GRO index explanation (if possible) please for Anthony G Bunting

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Anthony G Bunting born 1932 Dec Qtr. There are two entries on the GRO; one typed with district of Ashbourne and the other handwritten at bottom of page with district of Wandsworth (please see attached screen shot). Family had connections with both Derbyshire and Wandsworth.

Is one entry a mistake or did parents try to register his birth twice - once in Derbyshire and once in Wandsworth?
Thank you!

[Kay99]

As the Ashbourne entry has the same district and reference number as the entry above it my first thought is that  entry was the mistake and the Wandsworth entry is the correction.  But why wouldn't the first entry be crossed out 

Kay

[Girl Guide]

Is this the answer?

Marriages Jun 1931   
Bunting    Albert W    Smith    Ashbourne    7b   1764   
Smith    Ada D    Bunting    Ashbourne    7b   1764

Marriages Sep 1931   (>99%)
Bunting    David G    Smith    Wandsworth    1d   1211   
Smith    Clarice M    Bunting    Wandsworth    1d   1211

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Thank you Kay99 and Girl Guide!

Anthony's parents were David G Bunting and Clarice M Smith married in 1931 - being very new to all of this I am not clear what the two marriages have to do with the two birth entries - Girl Guide please could you explain?

Many thanks for your help.

[Milliepede]

2 sets of parents with the same surnames would indicate 2 different babies one for each couple.

[groom]

Thank you Kay99 and Girl Guide!

Anthony's parents were David G Bunting and Clarice M Smith married in 1931 - being very new to all of this I am not clear what the two marriages have to do with the two birth entries - Girl Guide please could you explain?

Many thanks for your help.

I think what Girl Guide is pointing out is that there were two families where a Bunting married a Smith - one in Ashbourne and one in Wandsworth. By co-incidence it looks as if they both had boys called Anthony G born the same time.

[rosie99]

There is also this which is showing as an amendment to a 1927 birth. 

Births June qtr 1932
Bunting    Victor B    Smith    Wandsworth    1d   828   

The 1927 registration....
Births June qtr 1927   
Bunting    Victor B    Smith    Wandsworth    1d   See J/32      

He can be found with the Wandsworth 'Anthony' in 1939

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Thank you for the clarification!

Any thoughts on Kay99's comment about the entry above Anthony G having the same district and reference number?

Rosie99 - thank you - Victor B was my father and his birth was originally registered in 1927 under his mother's unmarried name and then after she and David G Bunting married in 1931 Dad was registered
under the Legitimacy Act - however I am not clear if he really was Victor's father as the family "story" was he didn't know who his father was. 

[rosie99]

It is likely that Victors father was not David Bunting.  Probably a DNA test would be the way to find out. 

It is possible that the Ashbourne registration is also 'your' Anthony.  The only way to find out is to buy the certificate.