I showed my brother Ray tonight the article on Raymond etc. He was very interested to read that and some of the other info as well. Ray checked his Birth certificate & it said 31/07/1920 for Dad as well but I can't believe his headstone could be wrong. Surely Mum knew how old he was! That would put his Birthdate at 31/07/1921. I was always told though that he was to young to join the army which just confuses things more because I have all his original paperwork & telegrams etc & he enlisted 3/1/1941 according to them. I also have all the death notices for the immediate family & no D.O.B is shown there either.
Thank you for all the info so far. It is very interesting. I'm not sure how far you have gone or intend to go past Eric but he had 6 kids & at present count around 30 grand & great grandchildren. The children and Grandchildren I can probably get the info on fairly easily but I don't even know all the Great Grandchildren!