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UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (Ancestry)
Richard Meach
Gender: Male
Death Date: 21 Mar 1918 (presumed date of death)
Death Place: France
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2 DLI
Regimental Number: 39393

States Effects (£9-9-2d) to mother Jane Wray.

So, yes. Jane Henderson/Meach/Wray was his next of kin

Jane Wray was residing at 64 Adelaide Street, , South Shields C.B., Durham, on the 1939 Register.

Richard Meach in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Name: Richard Meach
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1898
Enlistment Age: 18
Document Year: 1916
Residence Place: 64 Adelaide St, So Shields <<<<<
Regimental Number: 39393
Number of Images: 21
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
Richard Meach Self (Head)
Jane Wray Mother

Caroline Meach in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Caroline Meach
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1921
Registration district: South Shields
Inferred County: Durham
Spouse: Alexander Bertie
Volume Number: 10a
Page Number: 1784


Caroline Bertie on the 1939 Register
Bertie Household (2 People) 64 Adelaide Street , South Shields C.B., Durham, England


Caroline Bertie 08 Jul 1900 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 170 2
Alexander W Bertie 16 Jul 1895 Male General Labourer Heavy Worker Married 170 1
(One Closed Record)

At the same residence is mother Jane Wray.


Caroline Bertie in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Caroline Bertie
Birth Date: 8 Jul 1900
Date of Registration: Mar 1972
Age at Death: 71
Registration district: South Shields
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 1a
Page: 2373

If you look at the 1911 census for Jane Wray her status is "wife" and the children are "son" and "daughter" so there is no suggestion she is their stepmother?

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