If ever I needed someone here to help me get to the bottom of something this is it!
I thought I had my ex-husband's family tree tied up; he has helped me over the years as a project for our grandchildren. But today he's sent me something which has thrown that into a bit of turmoil. What this is is the memoirs of his mother, who died in 2002. She recorded tape after tape about her life, which he has had transcribed. I have read about three pages and have found several things which don't agree with what I have, although she was a smart lady and I have to assume she was right.
She talks of her mother, Jessica Whitfield Wilson who was born in Durham in 1889. She then refers to her TWO younger brothers, Cecil and Patsy who joined the DLI, although to separate units at the start of WW1. There was in fact another younger brother born in 1893 who had died as a baby, named Anthony. I have info on Cecil (Cecil Victor Wilson born 1895). He followed the usual route, fighting on the Somme etc. Patsy is more interesting - she says he was sent (with the DLI) to Guernsey for the duration of the war. There they basically "looked after" the residents, helped out with farming etc. At the moment I can't find anything at all about Patsy (I'm assuming he was Patrick but that isn't a usual family name so I suppose could be a nickname), his time in the DLI or the DLI being in Guernsey. Apparently he met a young woman on Guernsey called Emma and I'm assuming they married but I can't find that either!
Does anyone have any idea where I might find any bits of information?
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Topic: DLI in Guernsey? (Read 571 times)