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From message received (have asked them to return on here):

'we are trying to find a death cert for harry Goddard or military service record and any addresses from 1901 to 1927

we have his birth date as 1887/88 at 17 Phillips st west ham Plaistow st Matthias district municipal ward Hudson's

on 1901 census age 13 a platers boy'

(Hope my edits make sense, not confuse)

hi Reggie you state you found Ivor as youngest of nine children there was actually 7 living children Joan dob 1923 Charles 1926 Dennis 1928 ray 1930 Betty 1935 but died at 2 months of age Jeffrey 1938 Ivor henry 1940 but from family history there was a couple of still born so is it possible you could forward me the information you have if these match many thanks for your help and help from others

hi Jude and patchem you are both hitting the nail on the head harry Goddard born 1887/8 (christened in 1887 but record state born 1888?) I cant find them in 1911 census I believe Harrys dad , Angies great granddad also called harry was in the second boer war as he is missing from the 1901 census ,it is also believed that harry angies granddad born 1888 was a soldier in one of the world wars as he was possibly gassed as his health was not good, ivor henry goddard his son now deceased recollects he died aged approx. 55 yrs old thanks again angela and terry

Terry,

You can find the births of the children from free bmd:

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

Search for births using Goddard and Bridges for mother's maiden name.

Free bmd does not have complete coverage, particularly for some of the war years, so Ivor is not showing there.