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i forgot about it to be honest

I know that Joseph Edward Higgins died in 1971 in Sandwell Hospital

If you have their service number and division then it is easy enough to substantiate family rumours via the Divisional War Diaries. Sometimes you have to figure out their Division from the Nominal Roll on the medal card. I have a few medical cards that could be him with no addresses on is there any...

is there anything that lists the jobs that made you exempt for enlistment

But other than on the likes of ancestry.co.uk where can I look?

I am trying to find out if my Great Grandfather Joseph Edward Higgins fought in WWI or if he didn't why. He was born 12 Apr 1893 in 99 Tat Bank Road, Oldbury, Worcestershire, England and was a Blacksmith. I have found the following possibilities but none of them have addresses British Army WWI Medal...

James Bradfield Pool was born in Dec 1847 at Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary Ann Holloway on 23rd Feb 1860 at Trinity Church, Ettingshall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Mary Ann Holloway was born in 1847 at Bilston, Staffordshire, England. Their first child I can find ...

An update on this is that James Pool's middle name was actually Bradfield. He came from Northamptonshire. His father was William Pool. I can find him in the 1871-1911 census' but can find him or his father before this but do know at some point they were in or near the Brixworth Workhouse.

I did find out from an article in the Oldbury Weekly News dated from June 1917 that Annie had two brothers that were in the army Called George and Joseph. Unfortunately I can't find the three of them in any census. I don't have any DOB or place of birth for any of them

Thanks for the reply the pictures of his grave on ancestry are part of my tree on there. Do you know where in Kings Norton they got married?

I have been looking in The Kelly's Directory for Staffordshire. This is what I have found under the Pork Butcher section of the directory:

1900

J. Pool, 344 Willenhall Road, Wolverhampton

1912

James Poole, 86 Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton

Okay I'm just getting more confused. I've been to the Stafford and Dudley Achives to get copies of the marriage registries for both the Seedhouse and Hume marriages. 29th May 1838 St Peters Chuch, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England John Seedhouse 30 Widower Miner Wolverhampton Thomas Seedhouse Mi...

Yeah we're still after this one. my cousin has been searching for him for 30 years

Does anyone know who John Biddulph is? I looked at quite a few marriage records at St Peters in Wolverhampton and he appears as a witness on a lot of the records