My great grandfather Charles (Charley/Charlie) Brown served 12 years as a soldier with the British Army in India before marrying cook, Lavinia Seaby, in Cambridgeshire in 1893. His residence at the time was Girtford in Sandy, Bedfordshire, where they spent their short married life. It took a while to trace his birth, and the home … Continue reading Charley Brown: A Herts childhood