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Does anyone have family links to PTE H STIMPSON who served on the North-West Frontier in India during 1930-31? There could be a connection with Huntingdon, Cambridge..

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I assume this is the record you've seen ?

H Stimpson
in the UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949
Name H Stimpson
Service Date 1930-1931
Service Place India
Campaign or Service India-NW Frontier
Regiment or Unit Name 2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment
Regimental Number 6006392

That record says he was discharged to the Army Reserve.

It doesn't give any further details.

Just for INFO

Huntingdon was in Huntingdonshire until 1974

Have you thought of applying for his Service record?

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UK, WWII, British Army Medal Cards, 1939-1945

Full Name
Stimpson, Herbert George
Service Number 6006392
Age Code 12
Award Date 15 Oct 1948
Type Of Medal 1939-45; Burma; Defence; War
Rank Lance Corporal
Regiment 1st Bn. Cameronians (Sr)
Reference Number WO 460/484
Conflict Period World War II
Served For United Kingdom

Medal application card home address for Herbert is in Romford, Essex 15/10/48

Herbert George Stimpson
in the UK, British Army World War II Medal Cards, 1939-1945
Name Herbert George Stimpson
Rank Lance Corporal
Award Date 15 Oct 1948
Applicant's Delivery Address 104 Gorgeway Romford Essex <<<<<<
Service Group Number 12
Class of Release A
Service Number 6006392
Regiment 1st Bn. Cameronians (Sr)
Stars/Medals Issued 1939-45; Burma; Defence; War

"Gorgeway" should be Gorseway or Gorse Way.


Rose E Stimpson
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name Rose E Stimpson
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 5 Nov 1901 [ 1904 on image - correction submitted]
Residence Date 1939
Address 104 Gorseway
Residence Place Dagenham, Essex, England
Occupation Unpaid Domestic Duties
Line Number 21
Schedule Number 108
Sub Schedule Number 1
Enumeration District Ccmu
Borough Dagenham
Registration district 191/1
Inferred Children
Margaret J Stimpson
Household Members (Name) Gender Birth Year
Rose E Stimpson Female 5/11/1901
This record is officially closed.
Margaret J Stimpson Female 1938
Ernest E Hopper Male 1871 [Rose's father ]
Charles R. Hopper Male 1917 [Rose's brother ]
Kathleen M Hopper Female 1919 [Charles's wife ]


Marriages Sep 1934 (>99%)
Hopper Rose E Stimpson Billericay 4a 2141
Stimpson Herbert G _opper Billericay 4a 2141


There were two Stimpson/Hopper births - 1935 Romford (the closed record in 1939) , and 1938 West Ham (Margaret in the 1939 Register).

The 1935 child married in 1955, was living in Kent in 2018, was still alive in 2022 and probably still is in 2024.
There were four probable births of children from that marriage, in four different places 1957-62


??
Margaret J Stimpson
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name Margaret J Stimpson
Death Age 3
Birth Date abt 1938
Registration Date Apr 1941 [May 1941] [Jun 1941]
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration district Newport
Inferred County Gwent
Volume 11a
Page 375

Deaths Dec 1971 (>99%)
STIMPSON Rose Elizabeth 5No1904 Rochford 4a 2407

Herbert George Stimpson
in the Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937
Name Herbert George Stimpson
Gender Male
Marriage Age 29
Birth Date abt 1905 <<<<<<<
Marriage Date 5 Sep 1934
Marriage Place Laindon-Cum-Basildon, St Nicholas (Laindon) and Holy Cross (Basildon), Essex, England
Father Albert George Stimpson <<<<
Spouse Rose Elizabeth Hopper


???
Herbert George Stimpson
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name Herbert George Stimpson
Death Age 83
Birth Date 29 Dec 1905 <<<<
Registration Date Oct 1989
Registration district Southend On Sea
Inferred County Essex
Volume 9
Page 3207


I don't see his birth, nor in 1921 , nor in 1911 with his supposed father.


His parents are NOT this couple, who emigrated to NY in 1909 with two daughters, and are on 1910 US Census:

Marriages Jun 1904
MILES Emma Jane Smallburgh 4b 85
Stimpson Albert George Smallburgh 4b 85

Possible (no more) school admission record in 1912 in East Carleton, Norfolk

Born December 1905 - no actual day recorded

“Parent’ is Mrs Davey………….Gd (??Grandmother??). Or Guardian…who knows?

Someone called Mary Anne has a Herbert Stimpson 1905 in her GR tree.
No birthplace given.

Herbert is on 16 Ancestry trees.

Allowing for the fact that most will just have copied blindly from each other, they have his birth as 29/12/1905 , presumably from the 1989 death cert.

Most say his mother was Jessie Stimpson (1872 Suffolk -1918 Brentford) - no father named.
Some call him Albert, and give this as his birth, which I had also wondered about:

STIMPSON, ALBERT GEORGE -
GRO Reference: 1906 M Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 95

One or two mistakenly say he was born in the USA, having copied from one which has clicked the wrong Kensington in the dropdown list and ended up with Kensington, Hartford, Connecticut.

If he was born Albert George, apparently he was born at Marloes Road, Kensington - which info must have come from the birth cert, although there's no documentation attached to the tree which says that..


Jessie Stimpson
in the 1881 England Census
Name Jessie Stimpson
Age 8
Estimated Birth Year abt 1873
Relationship to Head Daughter
Mother Elizabeth Stimpson
Gender Female
Where born Eriswell, Suffolk, England
Civil parish Eriswell
County/Island Suffolk
Country England
Street Address Little London
Occupation Scholar
Registration district Mildenhall
ED, institution, or vessel 2
Neighbors
Piece 1846
Folio 18
Page number 10
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Elizabeth Stimpson 46 Head
William Stimpson 21 Son
James Stimpson 18 Son
George Stimpson 15 Son
Frederick Stimpson 11 Son
John Stimpson 9 Son
Jessie Stimpson 8 Daughter
Walter Stimpson 5 Son


Jessie Stimpson
in the 1901 England Census
Name Jessie Stimpson
Age 23
Estimated Birth Year abt 1878
Relation to Head Servant
Gender Female
Birth Place Eriswell, Suffolk, England
Civil parish Kensington
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Ecclesiastical parish St George Campden Hill
County/Island London
Country England
Registration district Kensington
Sub-registration district Kensington Town
ED, institution, or vessel 13
Neighbors
Piece 20
Folio 163
Page number 32
Household schedule number 120 and 121
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Florence Smith 26
Margaret Powell 37 Servant
Jessie Stimpson 23 Servant
Ellen Mills 18 Servant
Emma Howell 15 Servant
George Oertel 20 Servant

I don't see her in 1911.


The suggested death:

Deaths Jun 1918 (>99%)
Stimpson Jessie 39 Brentford 3a 103

But without knowing the details on the certs, this one would also be possible if she didn't marry:

Deaths Mar 1939 (>99%)
Stimpson Jessie 66 Paddington 1a 85


None of the trees mention army service for Herbert/Albert.

It would be interesting to see Herbert's 1934 marriage cert to see his occupation.