Thank you both for your replies.
Jamjar - Sorry I had forgotten I’d posted about them before, it was so long ago! Apologies though yes you are correct Albert was younger having been born in 1895.
Suzard - Yes that appears to be him
I have his mother as Sarah Cox and Forty Green certainly rings some bells with me.
The only person who would know is my mother but unfortunately she has advanced Alzheimer’s now so it’s not possible to ask her and my grandparents have both passed away.
I have lots of photos and letters belonging to my grandmother that were passed down to me concerning the Bates and it’s such a shame I am the only one who enjoys them. If Charles has children there is hope that there are relatives out there somewhere who may enjoy seeing what I have. I found a newspaper article about Albert who married his childhood sweetheart when he was about 70 (off the top of my head!) How sweet!
At present I don’t have paid a....y membership due to many months inactivity but my local library offers free access so I will get myself down there. Thank you both very much for your help, its looking like I won’t be going down a dead end and I’ll hopefully find out more about him.
