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I have William Alfred WAY known as Alfred William WAY born and baptised 1897 St. Helier on Jersey in the Channel Islands He died I think 1968 Barnstaple Devon. I can see a lot of Military service but I cannot find a marriage. Can anyone help please?

Do you know that he did marry?

Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

First name(s) Alfred William
Last name Way
Age 18
Birth year 1897
Service number 4797
Regiment London Regiment
Unit / Battalion 3/8th Battalion
Year 1915
Residence town ST HELIER
Residence county Jersey
Residence country Channel Islands
Series WO 364
Series description Wo 364 - First World War Pension ClaimsArchive
The National Archives
Record set British Army Service Records
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

Attested 28 November 1915 for duration of War

Of Fort View House, Dicq. Rd, St Helier

Medal Index Cards Transcription

First name(s) Alfred William
Last name Way
Year 1914-20
Service number 4797, 372252
Second service number 372252
Rank Private,Private
Second rank Private
Regiment London Regiment
Second corps London Regiment
Service record Soldier Number: 4797, Rank: Private, Corps: London Regiment
Second service record Soldier Number: 372252, Rank: Private, Corps: London Regiment
Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D5790037
Country Great Britain
Medal type British Army Medal Index Cards, 1914-1920
Archive reference WO372/21
Archive reference description Campaign Medal Index Cards and Silver War Badge Cards
Record set Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory Medal rolls and honours
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

Silver War Badge Roll Transcription

First name(s) Alfred William
Last name Way
Service number 372252
Rank Rifleman
Badge number 127791
Enlistment date 28-Nov-1915
Discharge date 24-Sep-1917
Regiment/unit 8th Ldn. Rgt.
Cause of discharge P. 392 xvi. King's Regulation Wounds Para 2 (a) (i) Army Order II dated 10/08/1917
Whether served overseas Yes
Badge date of issue 28-Sep-1917
Age on discharge 20
Record set Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from England, Great Britain
Naval & Military Press

Receipt acknowledged 30 Sept. 1917 from 58 Kingsgate St., Winchester

Marriages Dec 1922

CONLEY Gertrude A Way Southampton 2c 21

WAY Alfred W Conley Southampton 2c 21



1939 Register


Way Household (7 People)

"millbrook" Dean Lane , Winchester R.D., Hampshire, England


Gertrude A Way 31 Jan 1899 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 153 2
Alfred W Way 19 Dec 1908 Male 97postman Gpg Married 153 1

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Florence E Way 09 Sep 1875 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 153 5
Reginald D Harris 15 Dec 1928 Male At School Single 153 6

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PLEASE NOTE - date of birth of Alfred W Way on the original is 12th August 1897!

He is a Postman GPO



Jersey, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915

Name William Alfred Way

Birth Date: 12 Aug 1897

Baptism Date: 12 Sep 1897

Baptism Place: St Helier, Jersey

Parish as it Appears: St Helier

Father: Alfred James Way

Mother: Florence Edith Teagle

British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969


Name: Alfd W Way

Date Appointed: May 1914

Place Appointed: Jersey

British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

First name(s) Alfred William
Last name Way
Birth year -
Service number 372252
Regiment London Regiment
Unit / Battalion 8th Battalion
Year 1919
Residence town ST HELIER
Residence county Jersey
Residence country Channel Islands
Series WO 364
Series description Wo 364 - First World War Pension Claims
Archive The National Archives
Record set British Army Service Records
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

Acknowledgement of receipt of King's Certificate on Discharge.

Dated 9.1.1919 of
15 Culver Road, Winchester, HAnts

The acknowledgement paperwork is laid over other Service paperwork. The only thing identifiable on that is his NOK -

Father - Alfred James Way
58 Kingsgate Street, Winchester

So still single by the looks of it when those original papers first drawn up

Served BEF France 1.6.16 to 10.10.16, otherwise Home. Wounded in action, Gunshot wounds Right Arm with fractured humerus 8.10.16

Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal

Address on discharge - 58 Kingsgate Street, Winchester

And somewhere on one of those documents it said Postman - but can I find it now!

