Nivard , I've just bought the 1911 page , and Percy is single , living as " son " of widow who is actually his Aunty ! Thank you !!!! These relatives don't half invent their own stories , don't they ? I'm not sure in this freedom of information age , whether the same can be done now . Ros ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [BAN] Bucks Regimnt records > Hi Rosalind > > My question was based on the possibility that a man I had found in the WW1 > medal cards who was a Percy J ROBERTS may be your man, having found your > man > with parents in 1901 it looked like he had the middle initial as J, there > were only two Percy ROBERTS in the medal cards who served in the Ox & > Bucks, > one being a Percy J, the other Percy C (that is of course based on your > mums > anecdote being correct) > > Having found him in 1891 with parents I would say his middle initial is > actually T, I wonder if thats for TYE like his brother Benjamin ? > > There is one Percy ROBERTS born Banbury in the 1911 census but without > buying the transcript or page its hard to know what his marital status > was, > do you have that? > > There are many Percy ROBERTS listed in the medal cards which give little > detail so hard to work out which might be yours > > I do not see an obvious Percy ROBERTS in the service records so far > available on Ancestry > > Ancestry are making available the surviving service records but are only > up > to the letter N so far , so its possible his still exist and may yet be > found, he does not seem to appear in the so called pension records > > Service records give more detail and may identify him, although sadly only > approximately one third survived WW2 (ironically) > > The added problem is that he may not have used his middle initial so > identifying a marriage may also be a problem > > On that point have you seen his baptism or just a transcript, the original > of which may give his middle name ? > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >> Nivard , >> I've no idea how Bucks came into it - I just wrote down what Mum said ! >> I have no second name for him at baptism , though he might have gained >> one >> later , I guess . >> Regards , >> Rosalind . > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/eng-banbury-area > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >