Walter Girling /Girlow where and when was he born ?

you say it was change from Girlow to Girling was he registered as Girlow at birth

Hi. to you yes he was registered as girlow but my fathers father which was my grandad when in the army he did 94 days in jail because of a crime when in the army after coming out he rejoined and used the surname cant find out where he got that name from.
he was marriad in suffolk in 1911 to annie coyle its a bit mind bogleing.

According to this Annie and Walter were married in the Farnham district of Surrey.

FreeBMD Marriage Index
Name: Annie Coyle
Registration Year: 1911
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Farnham
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 2a
Page: 327

Spouse: Walter Girlow
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British Army WWI Pension Records
Name: Walter Girlow
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1873
Birth Place: Lowestoft, Suffolk, England **
Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1911
Marriage Place: St Josephs Aldershot
Age: 18 2 months
Document Year: 1891
Regimental Number: 19920
Regiment Name: Royal Artillery
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Number of Images: 34

Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier

Walter Girlow Self (Head)
Annie Coyle Spouse
Walter Edward Girlow Child b 10th may 1912
Adeline Florence Girlow Child b 13 0r 23 Nov 1914
Christopher Girlow Child b 21 Aug 1918

Next of Kin listed as Mother Adeline Girlow. 41 Beach Road Lowestoft **
after marriage wife Annie

According to his records he enlisted on the 4th May 1897 in Ipswich. while being a deserter from the Yorks and Lancs Reg.

Enlisted in 1st btl Yorks and Lancs Reg as Walter Girling reg number 11247 date 24th May 1895 in Pontifract. Listed next of kin as sister, Emma Girling, The Farm, Hangers Hill House Emma Girling is this his sisters married name

Discharged 16-3-1919 rank BSM service 21 yrs 315 day home address 18 Upper Buckingham Street Dublin

Hi.many thanks for your reply would you know any more info on his wife annie coyle IE her side of the family. she came from ireland. any help would be most gratefull best regards chris.

Sorry cannot find anything else on Annie or Walter. Do not know why he called himself Walter Girling in 1895 and if he lied about his name he could also have lied about about having a sister Emma. I could not find his mother named Adeline either. If he enlisted in 1897 age 18 he was born c 1879 British Army WWI Pension Records lists him as born in 1873. Was he under age when he enlisted in the Yorks and Lancs reg. ? from 1899 -1911 he served in India. age on discharge 40 (birth 1879)

You need to get the marriage cert which should show Annie and Walter's fathers names /occupations

Order from :

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ cost £ 9-25

Hi.Wizard thanks for your last post I will send off for the cert.and will let you know the out come of the results. take care my best regards to you.

Hi. Wizard28 I have now got the marriage cert which shows him as Walter Girlow & his wife Annie Coyle her father called Edward coyle and walters father called Walter girlow any other info on his wife or walter could help me many thanks regards chris.

Hi. again Wizard28 I have been trying to find details on walters father his dob who marriade were born any other on family names and when he died thanks regards chris

Does it give the occupations for Edward Coyle and Walter Girlow the father ?

yes thanks wizard 28 they are both Labourers regards chrs