On 04/02/2015 00:57, eve via wrote: >> Am attempting to piece together the last years of my great grandfather >> Frederick William Campbell.... >> Here is what I know so far, >> He was discharged from the army as a Chelsea Pensioner in 1907 >> At Shepherds Bush in 1911 he is aged 44 both a pensioner and a postman >> Described as a widower he later remarried the widow householder in the 1911 >> census >> The marriage in 1915 shows him as a messenger for the War OFFice at age 48 >> The 1922 marriage of his son has his occupation also as a messenger for the >> War Office >> His 2nd wife died in 1932, still living at Shepherds Bush, Frederick would >> be 65 and was still described as a Messenger in the War Office. >> My questions being would there a record of him in either or both in the Post >> Office or Army records? > Civil Service list should include him and state salary. >> Would a Post Office employee be a messenger for the War Office? > > Probably went from one to the other, with his Army service to recommend > him. He would be about on the age limit for call-up, but to be on the safe > side, he may then have joined the Civil Service - and working for the War > Office would be in a reserved occupation. > It is even possible that he remained in the army. My great-grandfather worked in the War Office from 1872 to 1918 as a member of the Royal Engineers. It is quite likely he was one of the people who used your g-gf's services. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>