Sue, I have been doing some digging, and it seems as if I was wrong about the army record - at least I think so. I have been told that my grandfather Bridson was actually in "Egypt"? with the army (British) when Gen Gordon was there whenever that was. Is there any way of looking up old army records - in Australia I have found lots of my relations who were in the armed forces via the net but don't know how to access the same for England, or if it is possible. Sorry for taking so long over this, our family is spread out all over Australia and we only get to talk over things occassionally.