Greetings Folks,
I'm hoping that some of you forumites & learned people can help steer me into some much needed information on my Grandmother's Sister.
I know nothing of her, until last night, my 92 year old Father mentioned her to me, just before turning in for bed.
My ONLY starting point is that my Dad's Mum is/was named "Gertrude Marion Clifford"
Gertrude Marion Clifford was born in 1902 in Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire.
She died in Norfolk, in 1988, already a widower
She married William J Hudson - I believe that was in the mid-late 1920's
I know they lived in Becontree Heath (Essex) in the 1930's onwards, as he became a Steam Locomotive Driver in 1935
My Dad mentioned that Gertrude Marion Clifford had a sister, too
Alas he doesn't know "if" this Sister, named either Anne or Annie was older or younger than his Mum ?
It's Anne or Annie that I'm really seeking out, as she eventually gave birth to a Son, who later went on to serve in the B.E.F aka "British Expeditionary Force" & was apparently "Blinded At Dunkirk" in either Late May or Early June 1940.
I know my Nan WAS born in Croome D'Abitot in 1902 and that's pretty much all I've got to go on.....
..... other than her Sister Anne or Annie went to go live at a place called "Great Barr" in Birmingham, formerly under the borders of Staffordshire
BTW ; I know for a fact that neither she (Anne or Annie), nor her poor son Bert, or Bertram are still alive...
Bert, or Bertram apparently (due to his blindness & subsequent divorce) regrettably took his own life some time in the late 1940's or very, very early 1950's.
It's both HIM and his Mum specifically that I'd like to know about.... please....
I honestly wish I had more detail to submit, but my Dad's 92 y/o & his memory is fading & if I don't do it soon, he'll never know.....
Thanks for reading & many thanks in advance for those who could help me trace Anne or Annie Clifford, or and Bert (Bertram) her Ex Army B.E.F son
Cheers,
