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Dear Retlaw, Many thanks for that, much appreciated. I knew JCD was in the Air Force in WWII but this is obviously WWI. I don't know who Joseph Robinson Cronshaw is - perhaps another relative - there seem to be a lot appearing! I knew JCD jointed in WWI and served at RAF Manby, Lincolnshire - I was born during the War and my birth cert says he was a Corporal, Transport Driver. I applied to the Air Force for service records but they were reluctant and eventually let me have the WWII bit with his wife's name erased!!!!! When I went to the National Archives in Kew to look up the other side of the family my husband sneaked off and produced the undoctored WWII record from the archives - this is how we found out his wife (not our mother I am afraid) was called Mary Davies - he married her in 1921 and they apparently had a son in 1922. It is difficult to read the writing beside her name on these records but it seems to suggest , first, that the RAF checked his marriage certificate - I think he probably got an extra allowance for being married and 2) the marriaged appeared to have taken place is what looks like "Haslingden" but cannot be sure of that. I think he omitted to tell them that he was no longer with his wife! Many thanks again.

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