https://www.rootsandrabbitholes.com/ancestor-stories daily 0.75 2025-08-07 https://www.rootsandrabbitholes.com/ancestor-stories/conspicuouslyheroic monthly 0.5 2025-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/c7333a59-be39-4e3b-83f4-3c9ce20e3b61/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+20.27.43.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Opening of the new Baffins Road, Copnor, Portsmouth [98] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/36039ba6-340c-4018-bcd8-cf28fc0ce32d/LANRG12_3164_3166-0535.jpg Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out 1891 Census [11] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/2ff69264-c906-4e55-a220-9b949837a953/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.35.13.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out The 1911 Coronation Fleet Review [47] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/d6e71b81-eac9-4f9b-a09e-a2b02258cbc0/LANRG11_3918_3922-0295.jpg Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out 1881 Census [4] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/e5231223-5d10-490c-8f4e-87bc3fa3c241/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+20.11.08.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Map showing the movements of the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet before the Battle of Jutland [60] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/71a11620-4138-4f85-8f0f-964a6cba198c/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.11.14.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Map of Ardwick, Manchester published in 1891 [8]. Rose View is marked with a red box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/4fb1d3ec-8213-447e-afeb-bcadb1f26fc0/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.17.31.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Map of Gateshead published in 1921 [16]. Armstrong Street is marked with a red box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/735d906b-2533-402a-9c73-1f36de245eee/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+20.24.37.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Map showing Frederick’s journey in 1926 [94,95] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/c21f6797-a725-4608-80f2-3d9e5d3b4c1a/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.32.53.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out HMS Fisgard at Gosport [38] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/d0d6d2db-aa5d-4bd9-8e8b-c0a984b9e9fb/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.31.38.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Fireworks at the 1908 Quebec Tercentenary [37] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/99cc6056-0791-41bd-85fb-49114a7bbdf3/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+20.26.18.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out A photograph of Fredrick Tinsley Birchall and his daughters. Taken in the summer of 1926. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/8b91e623-c9b4-47f9-b136-42a85a549b41/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+20.19.11.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out List of Conspicuous Gallantry Medal recipients following action at the Battle of Jutland [71] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/1fe10d0b-1657-4bdc-b57d-3365b4604ba3/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+20.20.21.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Postcard from 1916 depicting the crew of HMS Iron Duke celebrating Christmas [72] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/2eb056fb-a7fc-4950-aa9b-a71e263060f9/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.17.49.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Postcard image of Saltwell Park in the early 20th century [17] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/7327f0f3-211f-4f92-8907-95201d1c7f14/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.26.21.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Marriage Certificate for Frederick Tinsley Birchall and Edith Henderson [22] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/35d6d281-97b9-4a2b-82ed-69cb9128a51c/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.28.29.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out HMS Montagu aground off Lundy Island in 1906 [31] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/6668f358-3ed0-4433-a7b2-21f0b7819c50/tna_r39_2283_2283e_015.jpg Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out 1939 Register [99] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/0e295e47-9001-4154-9a2f-529035ad7223/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.04.51.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Birth Certificate of Frederick Tinsley Birchall [1] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/feb054ec-1d8d-4aa1-bc76-f2228188cf1c/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+20.14.09.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Plan drawn by John Fawkes showing the British 12th Destroyer Flotilla’s attack at dawn 1st June 1916 on the German Battle Line during the Battle of Jutland [64] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/c5be29cc-da24-482c-8651-aea79bb106ea/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+20.30.58.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Death certificate for Frederick Tinsley Birchall [102] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/a487f3f5-5385-4fe0-b096-c441e7b710d0/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.27.19.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Photo postcard of HMS Cressy [23] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/bcdeb133-5c12-4dd6-a782-38a19ed3302d/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.29.44.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Postcard of Commercial Square in Gibraltar c.1900 [34] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/891dee28-306a-4e5b-91df-c2ff35c84bae/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+20.09.35.