I have recently been sorting through some old military photographs sent to my by my lovely friend Lynn from Lynn’s Waffles and found this one, as below, with a name and age written on the back.
On the back is written Ivor WORTON aged 20 years and 4 months and there is a printed date of 27th December 1939 and a written year of 1940 – could I discover more?
I started by checking the birth registration and found an entry for an Ivor E A WORTON registered in the October quarter of 1919 in the Kings Norton registration district, which seemed to fit.
I then found Ivor Edward Albert WORTON on the 1921 census, as below, living at 10 Clifton Place in Colville Road in Sparkbrook in the Kings Norton registration district with his grandmother Ellen Elizabeth COLBOURNE and parents William John and Minnie Annie WORTON and brother Ronald Arthur WORTON.
William John WORTON married Minnie Annie GREEN in the October quarter of 1918 in the Kings Norton registration district.
I then found that Ivor Edward Albert WORTON had married Peggy C GODWIN in the April quarter of 1944 in the Birmingham registration district – the old photograph that I had found shows Ivor in a uniform so was taken four years before his marriage to Peggy.
Sadly I then discovered that Ivor WORTON had died aged only 28 in the October quarter of 1947 again in the Birmingham registration district.
His father William John WORTON died aged 74 in the October quarter of 1969 in Birmingham and his mother Minnie Annie WORTON nee GREEN died aged 80 in the January quarter of 1981 again in Birmingham.
The old photograph of Ivor WORTON was obviously stuck into a photograph album at some time in the past and it would be great to reunite it with a family member if possible – so if you have a connection to the WORTON or GREEN families please send me an email or message via this blog post.
Many thanks
Simon LAST
charnwoodresearch@virginmedia.com
charnwoodgenealogy 
He looks a lovely young man & so sad he died so young. Good to find out more about him Simon xx