AU10/28/1

Letter from Blanche Matilda Oakley to Andrew Underwood asking to be shown her husband's grave: - she married D.H.Welch on 5 Oct 1943 at Ampthill and later remarried and lived abroad, though later returning to England; - his brother was Max and a picture of the two stood on the window sill behind the choir stalls; - his parents used to live at 61 Bedford Street and his father was a local government officer, Douglas attended Bedford Modern School; - [Commonwealth War Graves Commission shows he was a Warrant Officer (Pilot) in 427 (RCAF) squadron, RAFVR at the time of his death and that his parents were Harold and Beatrice Eleanor]

2 Nov 1983

From: 1943 To: 1983

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Welch, Douglas Harold,
Welch, Blanche Matilda,
Oakley, Blanche Matilda,
Welch, Max,
Welch, Harold,
Welch, Beatrice Eleanor,
Underwood, Andrew Grimmer,
Commonwealth Wargraves Commission

deaths, photographs, specific marriages, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, RAFVR 427 (RCAF) Squadron, Canadians, burial, local government officer, Bedford Modern School, Commonwealth Wargraves Commission, AMPTHILL, Ampthill Bedford Street