ARC TBC - Any help out there?

[pacman_23]

I am trying to seek information concerning my Grandfather from my Fathers side.
I know very little about him and do not know of anyone that I can ask to get the full picture, however this is what I know about him.

Full name as I am led to believe is George Smith, Birth (approx) 1897 - 98. Place of birth unknown. Father Thomas Smith. There is a rumour that George came from London, where in London I don't know, that's been one of my stumbling points.

Joined the army quite young around 17 and around 1914-15 this is a complete guess based on what I have and served in the WWI, which regiment I do not know however there is a story that he was wounded at some point during his service by a hand-grenade explosion however cannot confirm this.

He came back to England and on the 24/10/1920 he married my Grandmother Emily Slater at the Holy Trinity Church West Bromwich. When George got married Thomas Smith was deceased, Also that at the time of marriage George was registered at the Slater family home of 15, Boulton Road Handsworth, Witnesses at the wedding were Joseph Dixon and Eliza Willetts, JD was in fact a Slater and went by the name of Dixon, it a long story so will not go into that.

They went onto to have three children, Doris (B) Approx 1922, Vera (B) 1925, Enean (B) 1927 Denis George (B) 1934 (My Father).
The only other information is that he did have a job at Dudley Guest Hospital in the 60's as a porter.
He died 03/01/66.

I know that it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack but I am hopeful someone may be able to help.

[Jimmy]

What was is occupation on his marriage cert, do's it give his fathers occupation.

[Annie]

Been looking for your George on the 1901 london area and there are 9 pages with 16 to a page of George Smiths born about the time , don't have time now to open them all up at the moment.

I have three lots of different Smiths in my tree and they are a pain.
Annie

[MarkCDodd]

When I looked for George Smith born 1898 +/- 2 years I got 374 WW1 soldier records!!!!!

We really need his father's profession and/or George's place of birth.

[MarkCDodd]

15 Boulton Road, Handsworth has a Hurst family living there in 1911.

[pacman_23]

not related to the Hurst family

[sparkstopper]

1911 Census: 15 Boulton Rd. West Bromwich

Mrs SLATER hd/ widow 49
W. SLATER son 26 Gen. Lab.
A. SLATER son 23 Wood Carver
Eliza SLATER dau. 18
G. SLATER dau. 12
F. SLATER dau. 11
ELMY SLATER dau. 10
Edith SLATER dau. 5
All born West Bromwich.

[BC Wench]

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