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Death cert please

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Emily

Emily Report 10 Aug 2017 20:24

Ok I will try that when I send off for it thank you.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 10 Aug 2017 20:13

Sorry to hear your father's cancer has spread. It might be an idea to include a letter to that effect when you send for the military records.
They can often taken a number of months to arrive, but the MOD might fast track your application if there's a narrowing 'window'.

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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 10 Aug 2017 18:20

Thanks, Mel - I won't bother submitting a correction to Ancestry, as they already have the right person in the other records they suggest for her - birth, death, and 1901 census.

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Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 10 Aug 2017 18:03

ArgyllGran It is Dorothy Richardson as it says his next of kin is Dorothy Cowe.

Emily

Emily Report 10 Aug 2017 15:12

Yes thank you so much once I can escape a sleeping baby i will order that thank you.

Iused to be ok at this but babies get in the way and I've forgotten where to look etc. Thank you.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 10 Aug 2017 15:07

And HIS father's WW1 record is here:

https://tinyurl.com/ybmavouv



Thomas Cowe
in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Name: Thomas Cowe
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1891
Enlistment Age: 24
Marriage Date: 10 May 1910
Marriage Place: Sunderland
Document Year: 1915
Residence Place: 14 Cliff Terrace, Sunderland
Regimental Number: 38297
Other Regimental Numbers: 38397, 27013
Regiment Name: Yorkshire Regiment
Number of Images: 42
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
Thomas Cowe Self (Head)
??Othy Richerdson Spouse
John George Cowe Child
Jane Annison Cowe Child
Ersa Small Harry Cowe Child

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Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 10 Aug 2017 15:04

Is this the right one?

John George Cowe
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: John George Cowe
Death Age: 71
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1911
Registration Date: Jun 1983
Registration district: Torbay
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 21
Page: 2179


Order from here:

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

quoting the details given above.

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Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Emily

Emily Report 10 Aug 2017 14:57

Hi
I need to order my grandads death cert so I can order his army records for my dad. I thought it would be a nice gift after he was told his cancer has spread.
I know this type of look up is easy for most but i have done any family tree stuff for a long time I've forgot where to go and what to do.

His name is john george Cowe d.1983 I believe.he died in devon.

Could you also give a link on where I would order the cert from please. Thank you