Hello, I hope you clever people can help!
Trying to find any info at all about part of the family; the father Mr Coombes was injured in WW1 and then sent to British India, when he was still in the British Army. I would like to find out more but am really stuck, have looked on Ancestry and FindMyPast but am still a beginner.
Here is what I have to go on (everyone has deceased).
Mr Coombes marries Christina who becomes Christina Coombes. (?Christina as first name - or similar). She was born in India.
Mr Coombes gets sent to India with the British Army, we think AFTER WW1 but not sure.
They marry.
They live in Sybil House, near Lucknor, India. It's an indigo plantation. There is a brother called Denzel Coombes who wrote a book about his days in India but I can't find it so not sure if it was published.
They have four children:
1) Audrey
2) Elaine born 8 Feb 1924, near Lucknor, India.
3) Barbara
4) David born I think Adra, Bengal under the name David Walden Coley: that is the name on his funeral service (died 2/3/2014) and indeed it is the name I have found on FindMyPast British India baptism and births records....no idea why his surname is Coley on the records.
The marriage either fails or Mr Coombe dies and Mrs Coombe re-marries, to Anthony/Tony Horne and the children have their surnames changed to Horne while in India (not sure about David).
They all end up back in England eventually. I've only found Elaine's passenger list, nobody else's.
No hints on Ancestry or FindMyPast. STUCK!!!