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Name: Ivy Maud Eldridge
Death Age: 83
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1903
Registration Date: Dec 1986
Registration district: Ashford
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 16
Page: 162

Name: Frederick Charles Eldridge
Death Age: 78
Birth Date: 27 May 1900
Registration Date: Mar 1979
Registration district: Canterbury
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 16
Page: 0388

so this is the london couple

the Alice Eldridge living in medway has a child in 1937 and is still in the medway area

she says married .

so why is frederick c saying he is a widower in 1939

think that death cert may hold the info and hopefully the informant is a relation

Arghh!

DC ordered. ETD 3 Aug so may be arriving the following week.

The DC has arrived.

Frederick Charles Eldridge b 23 Nov 1897 in Sittingbourne.
Retired Civil Servant.
Informant ‘causing the body to be cremated’ has an usual address of the hospital where he died. Probably an hospital employee?
Deceased’s address 29 Buemholm? Rd, Abbey Wood SE2

Place of death, Brook Hospital, Greenwich

Looking back at your first post, the death was registered in June, but the person cremated didn’t die until 5th September, so that couldn’t be the same man

Probably too late in pointing this out......

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Yes, we/I had come to that conclusion. It was hoped the DC informant was a relative. That was not the case.

Once I’m on the PC, it might be possible to check the ER. However, they may not be online.

One line of enquiry was who he had married as he’s noted as a widow in 1939. If I choose to pursue this, then the Eldridge/Milner MC would be the next step.

According to a tree on Ancestry, which looks well-researched, Alice Milner's husband was Frederick Clements Eldridge, born 07/06/1900 Gillingham, died 1973, Cambridge

Eldridge Frederick Clements 1900 — 1900 England & Wales Births 1837-2006 Medway, Kent, England

Eldridge Frederick Clements 1900 — 1908-23 British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924 Gillingham, Kent, England

Eldridge Frederick Clements 1901 — 1911 1911 Census For England & Wales Friendsbury Extra, Strood, Kent, England
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Eldridge Frederick Clements 1900 — 1917 British Royal Air Force, Airmen's Service Records 1912-1939 Gillingham, Kent

Eldridge Frederick Clements 1900 — 1922 Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942 Great Britain

Eldridge Frederick Clements 07/06/1900 1973 1973 England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

It's possible that his status on the 1939 entry is erroneous - whoever filled in the form used the father's info twice...............

Darn It! You could be right about the 1939 Register.

Thank you for following through. That’s saved me £9.25

So Alice with the two closed records in 1939 could be the right one .

Her birth fits the DOB given in 1939:

Alice Milner
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Alice Milner
Registration Year: 1902
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Medway
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 738


Had they separated?
Maybe Frederick just said he was widowed - or maybe it's a mistake as Erika has suggested .

Am I correct in thinking that the 1939 register wasn't like the censuses, when you're listed wherever you happen to be on the census date, and that Frederick and Alice would be listed at their usual addresses?

We’re looking for a Frederick Charles Eldridge. Erika has seen records suggesting the person who married Alice was Frederick Clement Eldridge.

If that is correct, considering Frederick Clement’s age & other records, he could have been recalled for Military Service
(Still haven’t been able to access the main PC :-|)