Jools mckenna Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 Recently bought a set of drawings from around the 1910s, and the Seller mentioned that Gordon Thurston was the Uncle (if she recalled correctly) of one of her Friends called L----- Thurston, and she mentioned she thinks he might of served in WW1. Unfortunately, she could only remember possibly what the connection between Gordon and her friend L----- was. She did mention that L-----’s dad was originally from London. So what we’re looking for is a Gordon Thurston (likely used no middle names as surely he would’ve at least used the initial of his middle name/names in his signature), who lived in/around the London area and who had a brother who went on to having a daughter called L----- (when he was around 50ish btw) I have found 1 MICs on ancestry for Gordon Thurston and 1 for Gordon W Thurston. The former was in the 1/3rd battalion London regiment (Royal Fusiliers) and was killed in August 1917(unfortunately no family/address info on his CWGC entry) and the Gordon W Thurston was in the RFC and the Tank Corps unfortunately no hint where he came from his accessible to me. Any help unraveling this mystery with not much clues would be greatly appreciated and hopefully I won’t be leading people into a wild goose chase. Really isn’t much info to go on unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 27 May , 2020 Admin Share Posted 27 May , 2020 There is a POW enquiry for your Royal Fusilier 251514 reported missing 16/8/1917. The enquiry was made by a Mrs Flora Hughson (obviously negative result) In the 1911 Census he appears to be living at Victoria Dwellings Battersea (SDGW gives Gordon's residence as Battersea) Father Edward a butler/domestic Mother Jessie Gordon aged 13 b.1898 Edward 11 Ian 10Flora aged 7 Marjorie 5 Douglas 1 Mother in law Laing Clearly this Flora would only be 14 in 1917 so could not be the enquirer. I think she was probably Flora Louisa Hughson b.Suffolk, can't see the relationship at present. The L's dad's name might help or even the name of the daughter Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 27 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 27 May , 2020 (edited) @kenf48 Unfortunately, I enquired to find out L's dad's name but unfortunately she(the seller) didn't remember. L's name was Lousie. I know ,unfortunately, nothing else apart from Lousie (Thurston was her maiden name) unfortunately contracted cancer(and presumably died). Edited 27 May , 2020 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 (edited) 52 minutes ago, kenf48 said: There is a POW enquiry for your Royal Fusilier 251514 reported missing 16/8/1917. The enquiry was made by a Mrs Flora Hughson (obviously negative result) In the 1911 Census he appears to be living at Victoria Dwellings Battersea (SDGW gives Gordon's residence as Battersea) Father Edward a butler/domestic Mother Jessie Gordon aged 13 b.1898 Edward 11 Ian 10Flora aged 7 Marjorie 5 Douglas 1 Mother in law Laing Clearly this Flora would only be 14 in 1917 so could not be the enquirer. I think she was probably Flora Louisa Hughson b.Suffolk, can't see the relationship at present. The L's dad's name might help or even the name of the daughter Ken When Gordon Thurston was missing, he was described in Aberdeen newspapers as being the eldest grandson of a Mrs Laing. Confirms you have the correct man. Edited 27 May , 2020 by IPT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 27 May , 2020 Admin Share Posted 27 May , 2020 1 hour ago, IPT said: When Gordon Thurston was missing, he was described in Aberdeen newspapers as being the eldest grandson of a Mrs Laing. Thanks, we still don't know if he drew the picture, but that at least, as you say, shows the relationship of 251514 Thurston. 2 hours ago, Jools mckenna said: L's name was Lousie Surely not, interesting how the same names seem to be cropping up though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 13 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 13 June , 2020 On 27/05/2020 at 17:04, kenf48 said: Surely not, interesting how the same names seem to be cropping up though I've asked the seller again and she said Lousie's dad's name might of been Douglas, so we might have the correct Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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