Marriage in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

[Rachel Scand]

thank you

[Christine in Herts]

What about FMP?

Christine

[KiteRunner]

I don't think ancestry has any Sri Lanka stuff, Rachel. I would have thought it would be more likely to be on FamilySearch, or on the "overseas" section on Findmypast if it involved a British citizen.

[Uncle John]

What about familyrelatives? If the couple are still alive you could pm me.

[Christine in Herts]

If I find the name anytime, I'll try to remember who it was that was interested, and let you know!

Nothing in the Times archive is there - a wedding announcement, perhaps?

Christine

[Guest]

found him on the shipping list Rachel did you have that already ???????????????

[Guest]

your inbox is full!!! have sent the image to your yahoo

[Guest]

oh hang on

[Guest]

on its way again

[Christine in Herts]

Found this on Docs Online:

Name Roe, Charles Edward Meredith
Date of Birth: 11 August 1875
Rank: Retired Engineer Captain
18 November 1897 ADM 196/130

Christine

[Christine in Herts]

Marriages: Portsmouth 1905 q2 2b-1065
Charles Edward M Roe

other names:
Marie Mildred E Leacock
Charlotte Emily Rodd
Henry Walter Holloway

Christine

[Christine in Herts]

And I guess you've already got:

Patrick Wilmot B M Roe
b 1906 q1
Portsmouth 2b-469

[Christine in Herts]

Yes - I thought Marie Mildred E looked the more likely.

Christine

[Christine in Herts]

Incidentally - I'd have thought that those clothes looked a bit warm for Ceylon. But I've never been there, and it's possible that there's a cold season.

Christine

[Christine in Herts]

I suppose they could have married at sea? Trouble is, FMP's M at sea only goes up to 1883.

Christine

[Uncle John]

Rachel - I had a good look on familyrelatives and found nothing. Got distracted by looking at holidays.

For what it's worth I think the clothes in the picture are OK for Ceylon in the immediate post-war era.

[WendyP]

HI Rachel


I take it then that you have seen this too


ROE Valcourt Desmond Meredith

Pilot Officer 42530 73 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died on Tuesday, 14th May 1940. Age 28. Son of Capt. Charles Edward Meredith Roe and Marie Eveleen Roe, of Talawakele, Ceylon. Buried in CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. Grave 2. J. 8. Also on Village Hall Memorial and Village Memorial


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[Christine in Herts]

That clothes in The Colonies bit... I think you're probably right. I know that, when we had speakers from Uganda, talking about dress protocol there, they said that people still put babies in cardigans - because That's What One Does - and, similarly, they expect to aim for full European formal dress for weddings (or they did some years ago) to the point that the local Mothers Union had a sort of wedding clothes library which they could lend out to people!

Christine

[Christine in Herts]

...
I wonder if anybody fancies looking for Colonel Sir John Channing-Pearce (don't know how to spell his surname)

In the early 1940s, gt aunt Sallie was staying in London.

My father was a newly enlisted Private soldier and went to tea with her at her hotel .... probably the Dorchester, although I do know she also stayed at the Cumberland at some point.

It's just possible that she was travelling with Channing-Pearce (always referred to as Jack or Uncle Jack).
...

I googled the name (without quotes) and found this page:
JULY 2001 newsletter - Durban - South African Military History Society - Title page

FUTURE SOCIETY DATES : August to October 2001
...
13 Sept 2001
DDH In Burma. On the Run Lt.Colonel Channing Pearce
MAIN The Indian Mutiny Ganes Pillay
...

By the September newsleter, the trailer was:

A first for the Society and one not to be missed.

The DDH will be another of our very special "we were there" talks, the second one this year. Lt. COLONEL CLEM CHANING-PEARCE, now 85 years old, served in Burma as a Gunner in the 2nd World War. His subject shows a slight change from the original program and will now be entitled ON THE CHINWIN RIVER, BURMA. It will be an honour to listen to an "old" soldier and his experiences in this most difficult of campaigns.

Sadly the October newsletter:

The DDH provided a change in our advertised program. The meeting was told that Lt. Colonel Clem Chaning-Pearce had been taken ill just prior to our meeting and would be unable to give his talk on his personal experiences in Burma in 1944. He has agreed to give his talk to a future meeting.

and November:

Our Vice-Chairman Bill Brady chaired the October meeting, and he was faced with a change from our advertised program. Unfortunately Lt. Colonel Clem Chaning-Pearce was unable to be with us for the second month running, as he had been admitted to hospital. We wish him a speedy recovery and trust that the next time we arrange for him to give his talk on his personal experiences in Burma in 1944, will be third time lucky.

Haven't spotted any more on this.

Christine

[Christine in Herts]

Morning, Rachel

Sorry, I didn't see your post before - I was collating the info for the one above.

It does, indeed, look interesting.

Christine