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joyce · Post by **joyce** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:19 pm

my granfather died at 230 camberwell new road,district of camberwell
north west camberwell,county of london only thats were he died and he was staff sergent for the 1st surrey riffles he was accountant ,wanted to no if it was hospital as there was alady called jenny bradley present at his death and at the same address ,can anyone help solve this his wife died before him,he died 14 nov 1918,thank you for any help given
joyce from holland
ps have had alook at camberwell but cant find 230

Post by **Tracey** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:03 pm

Hello Joyce

I spend a lot of time at no 240 Camberwell Road and i am trying very hard to remember what is either side and assume the hospital would be long gone as there are mostly tower blocks or flats there now, but.......i am reading (on and off ) a biography of Vera Brittain and i am almost sure i read that she worked at a hospital in Camberwell as it made me take more note of the book, spending so much time there myself.
Sorry its not much help but a google may return something before i dig the book out again ( its not exactly a light read

)

Should have said they are different roads but they do run parallel with each other

Post by **Tracey** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:21 pm

http://www.southlondonguide.co.uk/cambe ... istory.htm

Scroll down to Modern Camberwell - it notes two hospitals

joyce · Post by **joyce** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:44 pm

hi tracy
did go down to the modern and it has 1913 kings college hospital
1915 maudsley hospital,but looking at his death cert i wondered if he was in army hospital mybe some one might be able to help,and thank you tracy for your help
regards joyce

Post by **Tracey** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:50 pm

Hello Joyce

Sorry, i did waffle on a bit to no use at all ! but next time i go that way on the bus i will keep a look out.

Tracey

joyce · Post by **joyce** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:05 pm

hi tracy
its been that long i thought it might have gone your not on your own waffling on i do that myself ,just trying to put my dads family together for the tree getting there slowly,but the old saying goes rome was.nt builted in aday
regards joyce

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:58 am

Hello Joyce

This may not be of much use to your search, but on reading your thread it came across my mind, yes it does work sometimes and not just fits of fancy either

Is it possible that because it was 1918 and at the end of the war that it was a big house that was used as a hospital to cope with the many wounded and dying who were brought back from the battlefields?

joyce · Post by **joyce** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:00 am

hi stewL
hi im not sure if he was in the war as you can see he was accountant ,i have his service number but is there any way i can find out if he did go to war but in 1918 he was 45 when he died so i think he was to old ,and how can i find out about the house he died in
why i thought it was hospital because it had his army details on also hes buried in the war cemetery he was buried in new southgate cemetery
regards joyce
ps forgot to say the army details were on his death cert so what would you make of it ,the regt was the 21st bn,london regt,first surrey riffles

Post by **Tracey** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:13 am

I wonder if doing an address search on the 1901 census would give any clues ?

http://www.1901censusonline.com/search. ... =ad_search

I am never quite sure on how to fill this in as i always put what they ask but never get results even though i know the house i am looking for was there

Hopefully you will have more luck, assuming the house was there at the time

joyce · Post by **joyce** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:45 am

hi tracy
just done it and it says your query takes to long so tried different way and nothing comes up,mybe im doing it wrong
regards joyce