Missing Birth Record

[BETTS7]

My grandparents had 3 children two of whom I can find births for:
Peggy P Betts (mother's maiden name Wray) born in Basford in 1918
Max W Betts   (-------------------"----------------) born Chichester 1922
Basil Aubrey Betts (-------------"-----------------) who I can't find a birth for.  Any ideas please?

[stanmapstone]

There is a Basil Aubrey Betts Birth 4 Oct 1924 Death Jun 2001 - Hastings and Rother, East Sussex.
Is this him?

Stan

[carol8353]

Is it possible that he was born elsewhere.....not in England or Wales.

Or maybe even adopted by the family?

[stanmapstone]

Is it possible that he was born elsewhere.....not in England or Wales.

See post at http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=612087.new#new which has more details

Stan

[carol8353]

Thanks for the link Stan,that explains why he doesn't appear on Free BMD 

He was reputedly born abroad.....please give all info in each post so that we can start looking in the best place to help you 

[BETTS7]

I can see his death but not his birth.  He was definitely no adopted but may have been abroad.  How can I find out?

[MargP]

Hi

 I can see no birth record for Basil on the Armed Forces Births or on any other relevant site, can you give us a bit more information on his mother

Margp

[BETTS7]

thanks for looking.  My grandfather was in the army.  My Dad (Max William) was born at chichester barracks in 1922.  Basil was born up to 5 years later.  His father was Alfred Ernest C Betts and his mother Elsie Maud Wray.

[carol8353]

Maybe with all the travelling about they never actually got round to getting him registered?

His death cert should show where he was born as long as the informant knew him well enough to know the answer to that question.