A post card of Minster in Sheppey

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March 25, 2018 20:47:49 Stella Watkin

Sepia photo postcard of village street with an elderly workman digging in street, there is an open-backed motor lorry at the back of the street
Shop sign: Lyons Tea

Minster Village Photo
March 25, 2018 20:47:04 Stella Watkin
Sepia photo postcard of village street with workman digging in street, there is an open-backed motor lorry at the back of the street
Shop sign: Lyons Tea

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February 6, 2018 00:52:47 Thomas A. Lingner
Photo of village street with workman digging in street.
Shop sign: Lyons Tea

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Description

Recto of postcard says that this was the place that Henry G W Brown was born 18 Dec 1919

this is confirmed as correct on FreeBMD website:
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
birth of Henry G W Brown in Sheppey, Kent:
Births Dec 1919   (>99%) 
Brown  Henry G W  Knight  Sheppey  2a 2027 

birth of his brother Leslie:
Births Dec 1924   (>99%) 
Brown  Leslie E  Knight  W.Derby  8b 1128

marriage of his parents Henry John and Ivy Frederica in Cardiff in 1918:
Marriages Dec 1918   (>99%)
Brown  Henry J  Knight  Cardiff  11a 742
Knigh  Ivy F M E  Brown  Cardiff  11a 742

birth of his mother:
Births Mar 1896   (>99%) 
Knight  Ivy Frederica M E    W. Derby  8b 72
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1939 Register taken on eve of WW2:
Brown Household (7 People) 
26 Pearson Avenue , Poole M.B., Dorset, England  

Henry G W Brown 18 Dec 1919 Male Optical Goods (Maker) Single 254 3 *date of birth matches with PC
Henry John Brown 23 Feb 1878 Male Builders Estimator Quantity Surveyor & Works Supervisor
Married 254 1
Ivy F M E Brown 29 Jan 1896 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 254 2 
Leslie Ernest Brown 15 Oct 1924 Male Optical Goods (Maker Apprentice Single 254 4
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Clifford Godfrey Harper 07 Jun 1928 Male At School Single 254 6
Frederick Henry R Parkes 21 Oct 1915 Male Opticians Assistant (Salesman Single 254 7
____________________________________________________________________________________
Title in English
My Grandfather's Letter from Gretna
Description
Henry John Brown was my grandfather. He was born in 1865 (?) and served with the Welsh Territorials during the war; there is a discrepancy in his age, he might have claimed to be younger than he was. In a letter to his wife Ivy, written in April 1918, he describes a smoking concert held the night before the troops were sent to Ireland (we think he might have been the quartermaster) and other details of army life. He returned to his wife Ivy and there is mention of a boy called Harry being born in 1919 (his son?) He died before I was born but nobody in the family talked about the war.

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Letter written in Gretna, 20th April 1918; postcard of Minster Sheppey endorsed 'Harry born in this village 18/12/1919'

Recto of postcard says that this was the place that Henry G W Brown was born 18 Dec 1919

this is confirmed as correct on FreeBMD website:
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
birth of Henry G W Brown in Sheppey, Kent:
Births Dec 1919   (>99%) 
Brown  Henry G W  Knight  Sheppey  2a 2027

birth of his brother Leslie:
Births Dec 1924   (>99%) 
Brown  Leslie E  Knight  W.Derby  8b 1128

marriage of his parents Henry John and Ivy Frederica in Cardiff in 1918:
Marriages Dec 1918   (>99%)
Brown  Henry J  Knight  Cardiff  11a 742
Knigh  Ivy F M E  Brown  Cardiff  11a 742

birth of his mother:
Births Mar 1896   (>99%) 
Knight  Ivy Frederica M E    W. Derby  8b 72
___________________________________________________________________________________
1939 Register taken on eve of WW2:
Brown Household (7 People) 
26 Pearson Avenue , Poole M.B., Dorset, England

Henry G W Brown 18 Dec 1919 Male Optical Goods (Maker) Single 254 3 *date of birth matches with PC
Henry John Brown 23 Feb 1878 Male Builders Estimator Quantity Surveyor & Works Supervisor
Married 254 1
Ivy F M E Brown 29 Jan 1896 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 254 2 
Leslie Ernest Brown 15 Oct 1924 Male Optical Goods (Maker Apprentice Single 254 4
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Clifford Godfrey Harper 07 Jun 1928 Male At School Single 254 6
Frederick Henry R Parkes 21 Oct 1915 Male Opticians Assistant (Salesman Single 254 7
____________________________________________________________________________________
Title in English
My Grandfather's Letter from Gretna
Description
Henry John Brown was my grandfather. He was born in 1865 (?) and served with the Welsh Territorials during the war; there is a discrepancy in his age, he might have claimed to be younger than he was. In a letter to his wife Ivy, written in April 1918, he describes a smoking concert held the night before the troops were sent to Ireland (we think he might have been the quartermaster) and other details of army life. He returned to his wife Ivy and there is mention of a boy called Harry being born in 1919 (his son?) He died before I was born but nobody in the family talked about the war.

Summary description of items
Letter written in Gretna, 20th April 1918; postcard of Minster Sheppey endorsed 'Harry born in this village 18/12/1919'

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Minster, Sheppey, Kent, UK

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Document location Minster, Sheppey, Kent, UK

ID: 19468 / 219929

Source: http://europeana1914-1918.eu/...

Contributor: Ann Peat

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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www.freebmd.org.ukmarriage of Henry John Brown to Ivy Knight Cardiff 1918
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Minster, Sheppey, Kent, UK

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Document location Minster, Sheppey, Kent, UK

www.freebmd.org.ukmarriage of Henry John Brown to Ivy Knight Cardiff 1918

search.findmypast.co.ukFindmypast 1939 Register for Henry John Brown, wife Ivy and son Henry born Sheppey December 1919

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