My grandfather (William F Norris) is on the left. He wrote "Taken on 31-12-15. We were all out 3rd Ammunition Park in France, sent home at different times for duty with new armies. Met at Grove Park and had a night together." He also added "M.S.S Honey, obtained commission in K.R.Rifles. Killed in first action."
I found a picture of Geoffrey in my grandfather's photo album. It showed them together on 31 12 1915 in London. It prompted me to look into his details which I found in the South African War Graves Project. Someone here . says G didn't marry but what I saw suggested he married Ada Powell-Jones on 2 September 1916 at Surbiton
William F. Norris of Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, FL was born on June 4, 1882 at - Shoreditch, in London, England United Kingdom, and died at age 88 years old in November 1970 in Aldershot, Hampshire County.
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