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Armed Forces / Royal Navy records for joining attempt around 1881-84
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I'm trying to find out if a Frederick Warwick Gibson b 1 Sept 1866 in St. Pancras or a Frederick George Evans b 1 Sept 1868 in Kings Cross attempted to join the RN between 1880 and 1884.
Frederick George joined in 1884 and I have records from then. However we have not found any birth or any other records for a Frederick George Evans or his family (all we know of other family is father Thomas an accountant deceased, listed on Fredericks marriage cert in 1891).
Family story is Frederick ran away to join the RN but was sent away as he was too short also that he changed his name.
We have found records for a Frederick Warwick Gibson b 1866 - so did he try and join the RN under Gibson first and then changed his name and lied about his age when he successfully joined in 1884. Or...are they 2 diffrent people!
Any tips or help would be really gratefully received.
Frederick George joined in 1884 and I have records from then. However we have not found any birth or any other records for a Frederick George Evans or his family (all we know of other family is father Thomas an accountant deceased, listed on Fredericks marriage cert in 1891).
Family story is Frederick ran away to join the RN but was sent away as he was too short also that he changed his name.
We have found records for a Frederick Warwick Gibson b 1866 - so did he try and join the RN under Gibson first and then changed his name and lied about his age when he successfully joined in 1884. Or...are they 2 diffrent people!
Any tips or help would be really gratefully received.