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ALFRED A SANDBROOK 1869-1948

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Cynthia

Cynthia Report 1 Sep 2009 09:18

Help,
Please can anyone help me trace my Gt Gt Grandfathers
Service Records, or tell me whom to contact.
He was in the Royal Warks, I have a photo of him in his uniform, rank of Sergeant, Have no other information.

Thank you Cynthia

Freewheel

Freewheel Report 1 Sep 2009 11:07

To help with time-scale - 1891 shows him to be a civilian

Name: Alfred Sandbrook
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Son
Father's Name: James
Gender: Male
Where born: Birmingham

Civil parish: Birmingham
Ecclesiastical parish: Immanuel
Town: Birmingham
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Birmingham
Sub-registration district: St Thomas
ED, institution, or vessel: 25
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
James Sandbrook 57
Frederick Sandbrook 26
Kate Sandbrook 24
Alfred Sandbrook 21
Edward Sandbrook 9

I can't see him in 1901 (at the moment) so he may have been involved in the Boer War

Freewheel

Freewheel Report 1 Sep 2009 11:10

Is this his marriage?

Name: Alfred Augustus Sandbrook
Year of Registration: 1896
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Holborn
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 1251
Spouse: Emma jane Nash

Freewheel

Freewheel Report 1 Sep 2009 11:12

1911 census

SANDBROOK AUGUSTUS ALFRED M 1870 41 St Marylebone London
SANDBROOK CECIL JAMES M 1900 11 St Marylebone London
SANDBROOK EDWARD REDVERS M 1902 9 St Marylebone London
SANDBROOK ELSIE LILIAN AUGUSTA F 1906 5 St Marylebone London
SANDBROOK EMMA JANE F 1875 36 St Marylebone London
SANDBROOK HARRY WILFRED M 1903 8 St Marylebone London

Freewheel

Freewheel Report 1 Sep 2009 11:14

Found him now in 1901 -

Name: Alfred Sandbrook
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Civil parish: Tunbridge Wells
Ecclesiastical parish: Tunbridge Wells St John
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Tonbridge
Sub-registration district: Tunbridge Wells
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 412
Household Members: Name Age
Alfred Sandbrook 23
Jane Sandbrook 26
Carel J Sandbrook 1


Occupation as per 1891 - Carriage Lamp Maker

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 1 Sep 2009 13:39




Jonesy and Freewheel, thank you for the info, that will help me a lot.


Thanks Cynthia