Any information, either family or military would help the search. Each new fact leads to new information.
I am particularly interested in how he came to be a professional musician (trombonist). He was the youngest son of a very large poor family, his father was an illiterate agricultural labourer. Somehow great grandfather John learnt to play an instrument and then his own son went on to play in the LPO, a world leading orchestra! Im interested in this startling example of 20th Century social mobility.
I was wondering whether he learnt the trombone in the army as I can't see his family being able to afford an instrument or access music lessons.
