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Thank you for your reply's.


It is not actually a birth for Charles Simpson I am looking for as I have searched for this until I am blue in the face. The entry outlined above is for the son of Sampson and Sarah Simpson whereas my Charles states that he was illegitimate on his marriage certificate. Also the Charles from the Birth registration was born Willington and can be found living at Mickleover on the 1901 census whereas my Charles was living at Stapenhill on the same census.


I am actually after information in regards to Charles Cato. The more I look into this the more I am starting to believe that he may well be my Charles Simpson. I have been unable to find a marriage between Charles Cato and Elizabeth Wakley nor a marriage between Elizabeth Simpson and a Mr Wakley so I am beginning to think that Elizabeth was not actually married to either and reverted back to her maiden name after her relationship with Charles Snr broke down. Of course if a marriage could be found for either the Cato-Wakley or Wakley-Simpson relationship's then this theory will break down and I can disregard the record.


After spending the whole of yesterday evening on this if anybody is up for a challenge I could do with an extra pair of eyes to see if they can find the following;

• Marriage of Charles Cato Snr and Elizabeth Wakley (No other Cato births with MMN Simpson on the GRO Index within a 5 year period)
• Marriage of Elizabeth Simpson to a Mr. Wakley
• On the 1871 Census their is an Elizabeth Wakley living on High Street, Aldershot, Hampshire. She is aged 30 years, a Stay Maker and was born Oxford Street, Middlesex. Can anybody find her on any other census?

These are the main three at the moment. The reason why I have taken an interested in the Elizabeth living at Aldershot is because I have long believed that Charles' mother was the Elizabeth Simpson who married John Abberley in Burton-upon-Trent. She was born around 1840 on Oxford Street, London and was a Stay Maker on the 1861 Census, I am sure you can see why I am started to get a bit exited about this one! (There is a Charles Abberley born circa 1874 on the 1881 census living with John & Elizabeth and it certainly looks like he was not John's child).


Thanks,
MercianSte

Thank you so much for your replies. I am really chuffed that my Mom saved this from the bin!

I also have found this about the housewife: http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1371020 and also this: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/217047-housewife-sewing-kit/

The latter link has quite a bit of information as to the contents of the housewife, particularly from the contributor "Tocemma".

RRTB

Thanks for posting this link, it is great to see other examples of exactly the same piece of kit, just made from other materials. The explanation by 'Tocemma' is great as well, it really gives me a sense of what my great grandfather would have held in the housewife.

The badge is Royal Navy - Air Mechanic Branch. The "A" designates "Airframe".

If it had been an "E" it would have been "Engines,  "L" for Electrical, and "O" for Ordnance.

The fact that there is no Star or Crown above the blades means he was either 1st or 2nd Class AM.

Thanks for posting, I had just found reference to that particular design on a website about the WRNS, would the main Navy have used the same patches? My grandfather was actually a stoker but he did service on the air craft carrier HMS Implacable so perhaps he exchanged badges with a friend when he left the service.

Thanks for your reply. I will certainly look into the Gun Cleaning kit link - I cannot seem to find any information about these kits online at the moment.


Having looked at some Navy trade badges I agree that the one I found is probably one of them. I would not read much into this in connection to the actually item I am looking at as my grandfather was in the Navy and has probably slipped this in after his father had died. Edit: Although having looked online it looks like the trade badge in question is for the WRNS so god knows why my grandfather would have had it!


Many thanks,
MercianSte

Hi all,


I have just received the following item (please see image attached, I have no idea how to describe it!) which I think may be part of my Great-Grandfather's army kit.


Stamped on it is N.S.? (I think R) 9083 which I think stands for North Staffordshire Regiment 9083, my Great-Grandfather's regiment and regimental number. Does anybody know if this was part of the army kit and does anybody know what it was used for - the piece of fabric and the left of the item seems to possible have held needles or something similar as there are three small pin holes (one of these can be seen on the image, middle top of the fabric). Below the fabric is a small pocket, and there are three leather strips (or pockets), the stamp is on the middle strip.


I hope all this makes sense!


Also, I found the badge tucked into one of the leather straps, does anybody have any idea what this logo is for? I have no idea if this is contemporary with the main item or if it was tucked away later.


MercianSte