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007


Name: Gertrude Alice Way

Death Age: 92

Birth Date: 31 Jan 1899

Registration Date: Jul 1991

Registration district: Barnstaple

Inferred County: Devon

Volume: 21

Page: 716

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

Name: Alfred W Way

Death Age: 71

Birth Date: abt 1897

Registration Date: Dec 1968

Registration district: Barnstaple

Inferred County: Devon

Volume: 7a

Page: 257

Probate - https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk

Way Alfred William of 3 Langarron Park, Barnstaple died 3 October 1968. Probate Exeter 9 December

Way Gertrude Alice of Bel-Air, 3 Langarron Park Barnstaple North Devon died 16 July 1991 Probate Oxford 10 October

Thank you for all the information and in such depth. Does anyone know where Gertrude came from?

They don't seem to have had any children.

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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1899 (>99%)
Conley Gertrude Alice Mansfield 7b 99

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: Order:
CONLEY, GERTRUDE ALICE SPEAR Order
GRO Reference: 1899 M Quarter in MANSFIELD Volume 07B Page 99 Order

Births Mar 1899 (>99%)
Conley Gertrude Alice Mansfield 7b 99



Gertrude Conley
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Gertrude Conley
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Mother: Alice Conley
Birth Place: Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Civil Parish: Littlehampton
Ecclesiastical parish: Littlehampton
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Education:
Employment status:
View image
Registration district: East Preston
Sub-registration district: Littlehampton
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 962
Folio: 40
Page Number: 26
Household schedule number: 162
Household Members:
Name Age
John Spear 61
Mary Spear 60
Eda Spear 21
Mary Spear 18
William Spear 19
Alice Conley 26 - daughter, widow
Gertrude Conley 2 - gr-daughter


I don't see a marriage for Alice.

From FMP with places of birth. Thanks AG - FMP not showing up as mistranscribed to Cowley

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
42, River Road, Littlehampton, East Preston, Sussex, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
John Spear Head Married Male 61 1840 Exeter, Devon, England Toll Collector Ferry
Mary Spear Wife Married Female 60 1841 Bideford, Devon, England -
Eda Spear Daughter Single Female 21 1880 Brecknockshire, Wales -
Mary Spear Daughter Single Female 18 1883 Woodville, Leicestershire, England Dressmaker
William Spear Son Single Male 17 1884 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Toll Collector Ferry
Alice Cowley Daughter Widow Female 26 1875 Chard, Somerset, England -
Gertrude Cowley Daughter Single Female 2 1899 Nottinghamshire, England -

Gertrude Alice Colmolly
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Gertrude Alice Colmolly
Age in 1911: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Relation to Head: Sister
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Sutton In Ashfield
Civil Parish: Littlehampton
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England
Street address: 45 Pier Road Littlehampton
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: school
Registration district: East Preston
Registration District Number: 84
Sub-registration district: Littlehampton
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 48
Piece: 5351
Household Members:
Name Age
Ernest Albert William Gray 34 - professional golfer
Alice Gray 36
Reginald Alice [ Archie ] Frank Gray 25 - brother - professional golfer
Everard Harry Robins [ Rowland ] Gray 20 - brother - professional golfer
Mary Spean [Spear ] 28 - relative
Gertrude Alice Colmolly 12 - step-daughter
Ethel Amelia Stones 18 - servant

Marriages Jun 1901 (>99%)
CONNOLLY Alice E. Preston 2b 777
Gray Ernest Albert W E. Preston 2b 777

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Chase House, Goodwins Road, South Lynn, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Clara Brown Wife Married Female 40 1851 Norfolk, England -
John J N Brown Son Single Male 17 1874 Norfolk, England Engineers Apprentice
Joseph S Brown Son - Male 14 1877 Norfolk, England Scholar
Edith C Brown Daughter - Female 12 1879 Norfolk, England -
Florence A Brown Daughter - Female 10 1881 Norfolk, England Scholar
Clara E Brown Daughter - Female 7 1884 Norfolk, England Scholar
Alice Spear Servant Single Female 16 1875 Chard, Somerset, England General Servant Domestic

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
High Street, Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
John Spear Head Married Male 42 1839 Exeter, Devon, England Toll Collector
Mary Spear Wife Married Female 41 1840 Beaford, Devon, England Toll Collector
John Spear Son Single Male 8 1873 Charminster, Dorset, England -
Alice Spear Daughter Single Female 6 1875 Chard, Somerset, England -
Emma Spear Daughter Single Female 3 1878 Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales -
Edda M Spear Daughter Single Female 1 1880 Brecon, Breconshire, Wales -