Look up request Huddersfield Daily Examiner

[CaroleW]

Birth reg

George Robert Mead sept qtr 1925 Doncaster 9C 1420 mmn Knott

He is on the 1939 register - no middle name

[CaroleW]

Marriages Dec qtr 1920

Jessie Knott/John R Meads (note s) Doncaster 9C 1846

[Shazbaz]

Hi Carole

Thank you so much for all your help, that is definitely my grandad, he's George Robert Mead and his mum was Jessie and his dad was John 😊.
You mentioned that I wouldn't need to get a death cert if it's on the death reg, do you know if the MOD or the Archives will accept this when applying for my grandads service records?
Thank you again for taking time to search for me 😊

[Shazbaz]

And you even managed to find my great nana and grandads marriage! I searched on the My Heritage site for ages and couldn't find that, in fact to be honest I can't seem to find much at all on that site 😵‍💫 I think maybe I need to find a different genealogy site or perhaps I'm just not using that site properly lol 😆
You have found more in a few hours than I managed to find in months so thank you again for your help

[CaroleW]

You are very welcome.  Some free sites which may prove useful for you

www.freebmd.org.uk is where I found his birth & parents marriage.

I used GRO online to find his middle christian name as it only shows as an initial on freebmd.  Free registration & free to use

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

Although I used Ancestry to find his death reg - it is actually on freebmd

The 1939 register gave me his parents names & confirmed the birthdate on his death reg.  This is only available via the subscription sites but most libraries have free Ancestry or FindMyPast access

I don't know about the MoD - have a read of this thread

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=651361.0

[Shazbaz]

Thanks Carole, that's a really big help 😊

[Tickettyboo]

I tried the online Huddersfield Crematorium Book of Remembrance and this seems to be the entry for George Mead born 22 Jul 1925, died 29 Dec 1985
https://www.remembrance-books.com/huddersfield/pages/122901l.jpg

Boo

[Shazbaz]

Tickettyboo,
Thank you so much for that, I remember going up to Fixby Crem to see that when it was opened in the chapple of rest each year 🥰 I wonder if this would be considered as proof when applying for his military records 🤔

[Tickettyboo]

Tickettyboo,
Thank you so much for that, I remember going up to Fixby Crem to see that when it was opened in the chapple of rest each year 🥰 I wonder if this would be considered as proof when applying for his military records 🤔

I don't know for sure but think you need to read through this info as which branch of the services he was in may have a bearing on what is available and how you can get it.

https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-records-of-service/apply-for-the-records-of-a-deceased-serviceperson


Boo