JFHH wrote: > Coming a little late to this thread: Never too late :)) > You may have found them, but: > Ancestry has Reginald's medal card (as MENERAN - sic in original - > correction made) also from soldieres died in the Great War: > Name:Reginald Auguste Menereau > Birth Place:Westminster > Residence:Regents Park > Death Date:9 Nov 1918 > Death Location:France & Flanders > Enlistment Location:London > Rank:Rifleman > Regiment:London Regiment > Battalion:5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade) > Number:318253 > Type of Casualty:Died > Theatre of War:Western European Theatre > Comments:Formerly 5671, 9Th London Regt. > ---- > on his medal card his alterate number is 8113. I have been unable to > find his service record - either burnt or lurking under a total > mis-transcription. I hadn't thought to look for his medal card :/ so thank you for that. Interesting that it says he died France & Flanders. The CWGC and WGPP sites both give his place of death as Germany which made me wonder if he was a POW. His cause of death, according to the WGPP, was dysentry MENEREAU gets well mangled so it could be under a mis-transcription but burnt is very possible. My grandfather's and great uncle's records went that way :(( > 2 days before armistice - poor lad. No wonder someone was named in his > memory. So near, yet so far. > Also, Malvina's birth, but in *Lambeth*, not Pancras > Malvina Henriete J Menerrau > Year of Registration:1886 > Quarter of Registration:Oct-Nov-Dec > District:Lambeth > County:Greater London, London, Surrey > Volume:1d > Page:332 > ---- > I have corrected surname - original is clear. > That said, I see there is another Malvina: all the following are Pancras > except Cecil who is Kensington - > Cecil Douglas Menereau1896Oct-Nov-DecGreater London, London, Middlesex > Bryan Ewart Menereau1898Oct-Nov-DecLondon, Middlesex > Malvina Violet N P Menereau1900Apr-May-JunLondon, Middlesex > Lily Leontine Menereau1903Apr-May-JunGreater London, London > Marguerite Emilie Menereau1905Oct-Nov-DecGreater London, London > Alice Rachel H Menereau1908Oct-Nov-DecGreater London, London These are all the children of Henri Auguste and Hannah (whose maiden name may be TUGWELL). Reginald was the eldest. The other Malvina was probably a cousin. I'll check that one out. > Lily's Baptism is at > http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1558&iid=31280_197819-00431&fn=Lily+Leontine&ln=Menerean&st=d&ssrc=&pid=3915967 > again, I have corrected surname. > > To complete the picture here are the MENEREAU deaths: > > Henry A Menereau abt 18601912St Pancras (1902-1977)Greater London, London > Lily L Menereau abt 19031912St Pancras (1902-1977)Greater London, London > Alice R H Menereau abt 19091910St Pancras (1902-1977)Greater London, London Henri and two of his daus > Bryan Menereau 1951PancrasLondon This one is currently a stray but related I'm sure. > Bryan E Menereau 1945IslingtonGreater London > Cecil D Menereau 1939GosportHampshire Brothers > Hannah Menereau 1954SouthwarkLondon Henri's widow > Reginald D E Menereau 1920PancrasLondon Currently a stray but likely related. > Daisy Ellen Menereau18981971PortsmouthHampshire Cecil D's widow > Marjorie Ellen Menereau1923Apr 1996PortsmouthHampshire Cecil D's dau > Reginald Frederick E Menereau1928Jun 1984CroydonLondon, Surrey Bryan E's son > Marguerite Rose Menereau1945Jun 2002BarnetHertfordshire, Middlesex Bryan E's dau > Melvina V N P Menereaum 1922WandsworthGreater London Another of Henri and Hannah's daus Many thanks for this data and also for correcting the surname. It'll help others find the family. Goodness knows how many others are lurking in the indices under well mangled versions :)) -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/