See also

Family of Reginald Francis Smith and Margarita _____

  • Husband:

  • Reginald Francis Smith (1921-2019)

  • Wife:

  • Margarita _____ (1925-1980)

Husband: Reginald Francis Smith

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Reginald Francis Smith

  • Name:

  • Reginald Francis Smith1 2 3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John William Smith (1884- )

  • Mother:

  • Ella Maud Francis (1886-1973)

  • Birth:

  • 9 Feb 1921

  • Billericay "Registration District", Essex, England1 2 5

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Feb 1921 (age 0)

  • St. Nicholas's Church, Church Hill, Laindon, Essex, England3

  •  

  • son of John William Smith (poultry farmer) and Ella Maud of Laindon

  • Military Beginning:

  • 1938 (age 16-17)6

  •  

  •  

  • joining the Royal Artillery as no:1429781 being transferred to K.R.R. (T.A.) on 8th May 1939

  • Prisoner of War:

  • 1944 (app) (age 22-23)7

  •  

  •  

  • and carried shrapnel for the remainder of his life

  • Death:

  • 27 Feb 2019 (age 98)

  • Gloucestershire "Registration District", Gloucestershire, England4 5 8

  • Probate:

  • 22 Mar 2019

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England8

  •  

  • grant and will, died 27th February 2019

Wife: Margarita _____

  • Name:

  • Margarita _____7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 4 Oct 19259

  •  

  • Death:

  • Q4 1980 (age 54-55)

  • Weston-Super-Mare "Registration District", Somerset, England9

Note on Husband: Reginald Francis Smith

Unsure of Reginald's marriage date as there are many possibilities - Reginald and Margarita adopted a daughter called Gillian

Note on Wife: Margarita _____

Cannot locate a marriage to Reginald, hence unable to find her surname and where born. Reginald and Margarita adopted a daughter called Gillian

Sources

1.

Roger Smith personal communication. email dated 22nd August 2020 filed under Ella Maud Francis. Cit. Date: 23 August 2020.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Billericay 1921 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1236. Cit. Date: 23 August 2020.

3.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Laindon St. Nicholas baptisms 1890-1927 ref:D/P 278/1/9 image:25 page:42 entry:331. Cit. Date: 30 March 2023.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gloucestershire 2019 quarter:1 district:4881D entry:518672289. Cit. Date: 30 March 2023.

5.

FindMyPast England and Wales Deaths 2007-2024, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Cirencester. Cit. Date: 30 March 2023.

6.

FindMyPast Royal Artillery attestations 1883-1942 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). page:19 no 1429781. Cit. Date: 16 March 2021.

7.

Roger Smith personal communication. email dated 24th August 2020. Cit. Date: 23 August 2020.

8.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Oxford 2019 no:5647392. Cit. Date: 30 March 2023.

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Weston-Super-Mare 1980 quarter:4 volume:22 page:1409. Cit. Date: 30 March 2023.