Robert Samuel Eachus

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• Baptism: 25 Dec 1887, All Saints, Hockley, Birmingham, Warwickshire,

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Census Listings;
1891 2 Whitmore Street, Birmingham. Warwickshire son. age 3. (91-11)
1901 2 Whitmore Street, Birmingham Warwickshire, son. age 13, General Labourer. (01-41
Residence:
1918-1923, 36 ShaftMoor Lane, Sparkhill, Birmingham.
1924 -1930, 30 Dudley Park Rd, Moseley, Birmingham
Post office records: Appointed 1903 as a learner, 1904 S clerk & Telst at Birmingham
Robert volunteerd for WW1 Arrived France 17 Oct 1915, initially as a signaller, then he transferred to the RFC [air mechanic 2nd class] as an observer spotting the landing of shells and guiding artillery. became an officer 1917, and was brought back to England as a navigational instructer serving at Marham and then Yatesbury. When the RAF was formed in 1918 he became a lieutenant (technical). He was still on th RAF list in March 1919 but with no specific post and must have left before April 1920. After the war he set up a parnership manufacturing oxidised products such as bowls, vases and mirror surrounds, which were sold to Liberty of London, with a change in fashions turnover declined and he re-joined the post office. He later Managed the The Post Office Telephones office in Peterborough and was then posted to Portsmouth to manage the office there during the 2nd world war. After the war he was transferred to manage the office in Brighton, where the family lived in a rented house , 7 Pembroke Crescent, Hove. he retired at the age of 60, and unfortunately died age 62, after his death Frances Mary acquired the freehold to the property and let the Ground floor.

Birth:
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Robert married Frances Mary Bucknall on 15 Apr 1914 in All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire.. Frances (daughter of Theophilus Edward Bucknall and Eliza Baker) was born on 24 Jan 1886 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; died in 1969 in Hove RD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Brenda was working for the Inland Revenue in Birmingham and volnteered to work in the Admiralty.
Brenda arrived on the ship "Duchess of York" from Montreal, Canada, in Liverpool 41th September 1939. she is listed as being 18 years old and a tax officer. her address is given as 41 Sterling Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Brenda married Kenneth Frank Gallagher on 10 Dec 1944 in Southsea, Hants. Kenneth (son of Archibald Gallagher and Mary Catherine Hosking) was born on 14 Nov 1919 in Devonport, Plymouth, Devon. England; died on 3 May 1993 in Chippingham, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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