Jump to content
The Great War (1914-1918) Forum

Death Plaque Name not found on CWGC


MACRAE

Recommended Posts

Hi Folks

I bought a death plaque today and I have searched the CWGC site SDGW disc and I cant find this man ? . His name on the plaque is William Woodburn Buchanan any clues as to who this man may be reg etc. I have tried ancestry as well so can any one solve this mystery.

Dan

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Dan,

There is a Canadian soldier by that exact name who appears on Ancestry, who served in the war. However it does state that he died in 1924.

The Canadian items have only just been placed onto Ancestry and you need to sign up to access these, hence, I don't have it.

You could see if they are still doing the 14 day free trial.

Cheers Andy.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Dan,

There is a Canadian soldier by that exact name who appears on Ancestry, who served in the war. However it does state that he died in 1924.

The Canadian items have only just been placed onto Ancestry and you need to sign up to access these, hence, I don't have it.

You could see if they are still doing the 14 day free trial.

Cheers Andy.

Thanks Andy will see unless some one else turns something up

Dan

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Tried that Harry thanks for looking I have found two on Ancestry

William W Buchanan Royal Field Artillery 661735

William W Buchanan Royal Scots 39166 There not on CWGC so that rules them out

But who knows

Dan

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hi Dan,

Hopefully other Pals will correct me if I'm wrong, but as I recall the issue of death plaques wasn't limited to those who died (as a result of their war service) before the CWGC cut-off date in 1920; so if your man died after 1920 he would not be on either the CWGC or SDGW lists (I think the SDGW cut-off is pretty much around the end of 1918?), but his family may have still been entitled to and applied for a plaque. I can't remember where I read about this - it may have even been discussed in a previous thread.

cheers

Steve

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I have such a plaque. The man is not in any database but his MIC was accessible and he was from the Army Cyclist Corps.

Regards.

Tom.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Plaques were issued to Canadians past the CWGC cut-off date. The Canadian Books of Remembrance contain names up until 1922: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm...ions/books/bww1

Had a peek at Ancestry - no cause of death listed, as a Physician must have been present.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Not sure if this is right but I'll say it anyway. I don't have full access to Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, but I tried a free search using:

Surname: Buchanan

Forename: William Woodbur [there wasn't enough room to include the 'n'].

With this info the search highlighted a man who was born in 1894 in Kilmarnock. If somebody else has full access to the site then perhaps they could look at the certificate to see if the full name id William Woodburn Buchanan.

I then looked at the 1901 on Ancestry and there was only one William Buchanan listed who was born in Kilmarnock although the date said 'approx 1895.' He was the son of William and Ellen Buchanan of 42 New Street, Kilmarnock. His siblings were Thomas, Ellen, James, Maggie & Joan.

I then looked at the Kilmarnock War Memorial on 'The Scottish War Memorials' Website and the memorial does list a William W Buchanan with the regiment listed as 'Canadians.'

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic2180.html

Not sure if this is your man, but I thought I'd throw the info into the ring as it were.

Regards

LIT

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Not sure if this is right but I'll say it anyway. I don't have full access to Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, but I tried a free search using:

Surname: Buchanan

Forename: William Woodbur [there wasn't enough room to include the 'n'].

With this info the search highlighted a man who was born in 1894 in Kilmarnock. If somebody else has full access to the site then perhaps they could look at the certificate to see if the full name id William Woodburn Buchanan.

I then looked at the 1901 on Ancestry and there was only one William Buchanan listed who was born in Kilmarnock although the date said 'approx 1895.' He was the son of William and Ellen Buchanan of 42 New Street, Kilmarnock. His siblings were Thomas, Ellen, James, Maggie & Joan.

I then looked at the Kilmarnock War Memorial on 'The Scottish War Memorials' Website and the memorial does list a William W Buchanan with the regiment listed as 'Canadians.'

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic2180.html

Not sure if this is your man, but I thought I'd throw the info into the ring as it were.

Regards

LIT

LIT This is not him sadly as he died in 1924 it did look for a moment that it was him well back to the drawing board.

Dan

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just because he died in 1924 doesnt neccessarily mean that the plaque was not presented to his family. I dont know if anyone is 100% sure how there were distributed or the exact criteria by different governments, certainly there are many around who are not on the CWGC memorials. I have one which i am stumped by.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just because he died in 1924 doesnt neccessarily mean that the plaque was not presented to his family. I dont know if anyone is 100% sure how there were distributed or the exact criteria by different governments, certainly there are many around who are not on the CWGC memorials. I have one which i am stumped by.

Yes I could understand that as each government would have there own criteria .

Dan

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I know of a memorial plaque issued to the nok of a Canadian woman who died 15th September 1923. A puzzle this one as I cannot see that she had any military service but happened to have been married to a Brig. General. She may have been VAD or Red Cross but I have yet to track her down. But it does seem that at least the Canadians had a late cut-off date.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I know of a memorial plaque issued to the nok of a Canadian woman who died 15th September 1923. A puzzle this one as I cannot see that she had any military service but happened to have been married to a Brig. General. She may have been VAD or Red Cross but I have yet to track her down. But it does seem that at least the Canadians had a late cut-off date.

Well it realy looks like this could be the man .

Dan

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...