Charlie wrote: > My soldier had married my Aunt Mabel in September 1914. At about the same > time he voluteered for the 13th Battalion of the Essex regiment (West > Ham).. His will was made out and signed on 9th November 1915 and he left > everything to his mother, not his young (19 year old) wjfe. This strikes me > as odd, but I know from other information in the will that it's the right > man, What do others make of that? He would have had precious little to > bequeeth. > Perhaps he thought his mother needed the money more, as his wife could go back to her parents if he died. Did he have younger siblings still dependent and was his mother a widow ? Did war widows get an allowance/some other sort of payment in WW1 ? -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com