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SAUNDERS

Parents

Sydney SAUNDERS [P106] = Nellie May BUTLER [P103]

Married 11 Jun 1949, Emmanuel Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent1

Sydney

Born 10 Jan 1921, 15 Holmwood Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent2
Died 13 Feb 2001, Kent & Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent3
Buried 21 Feb 2001, St Peters Church then Tunbridge Wells Cemetery4
Occupation: Omnibus conductor, then cashier

Syd as a young man in the Royal Navy
Syd as a young man in the Royal Navy

Sydney's ship, HMS Sussex, with outline of kamakaze plane which failed to explode.  Taken in Columbo, Ceylon 2 days before the atomic bomb was dropped
Sydney's ship, HMS Sussex, with outline of kamakaze plane which failed to explode. Taken in Columbo, Ceylon 2 days before the atomic bomb was dropped

Syd Saunders (accordianist) in his dance band
Syd Saunders (accordianist) in his dance band

Sydney Saunders in his sailor's uniform
Sydney Saunders in his sailor's uniform

Nellie May

Alias Nellie May SAUNDERS (11 Jun 1949)
Born 6 May 1914, 7 Springfield Cottages, Tunbridge Wells5
Died 27 Apr 1994, Pembury Hospital, Kent6
Buried 5 May 1994, Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Kent, England
From: 6 St Johns Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent7
Occupation: Shop assistant8

May Saunders nee Butler - 15th September 1937
May Saunders nee Butler - 15th September 1937

May in Dowlings Grocery Shop, Tunbridge Wells (1940 - 47ish)
May in Dowlings Grocery Shop, Tunbridge Wells (1940 - 47ish)

May as a bridesmaid to Florie Ware nee Neal in 1938/39
May as a bridesmaid to Florie Ware nee Neal in 1938/39

Family

Wedding day - ?  - Jack Denton (Groom's step brother) - Syd Saunders - May Saunders - Sydney Butler (Bride's Brother) - Ann Butler (Bride's neice)
Wedding day - ? - Jack Denton (Groom's step brother) - Syd Saunders - May Saunders - Sydney Butler (Bride's Brother) - Ann Butler (Bride's neice)

May & Syd on the Ruby Wedding, 11th June, 1989, Ashurst
May & Syd on the Ruby Wedding, 11th June, 1989, Ashurst

May & Syd as a young couple
May & Syd as a young couple

Sources

1 : ; Primary evidence
Marriage certificate

1a: ; Primary evidence
Sydney's address on marriage certificate:
17 Holmewood Rd
Tunbridge Wells

1b: ; Primary evidence
Nellie May's address on marriage certificate:
58 Norman Road
Tunbridge Wells

1c: ; Primary evidence
Witnesses at marriage:
Sidney Charles Butler (May's brother)
Jack Denton

1d: ; Primary evidence
Information about Emmanuel Church from:
"ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS - Past and Present - July 1946
For the occasion of the Jubliee Congress of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies
Editor J. C. M. Given, Tunbridge Wells, Courier Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., Grove Hill Road"
Extract:
The Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, now called Emmanuel Church, may be dated by the following inscription from a monument in the churchyard: '' Upon this mount stood and preached that eminent servant of God, George Whitefield, at the opening of the adjoining Chapel, July 23rd, 1769." This quaint chapel of timber and tiles was replaced by the present structure, designed by Wimble, of London, and built in 1867.

2 : ; Primary evidence
Birth certificate, address 15 Holmwood Rd, Tunbridge Wells

3 : ; Primary evidence
Personal knowledge

4 : ; Primary evidence
Order of service

5 : ; Primary evidence
Birth certificate

5a: ; Primary evidence
Address on birth certificate:
7 Springfield Cottages,
Tunbridge Wells

6 : ; Primary evidence
Copy of death certificate

7 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate

8 : ; Primary evidence
Death certificate

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