2 – Why aren’t there two Amys and two Charlies in the family photo?
Previous post.
The comments are worth re-reading.
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We aren’t disputing the work done by Colleen Fitzpatrick in identifying the Somerton Man as being Charles Carl Webb however what we are having some difficulty with is both Derek Abbott and Stuart Webb identifying him as the blonde-haired man in the photo below (top row right).
Some time ago I had a very cordial text conversation with Stuart Webb where he insisted that the lady he had tagged as Amy in the group photo (2nd from left front row below) was Amy Sarah Harriet Tomkinson who was born in 1895 and died on June 2nd 1929 “after a long illness”.
Died aged 34 in June of the same year Stuart claimed the photo was taken and after a long illness.
Her Daughter Doris Amy Webb (b. 1919) would have been 10 years old at the time .. but she isn’t in the shot, which seems unlikely given the size of the family roll up.
and ..
Richard Charles Webb (b.1917) – would have been 12.
The view here is that the photograph was taken in about 1939* when Richard Charles Webb was aged 22 and Doris Amy Webb was aged 20, and that both of them appear in the above photo. In other words both individuals in the photo have been incorrectly tagged. Amy Sarah is Doris Amy and Carl Charlie is Richard Charles.
Of course when I put this to Stuart he good-naturedly said good luck with your theory but you are fearfully wrong, going on to say he had many more photos of Amy Sarah Harriet Tomkinson and was certain of his identification. However soon after we lost contact and I received no reply when I asked if he could share these photographs, which was a pity.
Amy’s mother .. age unknown, possibly a teenager and not dissimilar to Amy in the group photograph. (thanks shabs)
Shabs reckons about 1933, John Sanders 1935/36
The Somerton Man .. 
Now that’s riveting
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But then again Roy looks like he is in his mid 20’s not mid 30’s He was born in 1904 and the photo is said to have been taken in 1929 which makes him 25 in the photo. As for the person said to be Charlie, he wouldn’t be mid 30’s, and it doesn’t look like Roy and him are one year age difference either. Charlie looks a lot younger. I don’t think they know who’s who.
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Who is the man behind Gladys?
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Dunno, but he’s bald.
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Charles Richard Webb b.1917 has a distinctive right ear outline that matches the guy said to be Charlie in the group family photo. He would be a teenager depending when that photo was actually taken. NP already covered this saying “Charlie looks too young”. I have to agree. That person is not one year younger than Roy. He is a lot younger. He looks like a teenager.
https://ciphermysteries.com/2022/12/03/my-name-is-charles-charles-richard-webb
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plus if the picnic/ group photo was taken in 1929 then there are 11 years between Roy at the picnic and his war record image. The man’s barely aged.
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