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any info on henry or john ,henry worked onth canal boats in cheshire, john was in the kings own reg ,liverpool looking for service history.

Hi Lemondog (love your name!!)
Please could you give approx birth year for the Twigg's. Tks

Tina

hi.henry 1 was born 1855 london henry 2 ,son was 1891 cheshire , john his son 1901 liverpool (i think) . thanks for your interest ) john lost his 1st wife and 4 children in the blitz on liverpool in 1940. 2 children survived mary and catherine ( who latter died at 18) . he did remarry.

Al the 1st World War service records that survived the bombing in the 2nd World War have been filmed and are on the Ancestry website. If you don't have a subscription most public libraries do and you can see them there.

A quick look shows a Henry Twigg born 1891 a waterman of 101 Rachel Street Liverpool. He has a wife Mary nee Howley and 3 children.

I didn't see John but he may be there.

The estimates of how many papers survived is around 20 - 25% so if you find a family member you're lucky!

Hilary
Ed Officer

Hello Lemondog,
For the WW2 Army Service records of John Twigg go here:
http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_rec ... cords.html

From the info you have provided, YoBs etc, I assume you have got the family up to the 1911 Census?

For the crew...
A little background: John Twigg's terrible loss of his wife and most of his children happened on the night of December 21st 1940, when they were caught in the bombing of the Blackstock Gardens air-raid shelter. John was serving with the The King's Own Regiment (Liverpool) when it happened. There's a memorial to the many who died in that one tragedy here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Blitz
You can click on the image to enlarge it. Lest we forget..

Dickiesam

For some reason I can't make that link work either, try this one
http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/war ... ock10.html

Hi MaryA
I have edited my post to give a better link to the Blackstock Gardens memorial. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Blitz

And there's more on Blackstock Gardens here, under 1940:
http://liverpoolremembrance.weebly.com/index.html

DS

Sorry to be a stickler, but the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and the King's Own Regiment are two separate regiments.
This may help in tracing his service record.
D

Hi,
Re John Twigg's regiment..
The 5 death records for John Twigg's wife and his 4 children includes the words "Pte. John Twigg, The King's Own Regiment (Liverpool)2.

DS

So very very sad the deaths in Blackstock Gardens.

Tina

Love is eternal

DS
That detail probably means that John Twigg was serving in the King's Own, but was from Liverpool. But clerical work is always subject to error!
D

Hi Lemondog
In 1938 Gores/Kellys I've found
Jn. Twigg 33 St George's Hill Lpool 5 bargeman

Tina

thanks tina ,for the info ,I`LL CHECK IT OUT. lemondog