George Frederick SLADE was born 1851 at Aston Upthorpe, he was a solicitor at Wallingford and died 1931 at Wallingford, his death notice says M.B.E.   Trying to find out when he recieved his M.B.E. and what for   Tis possible the Oxford alumini may give a clue   I've tried searching the Times with no luck so far   Need some help with this   Helen

Dear Helen > George Frederick SLADE was born 1851 at Aston Upthorpe, he was a > solicitor at Wallingford and died 1931 at Wallingford, his death > notice says M.B.E. > > Trying to find out when he recieved his M.B.E. and what for I would say that searching the Times is a sound idea. I have also tried the London Gazette archive: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/search It was a little tricky to find the right search conditions - not so difficult to find references to him in his capacity as a solicitor, but the one you want seems to be in the "Supplement to the London Gazette", 7 June 1918, where he appears (page 6741) for his services as Clerk to Wallingford Rural Tribunal and Crowmarsh Local Tribunal. (I'm not sure what these bodies were, incidentally). The first page of the supplement shows it is a list of people awarded honours in the King's birthday honours list for services in connection with the war. (You may want to read at least some of the pages in between, which may say something else of interest.) Perhaps given a date, you may have more luck looking in the Times. Also, a more local newspaper may give other details. Best wishes Paul -- Paul Betteridge, Leafield, Oxfordshire pbetteridge@pobox.com

Hi Helen Google books has a listing for a George Frederick Slade, Woodlea, Wood Street Wallingford, Councellor and Mayor of Wallingford c 1906 This is from - The Municipal year book and public services directory volume 1906 There are a couple of others along the same lines. My guess would be that he received the MBE for his work on the council Hope this helps regards MOIRA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Carter" <helen.carter28@yahoo.com> To: <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 3:45 PM Subject: [BRK] George Frederick SLADE M.B.E. George Frederick SLADE was born 1851 at Aston Upthorpe, he was a solicitor at Wallingford and died 1931 at Wallingford, his death notice says M.B.E. Trying to find out when he recieved his M.B.E. and what for Tis possible the Oxford alumini may give a clue I've tried searching the Times with no luck so far Need some help with this Helen ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message