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Hi Everyone,
I am trying to find my grand fathers Royal Navy records
I started a thread on the GENEALOGY CHAT board asking for help with the Nation Archives site but was adviced to put all the details I have for my grandfather and see if anyone can find anything about his Royal Navy career or be able to suggest some were to look so here is what I have.

WILLIAM TERRY born 04/04/1890 Heap Bridge Hewwood Lancashire
died 10/06/1963 Bury Lancashire.
He married twice
His first marriage was 11/09/1909 Elton Bury and on his marriage certificate it gives his profession as STOKER ROYAL NAVY

His address is given as ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS DEVONPORT

They had a son in november 1909 and on the sons birth certificate it says STOKER IN THE ROYAL NAVY.

1911 CENSUS it says he is in the CHINA SQUADRON COLOMBO aboard HMS MONMOUTH.
The Monmouth sunk with all hands in 1914 so my grandfather was not on board her then

His first wife died in 1912 on death certificate it says William is a STOKER ON A STEAM SHIP

I have a photo of him at a wedding in Bury at the beginning of 1914 . He is not in uniform.

Next date I have for him is when he married my grandmother
He married ANNIE WILKINSON 13/12/1919 and he is a FIREBEATER address BURY.

Thats it. I had thought he served in the Navy until after the 1st world war but I now wonder if he left after his first wife died
My mother never talked to me about her father my grandfather . I never knew he had been in the Navy until I purchased his marriage certificate and indeed I never even knew he had been married twice.

Any help or suggestions in finding out about his Royal Naval career would be greatly appreciated .
regards Kath

You can search here to see if there is a record for him


http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/navy.asp


Kath

Who were his parents and his first wife?

Hi
I have looked on documents on line cannot find him.
His first wife was ETHEL JACKSON B1890 she died 1912
His second wife was ANNIE WILKINSON
His parents were
JOHN TERRY B1847 Edinburgh and ELIZA YOUNG B1854 WALES
He had three brothers JOHN B1882,GEORGE B1884, and HENRY B1894
His sisters were FLORENCE B1886 and NELLIE B1893 all were born Bury.
His mother had been married before so he also had a half sister EVELINA MAPLESDEN B1880
Thank you Kath

Im posting this ref and he seems to have had other siblings


1901 England Census
about William Terry Name: William Terry
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation: Son
Mother's name: Eliza Terry
Gender: Male
Where born: Heywood, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Heywood
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Bury
Sub-registration district: Heywood
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 161
Piece: 3641
Folio: 16
Page Number: 23
Household Members: Name Age
Eliza Terry 43
Evelina Terry 20
John Terry 18
George Terry 16
Florence Terry 14
William Terry 10
Henry Terry 7

Thanks
just for ref.
Evelina sometimes used Terry and at others she used Maplesden on her marriage certificate it names her as Evelina terry maplesden

Kath, Found you. I have seen the name Maplesden in one of the searches I did. Bother, I took no notice. Now I need to back track and see if I can find out where.

Name Terry alias Maplesden, George
Official Number: SS102322
Place of Birth: Rochdale, Lancashire
16 August 1885 ADM 188/1108

It was in the national archives. George Terry was also called George Maplesden. He was born in Lancashire. George is William's brother. Are you thinking what I am thinking?????

Sent you a PM. Hope you are reading very quickly.

The distance between Rochdale and Heywood is 3.3 miles. Hmmmmm!!

Thank you Auntysherlock
That is food for thought
There are quite a few people on GR researching the Maplesden family in various spellings
off to look

Keep reading before I throw something at you. Yes I can throw that far!!!

And he's not under Maplesden.

British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
about William Terry Name: William Terry
Age at enlistment: 24
Birth County: Lancaster
Regimental Number: 92670
Regiment Name: Royal Regt of Artillery (RH & RFA)
Number of images: 11

NOK: Sister Evelina Porter



Marriages Mar 1903 (>99%)
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Maplesden Evelina Terry Bury 8c 713
Porter Robert Bury 8c 713



Now I looked at this record last time but couldnt match Eveline with a Porter...until you gave us her other name and Bingo!

Kath you have the above info in my PM.

You see I told you they were good on this site.
The records are on Ancestry. As I said there is one very torn set but another filed after it which you can read quite easily.

If you need help with the Ancestry access let me know.

I have to go to bed or I will be tu rning into a witch very soon.
Catch you later. It's been fun.

Heres the link to the record which is on the NA


http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/search_results.aspx?Page=1&QueryText=william+terry+92670&SelectedDatabases=A2A%7cARCHON%7cBOOKSHOP%7cCABPAPERS%7cDOCUMENTSONLINE%7cEROL%7cMOVINGHERE%7cNRA%7cNRALISTS%7cPREM19%7cRESEARCHGUIDES%7cE179%7cCATALOGUE%7cWEBSITE%7cTRAFALGAR

Ginny thank you.
I sent a pm to aunty sherlock but I think she must have gone to bed

Aunty sherlock THANK YOU

Thank you Ginny,
I have down loaded his medal card now.

great detective work from both you and Aunty Sherlock !

:D :D :D

Thank you. Good luck with the rest of your research. You now have lots of lovely information to go through including addresse, physical description, a service number and war service.

Hi Kath,
thought you might be interested Evelina Terry and her husband Robert Porter share a grave with my Grandfather Ernest Eli Porter and his wife Lillie. If you would like any info please let me know. Regards Stephen

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Thanks for the info Reggie, will give it a go ......