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? Would a Post Office employee be a messenger for the War Office? Frederick may have died at Kensington in 1938 but the age stated appears incorrect! Cheers from Bob Campbell

> 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. > Frederick may have died at Kensington in 1938 but the age stated appears > incorrect! Remember the man who knows the correct age is in no position to say. The informant may have looked at him and guessed/ EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society