You are definately on the right track, and are spot on with my grandad, he wasn't born in England or Wales, he was born in Shanghai, China.
This is as far as i have got with my research, as i haven't got an idea how i can research futher back than my grandad if he was born in China.
Any idea's?
Have a look back at my reply #4 above about the marriage certificate.
Also, here's something useful - a passenger list of the Japanese vessel "Fushimi Maru" which sailed from Yokohama to London in November 1932.
The first-class passengers who embarked at Shanghai (bound for London) were as follows:
GREEN, Edgar Bruce, Harbour Master Shanghai, 42
GREEN, Bertha Victoria, H[ome] D[uties], 33
GREEN, Alwyn Edgar Bruce, School, 14
GREEN, Joyce Bruce, School, 13
GREEN, Norman Cecil Bruce, School, 10
Last permanent residence for them all was China. Intended future residence was "Foreign Countries" (could well have been China again) for Edgar, Bertha and Joyce, and "England" for the boys Alwyn and Norman. The purpose of the trip might well have been to bring the two boys back for school, with the parents and daughter returning to carry on their life overseas. The family's address in the UK was c/o Chartered Bank of India, London.
Anna