Sue,
Many thanx, thats a nice and helpful response, i remember him as a child, he was a very nice man, my family history is rather clouded, maybe there were things in the cupboard best kept silent lol, i know he was divorced or a widow, as he re-married. she was a hard women but, also helpful yet strict, his name was richard dyer, he lived in garth place off mynachdy road in gabalfa cardiff, he served in the army and, i believe somewhere like asia, he gave me a japanese pocket watch, he told me he took it from a japanese soldier he had shot, i know he himself was shot through the wrist. the pocket watch i held for about an hour then my dad took it from me for (safe keeping) i NEVER saw it again, i reckon he sold it, mind you in those days money was food, and a large family such as ours needed every penny, I never forgave dad for taking that from me but, i understand it. my dad was a very strict man and not at all like grandad, he was a real gent, i really would love to find out more about grandad, but all avenues are blocked, even my dad says little, he seems imperviouse to any knowledge of his father. which is either ignorent or stupid. my age is 57, my dads is about 85, so grandads must be about 20 yrs older at least. its a huge family sue. yet no one cares to talk of it. my mothers side were named sollis, i know they were pig farmers, mostly in cardiff, the rest is a clouded sky. i think, but only think he could have been named richard stanley dyer, anyway thankyou so much and good luck.
best regards Ralph.
