Thank you to everyone who has given me helpful tip bits to try and find my grandfather. I will give you an update of where I am up to (if you are interested, if not deleted the message) What I know Edward Coates born 1917 and a Sgt in the RASC. I know that he was not in the Canadian forces (I have a letter saying this). The British Defence force (I can't remember what they are called exactly) are looking at their records to see if they have a record of an Edward Coates. Looking in the Social Security Death Index he could be Edward Coates born 28/10/17 d November 1983, Radford Virginia. As someone suggested to me I have contacted our State Library in Melbourne Australia who have a huge genealogy section. They do not have any USA newspapers. If someone happens to be looking in the papers around November 1983 for the Radford area in Virginia, please keep your eye out for a death notice for an Edward Coates. If anyone needs anything researching in Australia I am happy to see what I can do. Thanks for listening to me ramble again. Belinda ARTHUR ROBINSON & HEDDERWICKS This email and any attachments are intended solely for the named addressee. They are confidential and may be subject to legal or other professional privilege. This email and any attachments are also subject to copyright. They may be copied or distributed by the addressee only with the consent of the copyright owner. Otherwise, no part of them may be copied, adapted, transmitted or distributed without the written consent of the copyright owner. If you have received this email in error, please let us know by reply email or phone and delete all copies from your computer system. It is the recipient's responsibility to check this email and any attachments for viruses. Any confidentiality, privilege, or copyright is not waived or lost because this email has been sent to you by mistake.