Good evening I am hoping someone can assist me with my mystery on my grandad Redvers Charles TONKIN who was born on the 3 Feberuary 1900 in Penzance. I have certificates on as many of his family as I have been able so far to get, on all of my grandads certificates it states he was working on the Great Western Railway so of course I took that on leaving home he immediately joined the work force on the railway. About a week ago I was going through my files and was reading more fully each certificate as I came to my aunty Susan's I was shocked to read grandad gave his occupation as being in the army. My aunty was born 1920 so there is only a span of 20 years between grandads own birth and his eldest childs. I went through the military listings at the National Archives in England but could not locate anything on a Redvers Charles Tonkin in the military I felt he may have served in WW1. Can anyone advise me what to do as by 1930 the time of his forth and youngest child's birth grandad was living at 26 Walton Way, Acton W3 where he remained until he immigrated to Australia. On aunty Nora's certificate and my mothers and her brothers certificates he gives his occupation as "Locomotive Driver." Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to find more out about my grandad. Also I was told I would not be able to get copies of his war records if they exist and that I would not be able to get his railway records is this correct. Thank you in advance Sincerely Hazel E. MAGANN OAM Blacktown, NSW

Hi Hazel If you look at Ancestry the is a Pension Record 1915 for Redvers, so it should appear on the National Archives Website. There are also Railway Records for him. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hazel Magann" <hazelmagann@optusnet.com.au> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] ADVICE SOUGHT > Good evening > I am hoping someone can assist me with my mystery on my grandad Redvers > Charles TONKIN who was born on the 3 Feberuary 1900 in Penzance. > > I have certificates on as many of his family as I have been able so far to > get, on all of my grandads certificates it states he was working on the > Great Western Railway so of course I took that on leaving home he > immediately joined the work force on the railway. > > About a week ago I was going through my files and was reading more fully > each certificate as I came to my aunty Susan's I was shocked to read > grandad gave his occupation as being in the army. My aunty was born 1920 > so there is only a span of 20 years between grandads own birth and his > eldest childs. > > I went through the military listings at the National Archives in England > but could not locate anything on a Redvers Charles Tonkin in the military > I felt he may have served in WW1. > > Can anyone advise me what to do as by 1930 the time of his forth and > youngest child's birth grandad was living at 26 Walton Way, Acton W3 where > he remained until he immigrated to Australia. On aunty Nora's certificate > and my mothers and her brothers certificates he gives his occupation as > "Locomotive Driver." > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to find more out > about my grandad. Also I was told I would not be able to get copies of his > war records if they exist and that I would not be able to get his railway > records is this correct. > > Thank you in advance > > Sincerely > Hazel E. MAGANN OAM > Blacktown, NSW > ------------------------------- -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 296 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen

Hullo Hazel The reason your grand-dad's army records might not be available is because a large part of them were lost in the London blitz of WWII. This happened to my father's records although I did find one or two minor things while searching through the National Archives. Sue's advice sounds promising. Cheers Pat On 3/07/2012 6:55 PM, Hazel Magann wrote: > Good evening > I am hoping someone can assist me with my mystery on my grandad Redvers Charles TONKIN who was born on the 3 Feberuary 1900 in Penzance. > > I have certificates on as many of his family as I have been able so far to get, on all of my grandads certificates it states he was working on the Great Western Railway so of course I took that on leaving home he immediately joined the work force on the railway. > > About a week ago I was going through my files and was reading more fully each certificate as I came to my aunty Susan's I was shocked to read grandad gave his occupation as being in the army. My aunty was born 1920 so there is only a span of 20 years between grandads own birth and his eldest childs. > > I went through the military listings at the National Archives in England but could not locate anything on a Redvers Charles Tonkin in the military I felt he may have served in WW1. > > Can anyone advise me what to do as by 1930 the time of his forth and youngest child's birth grandad was living at 26 Walton Way, Acton W3 where he remained until he immigrated to Australia. On aunty Nora's certificate and my mothers and her brothers certificates he gives his occupation as "Locomotive Driver." > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to find more out about my grandad. Also I was told I would not be able to get copies of his war records if they exist and that I would not be able to get his railway records is this correct. > > Thank you in advance > > Sincerely > Hazel E. MAGANN OAM > Blacktown, NSW > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email toCORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, emailCORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email toCORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email toCORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Hazel, Ancestry also have an army pension record for Redvers. What a wonderful name. He crops up a lot on Ancestry. Sue ________________________________ From: Pat Banks <tencreek@tpg.com.au> To: cornish@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 12:38 Subject: Re: [CORNISH] ADVICE SOUGHT Hullo Hazel The reason your grand-dad's army records might not be available is because a large part of them were lost in the London blitz of WWII. This happened to my father's records although I did find one or two minor things while searching through the National Archives. Sue's advice sounds promising. Cheers Pat On 3/07/2012 6:55 PM, Hazel Magann wrote: > Good evening > I am hoping someone can assist me with my mystery on my grandad Redvers Charles TONKIN who was born on the 3 Feberuary 1900 in Penzance. > > I have certificates on as many of his family as I have been able so far to get, on all of my grandads certificates it states he was working on the Great Western Railway so of course I took that on leaving home he immediately joined the work force on the railway. > > About a week ago I was going through my files and was reading more fully each certificate as I came to my aunty Susan's I was shocked to read grandad gave his occupation as being in the army. My aunty was born 1920 so there is only a span of 20 years between grandads own birth and his eldest childs. > > I went through the military listings at the National Archives in England but could not locate anything on a Redvers Charles Tonkin in the military I felt he may have served in WW1. > > Can anyone advise me what to do as by 1930 the time of his forth and youngest child's birth grandad was living at 26 Walton Way, Acton W3 where he remained until he immigrated to Australia. On aunty Nora's certificate and my mothers and her brothers certificates he gives his occupation as "Locomotive Driver." > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to find more out about my grandad. Also I was told I would not be able to get copies of his war records if they exist and that I would not be able to get his railway records is this correct. > > Thank you in advance > > Sincerely > Hazel E. MAGANN OAM > Blacktown, NSW > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email toCORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com  with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text.  If you want, MIME digests, emailCORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email toCORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email toCORNISH-request@rootsweb.com  with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text.  If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message