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From: "DAVID williams" <>
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] The Half-Million
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:19:05 -0000
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Hi
Although the cousin of my mother, that I am trying to trace the (Canadian)
cousin for, is fairly positive that the husband was Army. But, I am coming
to the conclusion that he was more likely Air Force. So, I will continue to
work my way through the marriages that I have and eliminate them one by one
until I get there. Why did she have to have a very common name, especially
one that was so common in Lancashire?
David W
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From: "joan reichardt" <>
To: <>; <>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] The Half-Million


> Happy New Year to you all. Glad you enjoyed the book, David, many people
> are unaware of the story of the Half Million - on this side of the water
as
> well. Generally if a War Bride is from the south of England she married a
> soldier and from the north she married an airman - the exception often
> because she too, was in the service. While that airfield may have been
used
> by the US after they came into the war one of my family who was in the RAF
> was there in 40 or 41. Joan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DAVID williams" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 12:45 PM
> Subject: [WARBRIDES] The Half-Million
>
>
> > Hello all
> > I have just finished reading the book "The Half-Million". It was a very
> > good read and extremely interesting. In my naivety I hoped to find
> > something specific about individual Canadian Servicemen in the UK during
> > WWII, but I didn't. Having extracted from the GRO Indexes all the
> > marriages in Lancashire and Cheshire with the name of my mother's cousin
> > from 1939 to 1947, I have been trying to find who she married. It's
like
> > looking for a "needle in a haystack". There were 84 marriages in all.
I
> > have managed to get that down to 20 possibles.
> > In the book there was mention of a RCN base at Warrington and I thought
> > well at least I can follow up on the Warrington marriages. When I
looked
> > at my list, there are none. there were apparently no Army personnel
> > "north of Watford". so, I guess he must have been RAF or RCAF. Oh
well,
> > it's "back to square one".
> > Despite the disappointment, the book was well worth reading and for
those
> > who haven't read it, you should try to get hold of it. Particularly,
> > those of us this "side of the water" (in the UK).
> > All the best and a happy and prosperous New Year to you all.
> > David W in Essex
> >
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