Thread: Help please with Roberts & Botting

hello im a new recruit and im trying to track down the history of my family but keep hitting creaters and not getting any further



well here goes ggd(great granddad)

fredrick william roberts married mabel fancy 18??

there daughter was grace mabel roberts who married edward charles botting back in 1942 in the county of chichester edward charles botting served with the royal sussex regiment service number 6403464

ive joined and traweld loads of sites etc but cant seem to find this service number or any trace please help

many thanks for reading



also trying to track down my mums brothers kin he was reg roberts who was a prisoner on the kwia and helped build the bridge he sadly died in doncaster hospital a few years ago

Marriages Dec 1915

Portsmouth

2b 1541

*Fancy Mabel Roberts

Forknall Elsie F Fox

Fox William H Forknall

*Roberts Frederick Fancy



Possible marriage - although it's not 18??





Can't see a birth for Grace but could these be siblings



Births Jun 1916

Roberts Arthur R Fancy Portsmouth 2b 884



Births Jun 1918

ROBERTS Reginald B Fancy Portsmouth 2b 762

thank you for your quick response

trithfully im not sure dont know much about my mums side of family

all i know is that my ggm(great grand ma) was mabel fancy born 20th april 1887 in kingston or kingstown, untill she married fredrick william roberts

her daughter grace mabel roberts was born in 1921, she married edward charles botting in 1942 in chichester her husband edward charles botting was serving with the royal sussex regiment when they wed aprt from that im lost and stumped

its cost me loads and still havnt got any where

i do beleve that edward received 5 medals during ww2

and also that fredrick roberts also served in ww1 and also received medal but even my searches have turned up a blank

but thank you for helping

Regarding Edward Bottings Service number where did you get it?

If it was from a medal maybe the only way you will get further information is to order his service records from MOD? You will need signed permission of his next of kin.

Unless he received a bravery award it is unlikely that the regimental museum will have a record of him, but always worth an email.

If he was not pensioned off or wounded he will not be on spit.spit. spit ancestry.con (if you have read their proposed legal action against this site you'll understand).