Brick Wall: Thomas Webb

[TheOnlyRogueAngel]

  I am, quite honestly, delighted and deeply grateful to you all for the time, effort and amazing finds, as well as the brain storming. Not only do I now know who my great grandfather really was, I discovered there were also two other children to the family that no-one knew about.

  Thank you so much @Jonw65, @JenB, @Dundee, @heywood, @Girl Guide, @avm228, @Johnhood.

We should all be really proud of ourselves. 

[JenB]

I shouldn't be in that list, I only looked up the marriage Debra found, and you would have got the details anyway from the certificate.

[TheOnlyRogueAngel]

I shouldn't be in that list, I only looked up the marriage Debra found, and you would have got the details anyway from the certificate.

@JenB, which cinched it.! If you hadn't found that announcement naming family members, we'd still not be 100% sure until the marriage certificate came through - which could take up to 5 weeks.!! Now we know for definite that the right Thomas H Webb married Nellie Siddons, which means he IS my great grandfather.

[heywood]

I only had a very minor contribution but have been following and getting quite confused 

So glad to see it come together with some great research.

[JenB]

It will be interesting to see what the details are on Raymond/Thomas Webb's 1955 death certificate (I think you've sent for it?)

[JenB]

Walsall Observer 9th October 1915.

Webb - Siddons

On October 2nd at the Congregational Church, Wednesbury Road, by the Rev W L T Merson, Thomas Harold, (2nd Lieutenant the Welsh regiment) son of the late William Bernard Webb, Birmingham, and Mrs Webb, Weston, to Nellie, daughter of Mr and Mrs H Siddons, Springfield House, Walsall

His military papers are available from the National Archives, but, frustratingly, haven't been digitised 
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1094236

[softly softly]

I have really enjoyed this post and would like to say to ALL who helped well done, great efforts.

Below details of his war record.

John

Thomas Harold
Last name   Webb
Rank   2Nd Lieutenant
Regiment   The Welsh Regiment
Year   1915
Archive   
The National Archives
Archive reference   WO 339/40342
Series   WO 339

[TheOnlyRogueAngel]

@JenB, as soon as it arrives, I'll let you all know what it says...

@Johnhood, that's what I was looking for. Even a temporary 2nd Lieutenant, is still a 2nd Lieutenant. I'm hoping to find a way to find out his Service number.

[JenB]

He's back to being Mr Webb in 1916.

Wallsall Observer 22 July 1916