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Map of the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. HMS Onslaught patrol locations are shown in blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/96baa67c-fa19-4ce5-9f25-8def110428e1/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.06.16.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Map of Charlton upon Medlock, Manchester published in 1891 [5]. Upper Dobson Street is marked with a red box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/6da7892f-f346-434f-b689-771cd1bfaaf5/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.07.57.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Slum housing in Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester c. 1895 [6] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/b5b8ee5f-4e74-45c1-b7ca-f118630d7019/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.13.01.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out A horsecar on Manchester’s tramway system c. 1895 [10] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/f10e65b4-648e-4227-b57d-b9fce141a079/DURRG13_4752_4752-0319.jpg Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out 1901 census [13] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/a9bcd04e-fe23-4de5-815e-452504e99488/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.24.15.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Page from a Royal Navy Recruitment Brochure [20] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/917a59a5-ea3b-491a-bc8d-64c54cc16680/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+19.20.39.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out Frederick Tinsley Birchall’s Royal Navy Service Record [19] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/33328c24-4516-481d-9599-b2685f0d6fe6/Screenshot+2025-08-07+at+20.23.16.png Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out The Front Page of the Daily News reporting the German Navy Surrender [82] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/9ae118f8-00e2-4694-8c6a-8d0910398f1d/rg14_12373_0393_36.jpg Ancestor Stories - Conspicuously Heroic: Frederick Tinsley Birchall (1881-1963) - Make it stand out 1911 Census [45] https://www.rootsandrabbitholes.com/ancestor-stories/hauntedbydeath monthly 0.5 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/f927f25b-8ed2-47b4-a290-692ad5162a37/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.50.27.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Publication issued by the Women’s Freedom League [38] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/4d7c90de-e024-4389-bd78-513665b10d27/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.48.00.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Eva Durrant’s Birth Certificate [29] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/b52cacb6-d8d6-48da-9dc2-81a0a401ceda/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.39.22.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Frederick Hilker’s Death Certificate [14] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/d653cb68-2945-4df8-9b6d-09aa98ca25e5/HAMRG12_879_882-0056.jpg Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out 1891 Census [19] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/569e524b-de6b-4fe1-bf52-b8cf40abcf41/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.44.11.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Gosport side of Portsmouth harbour. HMS Victory moored nearest to shore (top right) c. 1900 [23] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/6a0d2c25-11a9-454e-bc58-1071359a77a5/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.48.36.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Eva Durrant’s Death Certificate [30] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/c1d41345-9522-4fcd-877d-559e71c353c4/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.40.27.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Maria Hilker’s (Senior) Death Certificate [15] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/9327c2d2-bf3a-4108-a846-ef90e251375b/HAMRG11_1171_1175-0114.jpg Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out 1881 Census [3] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/37b25b2a-4e7c-4d7b-b032-fe49543050cb/1939+Census+Durrant%2C+Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out 1939 England and Wales Register [44] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/26749cb3-f207-4d67-b498-2225f8782c00/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.34.50.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Late 19th century map of Dorchester. Location of Maie Terrace outlined with a red circle [11] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/a244ab24-5e8a-434c-92a7-0fd8b3460b70/1911+Census+Durrant_Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out 1911 Census [36] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/7cd276dd-35cd-412c-93b2-2e21e983b616/12+photos+capturing+the+aftermath+of+the+Portsmouth+air+raids++The+News.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Palmerston Road, Southsea during the Blitz c. 1940 [47] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/b48d09dc-463f-47fe-a25e-80039d2a7e79/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.31.34.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Late 19th century map of Rowner. Potential location for the Gorey and Hilker families based on 1881 census address information and depicted with red circle [6] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/4933359b-c5df-46f6-8409-9748899c5b91/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.36.38.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out View of High West Street, Dorchester, taken from Westgate (c.1890s) [13] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/13e0d1a5-2138-439e-a867-c5f9717d73fc/Open+Maria+Efford+Kate+Hilker.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Maria Hilker’s Baptism Certificate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/1c56f466-bd85-4a51-94a8-2c719cf31c43/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.45.42.