See also

Family of William Leonard Fortescue and Gertrude May Taylor

  • Husband:

  • William Leonard Fortescue (1912-1943)

  • Wife:

  • Gertrude May Taylor (1915-1985)

  • Children:

  • Graham Leonard Fortescue (1937-1985)

  • Marriage:

  • Q4 1935

  • Yarmouth "Registration District", Norfolk, England1

Husband: William Leonard Fortescue

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1942 prisoner of war William Leonard Fortescue

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1943 burial William Leonard Fortescue

  • Name:

  • William Leonard Fortescue2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1 Nov 1912

  • Yarmouth "Registration District", Norfolk, England2 4

  • Prisoner of War:

  • 1942 (age 29-30)

  • Malaya4

  •  

  • a student of engineering, son of William and Bertha Fotescue of Great Yarmouth

  • Death:

  • 12 Jun 1943 (age 30)

  • Thailand3 5

  • Probate:

  • 18 Apr 1944

  • Probate Registry, Norwich, Norfolk, England5

  •  

  • of New Bungalow Station Road Duxford Cambridgeshire died on or since 12th June 1943 on war service, administration of £421 5s 9d (~£15,300 in 2017) to Gertrude Mary Fortescue widow

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Saeng Chuto Road, Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand3

  •  

  • grave 8,F.17. A sergeant no:563551 of the Royal Air Force died 12th June 1943 aged 30, son of William Beresford Fortescue and Bertha Connie Fortescue; husband of Gertrude Man Fortescue

Wife: Gertrude May Taylor

  • Name:

  • Gertrude May Taylor6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Taylor (1876-1956)

  • Mother:

  • Ellen Overett (1887- )

  • Birth:

  • 18 Apr 1915

  • Thetford, Norfolk, England6 7 8

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 6 yrs 2 mns)

  • 14 Station Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her father William, step-mother Rose Ellen, sisters Dorothy and Ruby, half-sister Kathleen, and brother Bertie. Born in Thetford Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 24)

  • St. John's Street, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England8

  •  

  • married doing domestic duties at home and living with two closed records (presumably son Graham and daughter Anita). Born on 18th April 1915 and married a Cross at a later date

  • Emigration:

  • 4 Feb 1946 (age 30)

  • from Southampton, Hampshire, England to USA9

  •  

  • on the Santa Paula with daughters Anne Mario Cross and Anita Fortescue, and son Graham Fortescue. She was of 4 Hall Road Lakenham Norwich Norfolk and a dependent of Corporal Johnnie G Cross ASN 34189000 US Army of Pleasantville Tennessee

  • Immigration:

  • 16 Feb 1946 (age 30)

  • to New York, New York, USA10

  •  

  • on the Santa Paula with daughters Ann Marie, Anita June and son Graham Leonard

  • Death:

  • 21 Jan 1985 (age 69)

  • Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA11

Child 1: Graham Leonard Fortescue

  • Name:

  • Graham Leonard Fortescue12

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Chum Sun Yun (1937-2003?)

  • Birth:

  • 2 Jun 1937

  • Cambridge "Registration District", Cambridgeshire, England12 13

  • Emigration:

  • 4 Feb 1946 (age 8)

  • from Southampton, Hampshire, England to USA9

  •  

  • on the Santa Paula with his mother Gertrude, and sisters Anne Mario Cross and Anita Fortescue. He was of 4 Hall Road Lakenham Norwich Norfolk and a dependent of Corporal Johnnie G Cross ASN 34189000 US Army of Pleasantville Tennessee

  • Immigration:

  • 16 Feb 1946 (age 13 mns)

  • to New York, New York, USA10

  •  

  • on the Santa Paula with his mother Gertrude, and sisters Anita June Fortescue and Ann Marie Cross

  • Death:

  • 27 Jul 1985 (age 48)

  • California, USA13 11

  •  

  • son of John G Cross and Gertrude M Taylor, born on 2nd June 1937

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Yarmouth 1935 quarter:4 volume:4b page:37. Cit. Date: 23 September 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). Yarmouth 1912 quarter:4 volume:4b page:40. Cit. Date: 23 September 2020.

3.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Royal Air Force Sergeant no:563551. Cit. Date: 23 September 2020.

4.

FindMyPast Prisoners of War 1715-1945 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 345/18. Cit. Date: 23 September 2020.

5.

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). Norwich 1944 page:288. Cit. Date: 23 September 2020.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Thetford 1915 quarter:2 volume:4a page:573. Cit. Date: 22 September 2020.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9474 registration district:214 sub-district:2 enumeration district:23 schedule:176. Cit. Date: 20 August 2022.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6328C page:15 line:4 letter code:TBMG. Cit. Date: 23 September 2020.

9.

FindMyPast Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). 1946 Santa Paula. Cit. Date: 23 September 2020.

10.

Ancestry U.S. New York, Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Santa Paula 1946. Cit. Date: 23 September 2020.

11.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Disney Family Tree by SusanneMason59. Cit. Date: 23 September 2020.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Cambridge 1937 quarter:3 volume:3b page:588. Cit. Date: 23 September 2020.

13.

Ancestry US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). SSN:562543978. Cit. Date: 23 September 2020.