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PLEASE DELETE THIS POST -- Gertrude has been found !! woohoo !! It took a recent death of a cousin to find the answer in her belongings.

The informant on both their death certs, was their son Herbert Browning of 19 Twickenham Road, Leytonstone; he was also the Executor (occupation: Insurance Agent) on both their Wills at this address. There is a very comprehensive account of him in British Army WW1 Service Records 1914-1920 (born 12/...

Extract from my original post:- I have checked all the ‘usual avenues’ to try and locate her; electoral rolls, wills, newspapers for obits (including her parents), accounts of funerals and weddings, travel manifests, and the 1939 Registration for Identification Card, but have found nothing of ‘my Ge...

Thanks Jo... yes I have checked The National Archives -- zilch !

grangers14 wrote:Have you tried The National Archives for any service records?
Jo

Hi Jo, thanks your post; would you kindly be specific with "what" service records you are suggesting.
Libby

Gertrude Browning (my grandmother), born 12 December 1882, Limehouse Middlesex Parents: Sarah and John Browning (died 1922 and 1920, respectively) Married: Lennox Harper Hall 25 December 1904, a chemist and druggist Son (their only child): Lennox Gordon Hall (my father), born 27 December 1905 Lennox...

PLEASE DELETE THIS POST -- Gertrude has been found !! woohoo !! It took a recent death of a cousin to find the answer in her belongings.