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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Gary	Report	18 Jul 2013 22:48
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	I have been trying to trace any relatives of William Arthur Fradley who was born in 1917 in, I believe, Kingston and died in an air accident in Lincolshire, 1941. Any information would be very useful.
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	18 Jul 2013 22:53
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	Hello Gary, do you mean living relatives or are you looking for his ancestors? How have you connected to him?
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	18 Jul 2013 22:55
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	FRADLEY, WILLIAM ARTHUR Rank: Sergeant Trade: Radio/Obs. Service No: 90045 Date of Death: 17/12/1941 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Grave Reference: Row B. Grave 7. Cemetery WITTERING (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD Additional Information: Son of Victor and Florence Fradley, of West Worthing, Sussex. From http://www.cwgc.org/
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Gary	Report	18 Jul 2013 22:58
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Thanks for the quick reply. Yes any relatives living and my connection is , he was my birth mothers 1st husband and my half sister, his daughter has asked me to help.
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	18 Jul 2013 23:03
	Births Jun 1916 (>99%) Fradley Victor K Harvey Kingston 2a 784 Births Dec 1917 (>99%) Fradley William A Harvey Kingston 2a 562 Births Jun 1920 (>99%) Fradley Margaret A Harvey Horsham 2b 642 ...............so 2 possible siblings that I can see.
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	18 Jul 2013 23:05
	Parents marriage:- Marriages Sep 1915 (>99%) Fradley Victor Harvey Kingston 2a 1321 ...........although spouse not showing?
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	18 Jul 2013 23:06
	Spouse on another page, or an error intranscription:- Marriages Sep 1915 (>99%) Harvey Florence E Fradley Kingston 2a 1621
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	18 Jul 2013 23:09
	Possible marriage for him? Marriages Dec 1938 (>99%) Fradley William A Wood Horsham 2b 747 Wood Valerie M Fradley Horsham 2b 747 The district Horsham spans the boundaries of the counties of Sussex and West Sussex 2 possible children that fit with this marriage!
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Gary	Report	18 Jul 2013 23:11
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Thanks Catherine did not know about Margaret and have found a tree with Victor K on and have sent message.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Gary	Report	18 Jul 2013 23:14
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Yes That is the right marriage. Valerie or Violet as she was born.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	19 Jul 2013 08:51
	England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Victor Kenneth Fradley Name: Victor Kenneth Fradley Birth Date: 7 Apr 1916 Date of Registration: Mar 1992 Age at Death: 75 Registration District: Chichester Inferred County: Sussex Volume: 18 Page: 1830
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	19 Jul 2013 09:03
	?? England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about Victor K Fradley Name: Victor K Fradley Spouse Name: Patricia Attwater Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1939 Registration District: Chanctonbury Inferred County: Sussex Volume Number: 2b Page Number: 1335 England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005 about Patricia Attwater Name: Patricia Attwater Mother's Maiden Surname: Gravely Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1918 Registration District: Horsham Inferred County: Hampshire Volume Number: 2b Page Number: 486 (One child born to this marriage........she appears with her husband on the 2011-2013 electoral role) ..England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Patricia Fradley Name: Patricia Fradley Birth Date: 21 May 1918 Date of Registration: Jun 2005 Age at Death: 87 Registration District: South east Hampshire Inferred County: Hampshire Register Number: H59 District and Subdistrict: 501/3 Entry number: 251
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Gary	Report	19 Jul 2013 10:02
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Thanks for the info. You state that there was one child born to the marriage, but have not given a name. Do you have the name so that I can research it.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 62,786 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	19 Jul 2013 10:09
	Look for it on freebmd
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 4,821 Send Message	Flip	Report	19 Jul 2013 10:09
	If you search using name and mothers maiden name you'll find the birth in 1945 on here: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
	Researching: Anything & everything!
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	19 Jul 2013 11:05
	Details PM'd in case Gary can't find it.
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	19 Jul 2013 12:52
	As the family seem to have moved to Sussex, then this could be marriage for Margaret? England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about Margaret A Fradley Name: Margaret A Fradley Spouse Surname: Duke Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1942 Registration District: Worthing Inferred County: Sussex Volume Number: 2b Page Number: 985 Find Spouse: Gordon C Duke ......................... possible death for Gordon:- England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Gordon Clarence Duke Name: Gordon Clarence Duke Birth Date: 15 Apr 1920 Date of Registration: Jul 1996 Age at Death: 76 Registration District: Worthing Inferred County: West Sussex Register Number: 16A District and Subdistrict: 7861 Entry number: 98 ................but not seeing anything for Margaret so possible she is still living. ....................................... will pm possible children to this marriage!

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