On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 08:15:53 +0100, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: >On 02/09/2013 06:36, melanie chesnel wrote: >> Thanks very much for all the comments on rank, they have helped me understand what went on. On the subject of a young married man leaving all to his mother I would suggest he was just coping the "standard" will of his squaddie mates without really thinking of what it meant. If they were all unmarried and leaving their meager possessions to their mothers then he did too without thinking that in his case it was more appropriate to leave all to his wife >> >> regards melanie >> > >"What do I do here Sarge? > >Leave it to yer Mum! > The dates need to be looked at as well. (WRT soldiers' documents -) A lot of soldiers would have nominated their mothers as next of kin after joining up unmarried with the records showing a change to a wife married later on. If they were domiciled in England and Wales, made a will in favour of their mother then married but failed to make a new will it would have been invalidated by the marriage if that wasn't a later change in the law.