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Have another read of the posts that Glitter Baby and I posted....it has to be him...I'm sure GB found him for you

Check the date on his marriage to Bessie..it could be that the forces got it wrong ....or...how many men know the date of their marriage!!

Hi Glitter Baby & Ginny.
I am sorry i missed your post's,
William Pratt Smithson States that he is a Soldier SWhen He married Bessie.
His Residence at the time of Marriage is Down as fort Borstal and that is Near Rochester.
Thanks for your help and keep the good work going.
Cheers
Clifford Wood

Yes

Think he has not read the thread through properly

Oh well not found a Medal Card

Ironic really GB, the service record is what he was after and I think he's missed it!

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could he of married again

Marriages Dec 1928 (>99%)
Jones Violet I Kemp Croydon 2a 793
KEMP Ernest J Jones Croydon 2a 793
Smithson William P Topping Croydon 2a 793 xxxx
TOPPING Eunice M SMITHSON Croydon 2a 793 xxxx

1881 census
Name Isabella Smithson
Age 32
Estimated Year of Birth 1849
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Occupation
Address 6, Silver Street
District Westminster, Golden Square
Parish St James Westminster
Administrative County Middlesex
Birth Place London, London
Birth County Middlesex
in house
william head 36 ( greengrocer )
isabella wife 32
edith daughter 10
eleanor daughter 8
william son 3
RG 11 / 122

So are you ruling out the service record I posted

That service record that Gliter Baby posted looks like him

His wife is down as B H Smithson married St st Barnabas Church Gillingham 2nd June 1917....?

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Deaths Mar 1928 (>99%)
Smithson Bessie E 42 Croydon 2a 433

Hi Ginny & safc.
Thanks for the info.
Will have to digest all the info that the community have given me.
Thanks to you both.
keep up the good work.
Cheers
Bye for now
Clifford Wood

1891 census
Name Isabella Smithson
Age 43
Estimated Year of Birth 1848
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Occupation
Address 62, St Philip Street
District Wandsworth, East Battersea
Parish Battersea
Administrative County London
Birth Place Kensington
Birth County London
in house
william head 46 ( cook )
isabella wife 43
wm son 13
ellen daughter 18
walter son 1
RG 12 / 424

????
his father

Name: William Pratt Smithson
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 01 Dec 1844
Baptism/Christening Place: Litcham, Norfolk, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Smithson
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Margaret
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I07540-3
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1951408
Reference Number: item 18 P 95
Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

GB

His mother and father: William P & Isabella

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Hi Pollypoppet.
Thanks for that info, Willtake the family back with Census Records.
Cheers.
Keep up the good work.
Clifford Wood

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Name: William Smithson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Age at enlistment: 38
Residence: 46 Ridsdale Road, Anerley SE
Document Year: 1915
Regimental Number: 9957
Regiment Name: Royal West Kent Regt
Number of images: 27

Occupation of fitter

Next of Kin given as Mrs B H Smithson (Esther or Hester ?)

Date of marriage 2nd June 1917 at St Barnabas Church, Gillingham



Does the marriage cert not give a name for his father

Hi Flick.
Thanks for that info.
I do not have a sub for ancestry only Genes and find my past.
Cheers.
Clifford Wood

1901 census

Address 119 St Philip St
Civil Parish Battersea
Rural District
Town or Village or Hamlet
Ecclesiastical Parish St Philip
Parliamentary Borough or Division Clapham
County Borough, Municipal Borough or Urban District Battersea
Administrative County London

Householder 1
Name Isabella Smithson
Relation to Head of Family Widow
Condition as to Marriage Single
Age Last Birthday 53
Sex Female
Profession or Occupation Charwoman
Employment Status
Where Born London Kensington
Language
Infirmity

Householder 2
Name Walter Smithson
Relation to Head of Family Grand Son
Condition as to Marriage Single
Age Last Birthday 11
Sex Male
Profession or Occupation
Employment Status
Where Born London Clapham
Language
Infirmity

Householder 3
Name William Smithson
Relation to Head of Family Son
Condition as to Marriage Single
Age Last Birthday 23
Sex Male
Profession or Occupation Fitter
Employment Status
Where Born London St James
Language
Infirmity

Householder 4
Name Helen Terrell
Relation to Head of Family Daughter
Condition as to Marriage Married
Age Last Birthday 28
Sex Female
Profession or Occupation Living On Own Means
Employment Status
Where Born London St James
Language
Infirmity

Hi safc.
Thanks for the Dates of Birth and Baptism.
I will add it to my tree.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers
Clifford Wood

The WW1 Army records which survived..........only about 30% of the total.........are on Ancestry

Name: William Pratt Smithson
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 02 Dec 1877
Baptism/Christening Place: SAINT JAMES, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, ENGLAND
Birth Date: 05 Aug 1877
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: William Pratt Smithson
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Isabella
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C14750-7
System Origin: England-VR
Source Film Number: 1042313
Reference Number: 2:1Z4CMDP
Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975