On 03/02/15 19:26, Bob Campbell via wrote: %>< > 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? I'd have thought that a messenger for the War Office would have been employed directly by the War Office so he'd have been a Civil Servant. > Frederick may have died at Kensington in 1938 but the age stated appears > incorrect! One of the key factors here is that the deceased doesn't get questioned about his age. What goes on the record is what the informant said so look at what appears to be the relationship between the deceased & the informant. Is the informant likely to have known or to have guessed the age? -- Ian The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang at austonley org uk