See also

Family of Walter John Martin and Alice Joan Simons

  • Husband:

  • Walter John Martin (1917-2000)

  • Wife:

  • Alice Joan Simons (1921-2004)

  • Marriage:

  • 28 Feb 1942

  • St. Giles and All Saints Church, High Road, Orsett, Essex, England1 2

  •  

  • Walter a bachelor serving as a corporal in the RAF and an accounts clerk of 15 Denecroft Garden Socketts Heath Grays and son of Walter John Martin a civilian orderly. Alice a spinster of The Bungalow Orsett and daughter of Frank William Simons a Post Office official. Married by licence and witnessed by Mr F J Martin, D F Holdaway, W J Martin and C K Spiers

Husband: Walter John Martin

  • Name:

  • Walter John Martin3 4 1 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • audit and accounting clerk6 2

  • Birth:

  • 7 Mar 1917

  • Portsmouth, Hampshire, England3 4 7 6 5

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Jul 1917 (age 0)

  • King Charles the Martyr Church, Chapel Place, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England4

  •  

  • son of Walter John Martin (stoker Petty Officer) and Florence Annie of 14 Rock Villa Road, born 7th March 1917

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 4 yrs 3 mns)

  • 14 Redhill Road, North Havant, Hampshire, England7

  •  

  • son living in six rooms with his parents Walter and Florence. Born in Portsmouth Hampshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • 15 Denecroft Gardens, Grays, Essex, England6

  •  

  • a unmarried audit clerk living with his parents Walter and Florence. Born on 7th March 1917

  • Military Service:

  • 1942 (app) (age 24-25)

  • Royal Air Force as a corporal1

  • Death:

  • Apr 2000 (age 83)

  • Swindon "Registration District", Wiltshire, England5

Wife: Alice Joan Simons

  • Name:

  • Alice Joan Simons8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Frank William Simons (1888-1976)

  • Mother:

  • Alice Sanders (1888-1978)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • clerical assistant9

  • Birth:

  • 18 May 1921

  • East Ham, Essex, England8 10 9 11

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 1 mn)

  • 54 Friars Road, East Ham, Essex, England10

  •  

  • daughter living in five rooms with her parents Frank and Alice, and visiting Cecil Charles Sanders. Born in East Ham Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 18)

  • 111 Tile Kiln Lane, Coldblow, Kent, England9

  •  

  • an unmarried clerical assistant for Customs & Excise living with her parents Frank and Alice, and sister Marjorie. Born on 18th May 1921 and married a Martin at a later date

  • Death:

  • 19 Sep 2004 (age 83)

  • South East Hampshire "Registration District", Hampshire, England11 12

  • Probate:

  • 23 Nov 2004

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England12

  •  

  • grant and will, died 19th September 2004

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Thurrock 1942 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1630. Cit. Date: 26 September 2025.

2.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:96. Cit. Date: 9 October 2025. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Portsmouth 1917 quarter:1 volume:2b page:551. Cit. Date: 9 October 2025.

4.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Kent Baptisms Tunbridge Wells King Charles the Martyr baptisms 1845-1987 Kent History & Library Centre ref:P371E/1/B/1/3 page:168 entry:1337. Cit. Date: 9 October 2025.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Swindon 2000 quarter:2 district:7961B register:B56B entry:137 date:0400. Cit. Date: 9 October 2025.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1548G page:6 line:44 letter code:DCMU. Cit. Date: 9 October 2025.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:5153 registration district:89 sub-district:1 enumeration district:3, 4 schedule:75. Cit. Date: 9 October 2025.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1921 quarter:2 volume:4a page:513. Cit. Date: 26 September 2025.

9.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1225B page:8 line:24 letter code:CJFL. Cit. Date: 26 September 2025.

10.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:8459 registration district:188 sub-district:6 enumeration district:6 schedule:22. Cit. Date: 27 September 2025.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). South East hampshire 2004 quarter:3 district:501/1 register:F50 entry:54 date:0904. Cit. Date: 26 September 2025.

12.

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 2004 no:1685282. Cit. Date: 26 September 2025.