plus 1.  He was mentioned in dispatches at some point but he would never speak about his time during WW2.  I would love to know why he was mentioned in dispatches.  My searches on line have so far not lead to anything.  His full name was Leonard Douglas Baker, born in Poplar 1918.

I know this is not Ancestry related but I wonder if any of you wonderful people can advise on a situation.
I had a son to my first marriage who was born in 1975.  That marriage ended and I married for a second time.  My first husband suggested it would be better if my new husband brought up our son as his own.  To cut a long story short my son was adopted into my new marriage.  I did not realise at the time that although I am his birth mother, I would have to adopt my own son into the new marriage.  His name was subsequently changed.  Several years later,  much to my dismay I visited what was Somerset House and looked up his birth and there is a handwritten entry noting that he is now entered into  the adopted child register.  All indication that I am his birth mother now gone.  He changed his name back  to his birth name many years ago but we would both like the entry into the adopted child register to either be removed or it be noted somewhere that his adoptive and birth mother are the same person,  this situation has caused problems in obtaining documentation, cannot recall what it was but am checking with my son,

My great grandmother Alexis Robb born in Premnay Aberdeenshire 1859 and died in Romford in 1950.  She had at least 8 children including my grandfather Ernest Lewis or Louis Furze and her husband is shown as George Furze but there appear to be no marriage records for them at all.  I suppose it is possible that they never married but I think that would be unusual for that time in history.  Is there any reason why their marriage record is not traceable?

My great grandmother was born in Insch Aberdeenshire.  My cousin back in England has her bible with the address Clifton House Insch.  I have googled Clifton House but nothing comes up for that area.  Can anyone find details of what Clifton House was.  I believe she was at one point a Cook but that was in the town of Alford Aberdeenshire. Just curious as to what Clifton House was.  The bible contains all the births of her children, quite a few of them, with their dates which my cousin will let me have after the Christmas holidays.  My great grandmother was Alexis Robb born in Premnay Aberdeenshire in 1859 who then married a George Furze.

Eliza Pepper was born 1863 and died 1927.  I believe she was my maternal great grandmother.  My grandmother Lilian Fifield was her daughter and I am trying to find any siblings she may have had.