Wonderful....Thank you Ladyhawk
First of all this does seem to confirm that I'm mistaken with the with the date of his second marriage, but equally does look to now explain a rather recent...(ish) wedding photo of him (1970's) I'd always assumed that he was dressed in such away for someone else's wedding.
However I'm now puzzled by the fact that he seems to have been buried in a Memorial cemetery for ex servicemen. The stone says he was in the RAF. which is correct, up to a point, or so I thought anyway. He joined in about 1917 (Royal army air corp. at the time) but I'd assumed he'd left by the time he had emigrated in 1923, because on his passenger declaration he says he is a fitter and is emigrating to seek employment. However the stone also says B.E.F, which I thought stood for the British Expeditionary Force. Un-less I am mistaken, surely he was to old at the age of 40 to be in France at the out break of WW2. There is certainly no family tales of him being involved. I started to doubt that the stone was him, but my great uncle was indeed married to Gertrude Crew.
Lastly I have noted whilst typing all this that I have had a number of replies & links, so may I thank you all in advance and will endeavour to respond accordingly, when I've reviewed it all.
Regards
Stewart
