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Jeanette .


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thankyou to everyone for their replies, I had some information on him, but it was the time he was in service, I have been trying to find, I heard he was taken prisoner by the germans, and suffered from the gas, but I have only been able to get his medal roll, I do not know if he fought at the somme or elsewhere in france, ancestry cannot help, or forces war records, I just wondered if anyone out there is related to his family. :-)

Welcome to the Community boards Jeanette.


(I'll let Jeanette know how to find her replies) :-)

If you do not have it, you should buy his marriage certificate ........... from GRO (General Register Office) for £9.25. Do not order from anywhere else!!

This will tell you his occupation and where he was living ................ iie was he already in the East Surrey Regiment or in the Horse Guards, or maybe even out of the service


Marriages Sep 1914 (>99%)

Storey Rose Tupper Lambeth 1d 820
Tupper Vivian G Storey Lambeth 1d 820

snap Margee!!!



London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965

Name: Vivian Grey Tupper
Year: 1918
County or Borough: Wandsworth
Ward or Division/Constituency: Wandsworth
Street address: 567 Wilfred


The image shows that Vivian is absent in the 8th Btn East Surrey Regiment as a Private.

There are 2 Public Family trees on ancestry for your grandfather, which seem to be well researched ................ one has22 attached records and 22 sources, which indicates documentation of what is on the tree. This tree also has a photo of him in what looks like Horse Guards uniform

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
St Georges Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Rosa Tupper Wife Married Female 43 1848 - High Green, Worcestershire, England

Martin Tupper Son Single Male 19 1872 Plumber -

Lily Tupper Daughter Single Female 17 1874 Dressmaker Horsham

Frank Tupper Son Single Male 14 1877 Analyst Staines

Ada Tupper Daughter Single Female 12 1879 Scholar Sutton

Vivian Tupper Son Single Male 9 1882 Scholar Sutton

Diana Tupper Daughter Single Female 7 1884 Scholar Battersea

Rose Ellen Tupper Daughter - Female 5 1886 Scholar Battersea

Dora Tupper Daughter - Female 2 1889 - Battersea


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He's on a tree on Ancestry that has a photo of him in quite a fancy uniform with breastplate, long white kid gloves and wearing a sword. He's holding a helmet with a big plume on top. There's also another photo of him in later years.

Jeanette ......

less than 30% of the records for WW1 survive, and even those are usually badly damaged and incomplete. This is due to damage to them during WW2.

You are extremely lucky if you do find anything at all.

You might try Googling the East Surrey Regiment and the Horse Guards to see if they have any records on line, or if there is any possibility that you could email them to see if they have their own records / war diaries, etc.

Name Vivian G Tupper
Event Type Census
Event Date 31 Mar 1901
Event Place St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England
County London, Middlesex
Civil Parish St Pancras
Ecclesiastical Parish Christ Church
Sub-District Regent'S Park
Registration District St Pancras
Gender Male
Age 19
Relationship to Head of Household Brother-In-Law
Birthplace Sutton, Surrey
Schedule Type Household

Name Vivian Gray Tupper
Event Type Birth Registration
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year 1881
Registration District Petworth
County Sussex
Event Place Petworth, Sussex, England
Volume 2B
Page 337
Line Number 206

His medal roll, 3 medals the Victory, British and Star.


Vivian G Tupper

in the British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
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Name: Vivian G Tupper
Regiment or Corps: East Surrey Regiment
Regimental Number: 8597
Other Records: Search for 'Vivian G Tupper' in other WWI collections

my grandfather was called Vivian grey tupper, as far as I know, he spent some time in the east surrey regiment, that went to france in ww1 before that he was in the horse guards. I can find no military records he had a wife called rose storey.has anyone anymore info?