Merry - you are right the date of the marriage was 1916 - have changed it. I was thinking it had been a long time since I had made a mistake!

I've never heard of Florence Hilda Baxter - just out of interest, can you remember what part of the country the death was in?

I always refer to him as John Arthur, as that is what is on his marriage certificate - - so I've changed that too !

I'm afraid he was a bit of a shady character too, I think!

Have been putting together some of what I have -

1916 - marriage to Dorothy Scrutton

1922 -3 - Dorothy has 2 children

1927- sails to Curacao

1928 - John petitions for divorce

1929 - Divorce proceedings fizzle out and petition is dismissed

1929 (?) - Dorothy moves to France with my mother

1930 - John writes to the Home Office requesting that my mother's sister be added to the passports of HW Wicks and Caroline Wicks, but not to the passport of Dorothy.

1939 -John is working in an armaments factory in Liverpool and being watched by MI5.

1960 - John dies in Hove, that surprised me as it is where Dorothy was living (although they led separate lives)

Have just sent for his birth cert