Great relief over the shoes!! Umm, was there more than one airbase at Gloucester? I'll have to look at the death certificate. His death is not clear as the death certificate entry is ambiguous and Mick, his son, was told that he was killed during a raid over Germany so without getting involved with the PRO records. He may have been moved to Cirencester after the war as part of the CWC's setting up of the commemorative cemeteries, perhaps he was originally buried on the base. If Family involvement was needed re a memorial entry then he may well have not been included anywhere, I think that by then he only had a father and no strong 'home town' roots. I know that during WWI, all the regiments got very mixed up as survivors were re-allocated to different regiments to make up their strengths and later volunteers also got allocated to where men were needed rather than their local' regiment. msb www.pagetdesigns.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All outgoing emails scanned by Norton Antivirus. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------