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Thanks, still looking for any further info re Percy in his later life.

Val Walton

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Percy leaves UK for Calcutta India 1914/5

Percy left the UK in 1914/5 for India when his leave finished leaving his wife Lillias with 3 small children Percy.Ivy,Irene.They tried to trace him because they couldn't Lillias didn't get a pension.She never re married and he didn't go back to the army either.
A letter from his sister Cicely dated 3.8.42 confirms that Percy was living in Calcutta India with Grace.
In the letter :

"Grace" would presumably have been his second wife.We understand she was a School Teacher there and that she was French.

"the boys" refers to Percy's brothers; William,Walter,Charles,Edgar and Victor. In 1911 Walter,Charles,Edgar and Victor were living at 40 Dale Street Rugby Warwickshire.
"Walt's little girl " refers to Walter's daughter June.

Percy was understood to have owned/ran a factory in Calcutta India.
He returned to the UK around 1950 on the Strathclyde from Calcutta to Southampton with Renee his daughter who was born in India in 1932.Apparently he arrived back in the UK with very little.
Renee and Percy went to stay with Cicely in Rugby.No one knows how long Percy stayed with her or where he went to.According to records he died in Nuneaton in 1956.

Using the Glos local index http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/

Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
GOSCOMBE Jessie GOSCOMBE GOSCOMBE BOULTON 1896 Cirencester Cirencester, Cirencester 40 410
GOSCOMBE Kate GOSCOMBE GOSCOMBE BOLTON 1897 Cirencester Cirencester, Cirencester 41 288
GOSCOMBE Alice Elizabeth GOSCOMBE GOSCOMBE BOLTON 1899 Cirencester Cirencester, Cirencester 42 299

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
GOSCOMB Frank Allard BOLTON Angelina Gloucester Gloucester St Mark 1882 31 No 4 382

Household transcription
1911 census

Person: GOSCOMBE, Alice
Address: 26 School Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire

GOSCOMBE, Frank Allard Head Married M 48 1863 Iron Founder Gloucester Gloucestershire VIEW
GOSCOMBE, Angelina Wife Married28 years F 48 1863 Gloucester Gloucestershire VIEW
GOSCOMBE, Edith Daughter Single F 21 1890 General Servant Domestic Thames Ditton Surrey VIEW
GOSCOMBE, Henry Son Single M 18 1893 Iron Founder Thames Ditton Surrey VIEW
GOSCOMBE, Jessie Daughter F 14 1897 Cirencester Gloucester VIEW
GOSCOMBE, Kate Daughter F 13 1898 School Cirencester Gloucester VIEW
GOSCOMBE, Alice Daughter F 11 1900 School Cirencester Gloucester VIEW
GOSCOMBE, Albert Son M 6 1905 Rugby Warwick VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 15433
Reference: RG14PN15433 RG78PN939 RD329 SD2 ED2 SN189
Registration District: Cirencester
Sub District: Cirencester
Enumeration District: 2
Parish: Cirencester
Address: 26 School Lane Cirencester Gloucestershire
County: Gloucestershire
(11 children born, 9 living, 2 had died)


England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
about Frank Allard Goscomb
Name: Frank Allard Goscomb
Spouse Name: Angelina Bolton
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1882
Registration district: Gloucester
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 533

1901 England Census
about Lilias A Goscombe
Name: Lilias A Goscombe
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Angelina Goscombe
Gender: Female
Where born: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Civil parish: Cirencester
Ecclesiastical parish: Cirencester
Town: Cirencester
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Cirencester
Sub-registration district: Cirencester
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 238
Piece: 2448
Folio: 119
Page Number: 36
Household Members: Name Age
Angelina Goscombe 37 (Married)
Lilias A Goscombe 15
Arthur Goscombe 14
Edith Goscombe 11
Henry Goscombe 8
Jessie Goscombe 4
Kate Goscombe 3
Alice E Goscombe 1

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006
about Lilias A Thatcher
Name: Lilias A Thatcher
Birth Date: abt 1886
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1957
Age at Death: 71
Registration district: Cirencester
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 389

Warwickshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1910 about Percy Thatcher
Name: Percy Thatcher
Birth Year: abt 1885
Age: 20
Spouse Name: Lillias Annie Goscombe
Spouse Age: 20
Marriage or Bann Date: 10 Sep 1905
Event Type: Marriage
Parish: Bilton
Father Name: William Thatcher
Spouse Father Name: Frank Goscombe

Household transcription
1911 census

Person: THATCHER, Victor George
Address: 40 Dale St Rugby

THATCHER, William Head Married M 50 1861 Labourer Basingstoke VIEW
THATCHER, Mary Ann Wife Married28 years F 50 1861 Whitechappel VIEW
THATCHER, Walter James Son M 20 1891 Core Maker In Iron Founder Thames Ditton VIEW
THATCHER, Charles Henry Son M 18 1893 Mill Hand Carpenter Shop Thames Ditton VIEW
THATCHER, Edgar Son M 17 1894 Errand Boy Thames Ditton VIEW
THATCHER, Victor George Son M 14 1897 Errand Boy Thames Ditton VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 18609
Reference: RG14PN18609 RG78PN1112 RD391 SD1 ED24 SN312
Registration District: Rugby
Sub District: Rugby
Enumeration District: 24
Parish: Rugby
Address: 40 Dale St Rugby
County: Warwickshire
(9 children born, 7 living, 2 had died)

1901 England Census
about Percy Thatcher
Name: Percy Thatcher
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William Thatcher
Mother's Name: Mary Thatcher
Gender: Male
Where born: Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

Civil parish: Rugby
Ecclesiastical parish: Rugby St Andrew
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Rugby
Sub-registration district: Rugby
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 163
Piece: 2916
Folio: 35
Page Number: 22
Household Members: Name Age
William Thatcher 42
Mary Thatcher 40
Percy Thatcher 16
William H Thatcher 14
Cicely M Thatcher 13
Walter J Thatcher 10
Charles Thatcher 9
Edgar Thatcher 7
Victor G Thatcher 4

1891 England Census
about Percy Thatcher
Name: Percy Thatcher
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William Thatcher
Mother's Name: Mary A Thatcher
Gender: Male
Where born: Basingstoke

Civil parish: Thames Ditton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Nicholas
Town: Thames Ditton
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Kingston
Sub-registration district: Esher
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 614
Folio: 77
Page Number: 7
Household Members: Name Age
William Thatcher 30
Mary A Thatcher 29
Percy Thatcher 6
William H Thatcher 4
Cecley M Thatcher 3
Arthur C Thatcher 1
Walter J Thatcher 2/12
Frank Daulton 28 (Lodger)

They married in 1905:-

Name: THATCHER, Percy
Registration district: Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Year of registration: 1905
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Spouse's last name: Not available before 1912
Volume no: 6D
Page no: 976

MarriageFinder: Percy Thatcher married one of the following people:

GOSCOMBE, Lillias Annie<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
JACKSON, Winifred May
WARD, Frederic Robert

Kath. x

I am trying to find info on Percy Thatcher born 1885 in Basingstoke, served in India etc in WW1 was married to Lilias Goscombe around 1900 Lived in Rugby,
and other address in Coventry, Cirencester etc.

Val Walton