I'm hoping someone can help me with a small problem. A friend just gave me their overseas copy of The Weekly Telegram - Issue No. 649. There is a review of a book entitled "Empire Made Me" by Robert Bickers. It is a biography of a Robert Maurice Tinkler. He was a Lancashire lad who joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1915, age 17. He died at age 42 (1940) in Shanghai when he was bayoneted by some Japaneses marines whom he had confronted when they wanted to round up his mill workers. Evidently, it caused an international incident. One of my great grandmothers was Emily Tinkler who was born in 1845 in Woolsthorpe, Lincs. I am conducting an unofficial one name study of Tinklers, I have recorded every Tinkler entry from the Civil Reg indexes from 1837 to 2000. I think that the subject of the book was called Richard Maurice Tinkler. The birth of a Richard Maurice Tinkler was registered at Ulverston in the 4th Qrt of 1898. The Rootsweb FreeBMD site confirms this. I can't find any birth registration for a Robert Maurice Tinkler. Before I contact the newspaper, I was wondering if anyone knew of a birth for a Robert Maurice Tinkler. There is always the possibility that the reviewer misquoted the name. Does anyone know if the authour, Robert Bickers, is related to Richard Maurice Tinkler. In the 1901 census, there is a 2 year old Richard Tinkler living with his parents, Alfred & Elizabeth (nee Shuttleworth), at Hawkshead. Alfred was a hotel keeper. They had a younger daughter, Edith, born in 1900. I believe that Alfred's parents were Richard & Mary Ann HORN. Richard Maurice's sister, Edith Whalen (nee Tinkler), was mentioned in her aunt Fanny's wiill. Incidentally, I'm not related to these Tinklers. Pat Williams :-) Toronto, Canada