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Medal Card on Ancestry that could be him but not found any service record to back it up


Name: Dennis B Brewer
Regiment or Corps: Dorsetshire Regiment
Regimental Number: 13177

There is a birth in the same area in 1927. Also, given that they appear to have married in Ireland, any earlier births could be registered there maybe?

Same family in 1911 (Glitterbaby put the 1901 on page 1)

Residents of a house 28 in Bridge Street (Londonderry No. 3 Urban, Londonderry)
Mc Feely John 62 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic -Grocer
Mc Feely Susan 54 Female Wife Roman Catholic
Mc Feely Susan 22 Female Daughter Roman Catholic
Mc Feely William Bernard 17 Male Son Roman Catholic
Mc Feely Robert Columba 13 Male Son Roman Catholic
Mc Feely Bridget 11 Female Daughter Roman Catholic
Mc Feely Hugh Joseph 10 Male Son Roman Catholic
Mc Feely Mary Ann 66 Female Sister Roman Catholic
Mc Feely Margaret 64 Female Sister Roman Catholic
Mc Feely Elizabeth 56 Female Sister Roman Catholic

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Londonderry_No__3_Urban/Bridge_Street/600240/

If their marriage was 1920 Londonderry- then this is a possible child (and possibly Nellie?):

First name(s) Ellen
Last name Brewer
Registration year 1921
Registered quarter/year Oct - Dec 1921
Registration district Londonderry
Volume 2
Page 121
Country Ireland

Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Dennis Berkley Brewer
Baptism Date: 14 Nov 1897
Baptism Place: Verwood, Dorset, England
Father: George Tilford Brewer
Mother: Ellen Brewer
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name(s) GEORGE TILFORD BREWER
Birth year 1858
Death year 1935
Age 77
Burial date 15 April 1935
Place VERWOOD
Church description ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS
Church denomination ANGLICAN
County Dorset

I had some credits for NIdirect that I'm not likely to use anytime soon so here's the 1920 marriage:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/15443461

That's great MarieCeleste - address fits the 1911 Irish census too

Thank you everyone for your help, especially MarieCeleste for the Marriage cert and for many other times she have helped me over the years. I now know a bit of background to this tree, Dennis Berkley Brewer was a British solider stationed in Northern Ireland, where he met and married Bridget C McFeeley in 1920. Apparently the marriage caused some trouble, I assume it was the different religions. Still looking for a son Dennis and daughter Nellie? Gritty found a birth for Nellie(Ellen) in 1921, Ireland which seems right but my friend who I am searching for is sure that her dad Michael G Brewer had a brother Dennis born after Michael (1938) and attended Michael's funeral in Islington in 1994? so many questions?

The 1943 birth is for Christopher D B - perhaps the initials are Dennis Berkley. He may be known as Dennis?

Have pm'd possible address(es)- although there was a another Christopher Dennis Brewer born in 1957 Dorset, so they may not be for the correct man.

Thank you Gritty, the friend I was searching for thinks the same as you, that brothers Christopher born 1943 and Dennis are the same person is a strong possibility. She remembers that the sister Nellie was older than the brothers so the birth in 1921, Londonderry of Ellen(Nellie) Brewer also seems right. Big question is where were Dennis and Bridget Brewer between their marriage (1920 and poss first child born 1921, Londonderry) and 2nd child born in Bournemouth in 1935?
A big thanks to all who take the time and effort to answer questions from the likes of me with less experience and resources. x

Thanks for all your help, now need to work on the maternal side. Found marriage for Wilfred V A Hand or Hands to Elsie Alice Nash in sept 1936 Hackney and found their births Wilfred V A Hands 1914 Shoreditch, mothers maiden name Bradley and Elsie Alice Nash born 1917 Shoreditch mothers maiden name Davis. Need help finding parents hopefully in 1911 census or marriages. Cant find either?