"Tickettyboo" <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> wrote in message news:b3u6i6F8d6uU1@mid.individual.net... > I am way out of my usual area here <I have a long line of Ag Labs and > Anchor Smiths and haven't ever needed to venture up the 'posh end'> > > Trying to help a friend who is researching the history of a previous owner > of a military sword, one John Duncan Bertie Fulton (1876-1915) > In amongst the masses of paperwork he has collected about this man's > career etc is confirmation from The Central Chancery if the Orders of > Knighthood saying that, in 1914, he was amongst those "To be Ordinary > Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the > Most Honourable Order of the Bath". > > Okay, so that is confirmed, but would this entitle his wife/widow to style > herself as 'Lady Fulton'? > > I can't find a record of this man marrying but various articles on the net > indicate that the Fulton Block, in RAF Cosford was built c 1938 and named > in his memory. The funding of £250,000 was said to come from his widow, > Lady Fulton. I haven't yet found a marriage for him and there was no > mention of a widow on the CWGC site, nor in a four page obit about him in > 'The Aeroplane' vol IX, no 20, dated 17th November 1915, so its just not > adding up at the moment. > > Supplementary question - His probate record says Administration (with Will > limited) to an attorney. Am I correct in thinking that the 'limited' > relates to the Administration (perhaps not all of the estate was clear to > go into probate and they allowed 'some' of his effects to be adminstered) > , and not a comment about the actual will? I am hoping that a will may > shed some light on whether or not he married. > > -- > Tickettyboo > >From Wikipedia - so it must be true! "CBs must be of the rank of Lieutenant Commander, Major or Squadron Leader, and in addition must have been mentioned in despatches for distinction in a command position in a combat situation. Non-line officers (e.g. engineers, medics) may be appointed only for meritorious service in war time." This means JDBF must have done some combat service - like 1902 Ladysmith, for which there is a London Gazette entry - and it was not not for being a peace time Chief Inspector of a pioneer aviator. Flying wasn't invented until 1903.