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Ivy Dorothea Victoria Durrant’s Birth Certificate [24] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/65961b3f-610f-4c34-b3d4-553cf1f702e9/1901+Census+Durrant_Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out 1901 Census [25] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/fc6bfe57-1661-4756-b4d0-2b6ea11a12b2/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.53.14.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Food queues during World War One [41] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/c8b73545-bc47-4fa3-83a2-2b0b38f41162/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.41.31.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Eva Hilker’s Death Certificate [18] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/71aa316c-2146-4de8-98c8-11f992705266/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.25.02.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Maria Hilker’s Birth Certificate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/a8152fad-99a1-47c6-b238-24fe8d894fc0/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.22.18.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out A view of St Mary’s Church, Rowner (c. 1890) by Martin Snape, a celebrated local artist [7] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/3c17fe92-690d-4d57-8bff-cfc9bfea6294/Marriage+Certificate+Durrant_Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Marriage Certificate for Victor Durrant and Maria Hilker [31] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/040f222b-efe4-431a-a3d0-6c81e9eb02ea/1921+Census+Durrant_Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out 1921 Census [43] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/89bc355c-13e2-4be7-a908-8d765ebc2474/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+22.59.19.png Ancestor Stories - Haunted by Death: Maria Efford Kate Hilker (1880-1957) - Make it stand out Maria’s Death Certificate [53] https://www.rootsandrabbitholes.com/ancestor-stories/seasideentrepreneur monthly 0.5 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/9610bf07-e48d-4a2a-a68d-98e85e23de61/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+21.00.46.png Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Postcard of Clarence Pier, Southsea c. 1915 [49] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/6af44975-ebcf-4260-8d81-c2b1a857bfee/1881+Census+Durrant_Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out 1881 Census [3] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/ab081117-1442-4743-ae33-76e4fd375e98/Hong_Kong%2C_Entrance_to_the_port_by_Lai_Afong_c1880.JPG Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Entrance to Hong Kong Port c. 1895 [23] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/fda252cf-c3ca-4e70-9ac2-0c31511590ab/Tea+Kiosk+-+Clarence+Esplanade+1935.jpg Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Photograph of the Tea House on Clarence Esplanade. Taken in 1935 [63] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/37b25b2a-4e7c-4d7b-b032-fe49543050cb/1939+Census+Durrant%2C+Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out 1939 England and Wales Register [73] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/11f45cd0-b498-44e4-a6a6-4e75c487d655/Military+Tribunal+Durrant_Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Exemption Register for Portsmouth. Judgement of Hampshire Military Tribunal [51] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/a0f1be5c-9e23-46ad-9270-8d01c1ed8e4c/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+21.10.28.png Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Photograph taken from The Scotsman Newspaper in an article covering opening ceremonies [67] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/06303979-5a33-4ad0-9a33-4004ec4252ba/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+20.41.38.png Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out HMS Volage at sea [13] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/9848a861-580e-4385-b75e-fb3f35b906b0/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+20.43.22.png Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out HMS Alexandra [14] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/84a09090-994f-4aaf-9127-24b0410d6bfd/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+20.53.56.png Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Gosport side of Portsmouth harbour. HMS Victory moored nearest to shore (top right) c. 1900 [32] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/9f387606-b0b4-44b8-b674-fcc32e6063ea/Marriage+Certificate+Durrant_Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Marriage Certificate for Victor Durrant and Maria Hilker [45] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/e3dd982a-8427-4b9b-b154-1450d8a2de2c/Death+Certificate+Durrant%2C+Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Victor’s Death Certificate [82] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/300dcf64-f046-4738-af8a-4e5306baf7e8/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+21.03.39.png Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Army Service Corp convoy transporting troops in World War One [54] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/9af962f1-c067-4272-aa5e-8f08099675ef/Screenshot+2025-08-06+at+21.16.30.png Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Handley’s Corner, Palmerston Road c.1940 [79] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/53485b2e-aab1-43eb-b7db-c16bf0b9399c/Naval+Record+Durrant_Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Naval Service Record for Victor William Durrant [7] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/040f222b-efe4-431a-a3d0-6c81e9eb02ea/1921+Census+Durrant_Victor.jpg Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out 1921 Census [55] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689263cc254f413dce49ceeb/592629dd-04d9-45f9-9bd5-192b2aa8a49f/Map+of+residence+Durrant_Victor.png Ancestor Stories - Seaside Entrepreneur: Victor William Durrant (1875-1947) - Make it stand out Early 20th-century map of Portsmouth. 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