Hi
I was indicting with the records of William Henry Hooten that is was unlikely to be the same man - different name, different birthplace
Further information on William Henry
Marriages Dec 1898
HOOTON William Henry Hampstead 1a 1408
WITHERS Kate Hampstead 1a 1408
On the 1901 census in Marylebone a postman.
A warrant officer is a senior non-commissioned officer usually achieveing officer status through military service. So starting as an ordinary soldier. This man did not serve in the British regular army but the British South African Police.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_South_Africa_Policehttp://www.bsap.org/history.html'The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was the police force of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) of Cecil Rhodes...The organisation was formed by the BSAC in 1889 as a paramilitary, mounted infantry force in order to provide protection for the Pioneer Column of settlers which moved into Mashonaland in 1890....As a paramilitary unit, the BSAP fought in the Second Boer War and in Tanganyika during World War I.' Other than the medal roll for the First World War I would doubt there would be any records held in this country. and no marriage in the army registers. I would think the BSAP didn't ask too many questions about a man's background.
Staffordshire BMD
http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/an index created from local registration officers instead of the central index held by the Generla Registry Office.
Regards
Valda
