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George Aldis and Mabel Day.
From George Aldis. Used with permission.

Ernest Walter Aldis,
mar Alice Henwood Earl and had issue:

1. George Aldis,
   George Mafeking Aldis, born 16 May 1900, Mayfair, London,
   his middle name comes from the fact that he was born in same week as the Relief of Mafeking, a decisive and widely-celebrated British victory in the Boer War,
   served (as teenager) in Royal Flying Corps in WWI, receiving an injury for which he was decorated,
   mar Mabel Day [born 22 July 1897],
   he was railway employee, and fireman in the London fire service during WW2,
   London was badly bombed in WW2,
   she died 27 Nov 1943, Clapham, London, or Battersea, London, of pneumonia, age 46 yrs,
   bur 2 Dec, Wandsworth Cemetery, grave no. 330, H.35,
   her son says she was "an indirect victim of years of bombing, deprivation and stress",
   he died 25 Aug 1976, Wandsworth, London, age 76 yrs,
   had issue:
   1. George Aldis,
      researched family tree,
      mar Marion Tarbox and had issue:
      1. Simon Aldis, mar Sally Taylor.
      2. Maddy Aldis, mar Alan Evans.

George Mafeking Aldis (standing, LHS) with his brother and parents, 1949.
From George Aldis. Used with permission.