Denis Charles Scott Compton C. B. E.

Born: 23 May 1918, Hendon, Middlesex, England
Marriage (1): Valerie Platt on 13 Oct 1951 in Durban, Natal, South Africa
Died: 23 Apr 1997, Windsor, Berkshire, England aged 78

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Valerie Platt

Patrick Compton
Richard Cecil Denis Compton+

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Compton

bullet Death Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Compton

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NFA
TYPE Rolprent
REFERENCE FA744
DESCRIPTION Newsreel. British Movietone News. Part 3.
REMARKS Swart-wit; dup. neg.; slegs beeld; 35 mm.; asetaat; stom; 900 vt.; Eng.; Rol 1 van 1 rol. Outeursreg: Movietone News. Produksie: British Movietone News, 1952. Geskenk deur Duncan Abrahams. Klank op FA740 en vir positiewe afdruk sien FA747.
SUMMARY + 5. Dennis Compton famous cricketer weds Valery Platt in Durban.

And

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Compton

• Sport. He played cricket for England and Middlesex.
He played football for Aresenal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Compton

• Obituary. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/5173457/Denis-Compton.htmll

And

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-302220/FAREWELL-MY-FRIEND-YOU-ENRICHED-ALL-OUR-LIVES.htmll

• Children. Denis was married three times with three sons (Brian and the Natal cricketers Patrick and Richard) and two daughters. His grandson Nick is currently playing for Somerset County Cricket Club, having previously played for Middlesex.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Compton

Denis married Valerie Platt, daughter of Cecil Platt and Hilda Isabel Hogg, on 13 Oct 1951 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. The marriage ended in divorce in 1968. (Valerie Platt was born on 30 Sep 1927.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/59535147?searchTerm=COMPTON &searchLimits=

And

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-302220/FAREWELL-MY-FRIEND-YOU-ENRICHED-ALL-OUR-LIVES.htmll

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The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years