I have a mysterious great grandfather, who, for whatever reason, changed his name.
He was born as George Frederick William Keiff. Born on 8th September 1879, Islington, London.
However, just after the birth of his first child in 1907 (my grandmother Louisa), he changed his name on all future birth records for his other children, census returns etc to George William White.
Because of his age when the a Great War started, he may well have been enlisted but I don't know where to start when trying to find if he did or not.
I have an ancestry subscription. I've check military records for George under his birth name and there are no matches. That's no surprise given what I know about his name change.
So I searched for George William White and there are loads of them! So many medal roll entries for numerous George William White's. How do I work out which, if any, are my great grandfather?