Thank you Norina. That is very helpful. I will know focus on the English births and marriages again Jon, Thank you for pointing out that the museum should be checked. I had not contemplated that. Michael Allbrook -----Original Message----- From: eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-banbury-area-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Norina Pauling Sent: 19 August 2009 16:10 To: eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAN] Morrison Jack WOOTTON Hi I cannot find a birth or marriage registered for Morrison so perhaps his parents emigrated to Canada. I know that in WW1 men came back to the UK to enlist in the army here and returned to their new country afterwards, so perhaps the same happened in WW2. There are Woottons in the 1901 census in Croughton so perhaps he was related to them and that is why he is on the memorial & in the Canadian war tributes. Kind Regards Norina > From: michael@allbrook.com > To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:04:24 +0100 > Subject: [BAN] Morrison Jack WOOTTON > > I am not sure whether Croughton counts as being part of Banburyshire but > there does not appear to be a list for "our" part of Northamptonshire. > On their war memorial is a small carved name Morrison Wootton. > I believe that it is Morrison Jack WOOTTON and I have established that he > was a Captain, 5th Battalion, The Essex Regiment, who was killed on 4 > November 1943 age 30. He was the son of Jack and Caroline Wootton and the > husband of Gladys Wootton of Bournemouth. He is buried in Sangro River War > Cemetery, Italy. > The strange thing is that the only mention I can find of him is in the > Canadian War tributes but they reiterate the CWGC information that I had. > My questions are: what is his link to Croughton and to Canada? > Can anyone help please? > Michael Allbrook