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Does anyone know anything about a Frank Glass. Do not know date of birth. He was in East Surrey transport regiment Transport, in the 1930s, based at Shorncliffe, Kent. He also went to India in the 1930s.

How have you come across the name? Have you worked back to him from more recent records?

There are too many births for that name without something else to go on - even if it's just an approximate year of birth.

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Maybe this one in the East Surrey?

Name: Francis Samuel Albert Glass
Event Date: 19 Aug 1932
Regiment Number: 812872
Regiment: East Surrey

Attested 19/8/1932

With a different service no.

Name: Francis Samuel Albert Glass
Regiment Number: 6139788
Regiment: East Surrey

Says cancelled, no idea of date. See Transfer 81287 (poss another 8 at te end of that Previously in the RA.

Possible birth? Not found under Frank.

Births Jun 1910
GLASS Francis Samuel A St. Germans 5c 34

GRO Site confirms third forename as Albert

GLASS, FRANCIS SAMUEL ALBERT AVERY .
GRO Reference: 1910 J Quarter in ST GERMANS Volume 05C Page 34

Possible marriage of Glass to Avery ( so parents married AFTER his birth):

Marriages Dec 1910
Avery Frances Devonport 5b 708
Glass Samuel A Devonport 5b 708

That family in census 1911

1911 Census For England & Wales

Ponroys Botusfleming Hatt, Botus Fleming, Cornwall, England

Samuel A Glass Head Married Male 30 1881 Farm Labourer Cowman North Lens Devon
Sybil F Glass Wife Married Female 30 1881 - Barnstaple Devon
Frank S Glass Son - Male 1 1910 - Saltash Cornwall


Possible siblings?

Births Mar 1912 Glass Frederick J Avery St.Germans 5c 64

Twins?

Births Sep 1915
Glass Reginald S Avery Tavistock 5b 524
Glass Richard J Avery Tavistock 5b 523

Baptism for Samuel Frank Albert

First name(s) Francis Samuel Albert
Last name Glass
Birth year 1910
Birth date 17 Mar 1910
Baptism year 1915
Baptism date 25 Sep 1915
Denomination Anglican
Baptism place Tavistock
Father's first name(s) Samuel Albert
Mother's first name(s) Sybil Frances
County Devon
Archive South West Heritage Trust
Archive reference 482A/PR/1/13
Record set Devon Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Collections from England, Great Britain

Francis has the birthdate 17 March 1910. The twins Richard and Reginald are baptised the same day, born 14th Aug 1915. No sign of Frederick.

Maybe Frederick's death:

Deaths Jun 1912 Glass Frederick J 0 Tavistock 5b 421

Francis attested in the Royal Artillery in 1930.

First name(s) Francis Samuel Albert
Last name Glass
Age -
Birth year -
Birth place -
Attestation year 1930
Service number 812872
Former service number -
Record set Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory Regimental & Service Records
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

Death of Frank's mother?

Deaths Mar 1921 Glass Sybil F 41 Tavistock 5b 454

Remarriage of Frank's father:

Marriages Dec 1921

Glass Samuel A Hext Tavistock 5b 869
Hext Ethel Glass Tavistock 5b 869

Frank's father and stepmother etc in the 1939 Register:

Brennery Cott Brentor , Tavistock R.D., Devon, England

Samuel A Glass 15 Feb 1884 Male Retired Farm Labourer Married 35 1
Ethel Glass 03 Oct 1891 Female Unpaid D D Married 35 2
Mary Glass 10 Jun 1922 Female Seeking Work Single 35 3
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Francis Flext 28 Mar 1916 Unknown Farm Labourer Single 35 5
Evelyn (Paula Ethel) Travers (Glass) 29 Oct 1928 Female At School Single 35 4

EDIT: FreeBMD shows 4 potential half siblings for Frank, born between 1922 and 1942. Glass with mother's maiden name HEXT.

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Not finding any trace of Frank after he transferred to the East Surrey, but only have access to Uk records.

Had Frank ever been to Australia?

I found these two items from the New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930

Name: Francis Samuel Albert Glass
Event Place: Thirlmere New South Wales Australia
Event Type: Assault
Publication Date: 13/02/1929
Page #: 143

Name: Francis Samuel Albert Glass
Event Place: New South Wales, Australia
Event Type: Assault
Publication Date: 27 Feb 1929
Page #: 176

I don't know if this is your Frank, having been in Australia prior to returning to England to join the Royal Artillery and then the East Surrey.

There are Australian records for a Francis Samuel A Glass living in Victoria

Name: Francis Samuel A Glass
Electoral Year: 1968
State: Victoria
District: Wannon
Country: Australia

from 1963 through to 1977, I don't have access to these records so don't know it's your Frank.

Lastly, there is a Francis S A Glass on the 1953 Electoral Register living at 41 Artesian Rd with Charlotte Clipperton, Frederick Ham, Ethel Howell and Michael Basil Pilkington registered at the same address. Again, no idea if this is your man.

Afraid I don't have many details. He is named as the father of an illegitimate child in my tree. The mother's date of birth in 1902, she is 31 at the time.

I have come across many of the records above, and like others don't have access to records abroad. My sister also researching the family has found a Frank Glass who died in Ww11.

So, just looking for clues....

The South Wales item is interesting. There are relatives who went to South Wales around the 1900s.