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All I know of the family at the moment is that the wife and children returned on the Queen Mary to Lincoln no further information at present but would like to know what regiment the husband was in as it may sed some more light. Thankyou to everyone for their help

Your William says he was born Cambridgeshire (not that I could see one) the probate is for one born London

Do you know what happened to the family after the war?

thank you Jax for all this information I will study this

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Dorothy Mary Grange
Name:
Dorothy Mary Grange
Birth Date:
28 Mar 1899
Date of Registration:
Sep 1978
Age at Death:
79
Registration District:
Worthing
Inferred County:
West Sussex
Volume:
18
Page:
1943

???


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Rose Grange
Name:
Rose Grange
Birth Date:
12 Jun 1900
Date of Registration:
Jun 1981
Age at Death:
81
Registration District:
Worthing
Inferred County:
West Sussex
Volume:
18
Page:
2054


I do not think that probate is anything to do with your William Grange

Or probably his sister

Household transcription
1911 census


Person: GRANGE, Rose
Address: 5 Angus Street Deptford

GRANGE, William Henry Head Married M 47 1864 Railway Carriage Examiner Brixton London VIEW
GRANGE, Edith Mary Wife Married12 years F 35 1876 Bramfield Suffolk VIEW
GRANGE, Mary Ann Mother Widow F 70 1841 Huntingdon Town VIEW
GRANGE, Dorothy Daughter F 12 1899 School Fulham London VIEW
GRANGE, Rose Daughter F 10 1901 School New Cross London VIEW
GRANGE, William George Son M 9 1902 School New Cross London VIEW

Births Sep 1900 (>99%)
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Grange Rose Edith Greenwich 1d 1047 Scan available - click to view

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Births Mar 1902 (>99%)
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Grange William George Greenwich 1d 1032


infact The Dorothy was his unmarried sister as well...not his widow

Births Jun 1899 (>99%)
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Grange Dorothy Mary Fulham 1a 284 Scan available - click to view

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There is a Rosemary E born in Worthing which is next to Lancing mmn Grange in 1948 although maybe a bit young to be mentioned in a will??

Thankyou MarieCeleste do not have marriage certificate was just using an older relatives memories and was wondering what he was doing in Bermuda during the war. The Dorothy Mary Grange mentioned in probate was I assumed his widow but at moment unsure who Rose is

What was William's occupation on his 1931 marriage certificate?

It appears his full name may have been William George Grange if this is the correct probate:

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: William George Grange
Probate Date: 10 Jun 1963
Death Date: 3 Mar 1963
Death Place: Sussex, England
Registry: Oxfordshire, England

Lived 50 Hamilton Road, Lancing, Sussex. Probate to Dorothy Mary Grange & Rose Edith Grange, spinsters. Effects £6647 12s

Thank you Vicci but my relative appears to have spent the war in Bermuda so I was wondering if he was in the RAOC

1935 to 1939 Sherwood ForestersWing, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).

Bermuda played a minor role, with only a wing, from 1935 when the 1st Battalion started an overseas tour with a posting to the West Indies, mostly Jamaica, where amongst other duties it assisted the police in containing the Jamaica civil disturbances in 1938. From 1939 the regiment went to Palestine.

try this website
http://www.bermuda-online.org/britarmy.htm
1939 to 1940 Wing, 2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI). (Much later, posted to Kenya to deal with with the Mau Mau).

Thank you Margee that is definitely the family is there anyway of discovering what regiment they were in

Just Dorothy, Donald and Doreen on this list heading to New Barracks, Lincoln.

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
about Dorothy M Grange Name: Dorothy M Grange
Birth Date: abt 1904
Age: 42
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 26 Jun 1946
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Queen Mary
Search Ship Database: View the 'Queen Mary' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Cunard White Star
Official Number: 164282

This looks like the family possibly travelling back to England it says they're in transit. They are:,

William G., 42 yrs, 4 months, British Army Warrant Officer, born England, Cambridgeshire
Dorothy M., 42 yrs, 9 mo., born England, Aldershot
Donald, 14 yr, 1 mo., born England, Shorncliffe
Doreen M., 4 yrs., born Bermuda, Paget

New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Donald Grange Name: Donald Grange
Arrival Date: 13 Jun 1946
Birth Date: abt 1932
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: sherncliff
Age: 14 Years 1 Months
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Hamilton, Bermuda
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Fort Townshend
Search Ship Database: Search the Fort Townshend in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Can anyone help with information about Bermuda in !939.I have an ancestor who was there in 1939 but not sure when he travelled there . His name is William Grange known as Frank. It his wife to whom I am related who was Dorothy Anderson born 1904 in Aldershot married William Grange in 1931 in Dover and had a son Donald born in 1932 in Elham Kent . I know they were in Bermuda in 1939 as they sent flowers to her father's funeral and family story has it that they were there with the forces is there a website I could look on for any further information?. Thank you for any assistance you are able to give