Charles Ellson wrote: > On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:15:11 +0930, Anne Chambers <anne@privacy.net> > wrote: > >> Charles Ellson wrote: >>> On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:31:52 +0930, Anne Chambers <anne@privacy.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> David Love wrote: >>>> >>>>> (b) his marriage in Ireland? >>>>> >>>> >>>> The Buffs were, according to their regimental history, only in Ireland (Fermoy) between 1920 and January 1922, >>>> so that limits the date of his marriage >>>> >>> Where did they go next ? >>> <snip> >>> >> http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/buffs_index.htm >> > Ta. That puts them out of reach (except for the first three months of > 1922) of any registration system in the British Isles for years unless > anyone was left behind or on home leave. As they had gone before > partition then we can probably not worry about a late marriage in > Northern Ireland with no online index access. > He must have been back in the UK by 1926 as he married his second wife in the Dartford RD then. Some of the 2nd Battalion were in the UK between 1923 and 1927; if he were senior enough by then, he may have been transferred to them as an instructor. It might pay to look for a death of a female MARTIN of an appropriate age in either Portland or Aldershot between 1922/3 and 1925/6. -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com