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Scots Guards 1799-1939 Transcription

First name(s) Sidney Harold
Last name Birkett
Service number 2689163
Age 18
Birth year 1902
Birth town London
Birth county Middlesex
Attestation year 1920
Attestation place: Whitehall
Trade on enlistment: Labourer
Place of birth: Hackney, London, Middlesex
Regiment Scots Guards

Wonder about this one


Sidney Burkett
Death Age: 15
Birth Date: abt 1902
Registration Date: Dec 1917
Registration district: West Ham
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 28

Found the probates for George (d1937 to Georgina) and Georgina (d1939 to Elizabeth Murrell. No mention of a Sidney. Perhaps a copy of their wills would reveal something.

Andy

Births Mar 1864
STOODLEY
Georgiana

Chard
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strange he is down as their son in 1911 but can't find a birth.
So maybe not theirs at all,but there seems to be 2 sydneys
Plot thickens
thank you

and possible 1911 census, including Sidney

Name: Charles Burkett
Age in 1911: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1869
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bromley
Civil Parish: Poplar
Search Photos: Search for 'Poplar' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 43 Wyke Rd, Bow E
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 18
Estimated Marriage Year: 1893
Occupation: CARMAN WHARF
Registration district: Poplar
Registration District Number: 22
Sub-registration district: Bow
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Piece: 1655
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Burkett 42
Susan Burkett 33
Katherine Burkett 16
Alice Burkett 11
Ada Burkett 0
Tomas Burkett 12
Sidney Burkett 6

Andy

I think this would be parents marriage

Name: Charles Birkitt
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 19
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1870
Marriage Date: 23 Jun 1889
Marriage Place: St Paul, Bow Common, Tower Hamlets, England
Father: Charles Birkitt
Spouse: Susan Paveling

Andy

I think this is the Sidney you found

London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1659-1930




Name: Sidney Birkett
Birth Date: 1903
Discharge Date: 18 Jun 1908
Record Type: Discharge
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Parish or Poor Law Union: Poplar
Title: Admission and Discharge Register, 1908



at the same time

Grace, Thomas and Catherine


Birth of Grace

BIRKETT, GRACE ELIZABETH PAVELIN Order
GRO Reference: 1902 M Quarter in POPLAR Volume 01C Page 538

and Ctherine

BIRKETT, CATHERINE LOTT PAVELING Order
GRO Reference: 1895 S Quarter in POPLAR Volume 01C Page 620

Andy

George was baptised as well

Name: George Thomas Tredgold Birkett
Gender: Male
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 10 May 1896
Baptism Place: Haggerston St Paul, Hackney, England
Father: George Thomas Clark Birkett
Mother: Georgina Birkett

can only think that Sidney was perhaps not theirs, maybe a relations child or an adoption.

Andy

yes, thats the brother

As below...

Chris :)

All London, England, School Admissions and Discharges (Ancestry)

George Thos Tredgold Birkett
21 Apr 1896 5 Mar 1900 St Paul's School Hackney
Wm, Louisa (Wrong Parents!. George & Georgina on image)
(Address, 97, Pownall Road)

Is this son George?

BIRKETT, GEORGE THOMAS TREDGOLD STUDELEY Order
GRO Reference: 1896 J Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 116

Andy

good afternoon all
trying to trace the above

1911 census

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
47 Eleanor Road, St John At Hackney, London & Middlesex, England


First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
George Birkett Head Married Male Bank Messenger 40 1871 London
Transcription
Georgina Birkett Wife Married Female - 45 1866 Somersetshire Chard
Transcription
George Birkett Son Single Male Junior Clerk 14 1897 London
Transcription ( died 1918 Gallapoli )
Sidney Birkett Son - Male School 8 1903 London

only birth i can find in london is this
BIRKETT, SIDNEY PAVELING Order
GRO Reference: 1903 M Quarter in POPLAR Volume 01C Page 543

but
Fathers marriage
George Thomas Clark Birkett
Gender Male
Marriage Age 22
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1871
Marriage Date 26 Feb 1893
Marriage Place St John, Hackney Hackney, England
Father George William Birkett
Spouse Georgina Stoodley
Register Type Parish Register
Household Members
Name Age
George Thomas Clark Birkett
George William Birkett
Georgina Stoodley
George Stoodley
I think Georgina died in 1939 and George 1937.

Apart from this, it may be Sidney i can find no other trace

Sidney
Last name Birkett
Birth year 1903
Birth town Shoreditch
Birth county Lancashire
Birth country England
Joined year 1927
Joined month May
Joined day 11
Comment Scots Guards --------- ??????
Record set Manchester Police Index 1812-1941
Category Education & work
Subcategory Occupations

and where does the mothers maiden name staveling fit in if that is his birth record

thanks in advance
maddie