WALTER GAWTHORPE, EAST YORKSHIRE/LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS, KIA AUGUST 18th

[Matlock1418]

2 hours ago, Neil M said:

Thank you very much for the concise response, it is very interesting.

You are most welcome - I do think better understanding what you are reading makes it even more interesting.

2 hours ago, Neil M said:

Am I reading this correctly that the cause of death was 'Shrapnel' (hand writing isn't very clear).

It is a bit clearer on an enlarged image = K in A, France [sorry, actual cause of death is not identified on the pension card]

M

[Dai Bach y Sowldiwr]

16 hours ago, Matlock1418 said:

This raises the question as to what had happened to his widow, had she remarried [and lost her pension] or had she died before then?

There is a Margaret Gawthorpe marrying a Lawrence King in Hull in 1935, also co-registered as a Margaret McKinley:

Marriages Mar 1935   (>99%)
Gawthorpe	Margaret	King	Hull	9d	472
King	Lawrence	McKinley	Hull	9d	472
King	Lawrence	Gawthorpe	Hull	9d	472
McKinley	Margaret	King	Hull	9d	472

 

and one dying, also in Hull in 1959.

Deaths Mar 1959   (>99%)
GAWTHORPE	Margaret	67	Hull	2a	289

 

Whether the latter is the correct Margaret, I can't tell from these indexes, but neither record explains a dead pension claim in 1932.

There are no good matches for a Margaret King death in the area up to 1993, nor any Margaret McKinley.

Edited 21 July , 2022 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr

[EAST YORKSHIRE]

6 hours ago, Neil M said:

Thank you very much for the concise response, it is very interesting.  Am I reading this correctly that the cause of death was 'Shrapnel' (hand writing isn't very clear).

Matlock! Only just seen your post from just recently AND Sadbrewer from 2020, I am on this forum most days but never noticed these posts. I will ring to find out but I assume Neil is my cousin who goes to France with me every year to see Walter! Just came back in May. Thankyou for this info, Ian.

[EAST YORKSHIRE]

4 hours ago, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said:

There is a Margaret Gawthorpe marrying a Lawrence King in Hull in 1935, also co-registered as a Margaret McKinley:

Marriages Mar 1935   (>99%)
Gawthorpe	Margaret	King	Hull	9d	472
King	Lawrence	McKinley	Hull	9d	472
King	Lawrence	Gawthorpe	Hull	9d	472
McKinley	Margaret	King	Hull	9d	472

 

and one dying, also in Hull in 1959.

Deaths Mar 1959   (>99%)
GAWTHORPE	Margaret	67	Hull	2a	289

 

Whether the latter is the correct Margaret, I can't tell from these indexes, but neither record explains a dead pension claim in 1932.

There are no good matches for a Margaret King death in the area up to 1993, nor any Margaret McKinley.

Hello Dai , thanks for the reply, we do have quite a bit of info but all the help of you lads makes thing a lot clearer, thankyou,Ian

 

 

[sadbrewer]

On 21/07/2022 at 18:21, EAST YORKSHIRE said:

Matlock! Only just seen your post from just recently AND Sadbrewer from 2020, I am on this forum most days but never noticed these posts. I will ring to find out but I assume Neil is my cousin who goes to France with me every year to see Walter! Just came back in May. Thankyou for this info, Ian.

Walter was in the casualty lists as an E Yorks.

 

[sadbrewer]

On 21/07/2022 at 13:51, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said:

There is a Margaret Gawthorpe marrying a Lawrence King in Hull in 1935, also co-registered as a Margaret McKinley:

Marriages Mar 1935   (>99%)
Gawthorpe	Margaret	King	Hull	9d	472
King	Lawrence	McKinley	Hull	9d	472
King	Lawrence	Gawthorpe	Hull	9d	472
McKinley	Margaret	King	Hull	9d	472

 

and one dying, also in Hull in 1959.

Deaths Mar 1959   (>99%)
GAWTHORPE	Margaret	67	Hull	2a	289

 

Whether the latter is the correct Margaret, I can't tell from these indexes, but neither record explains a dead pension claim in 1932.

There are no good matches for a Margaret King death in the area up to 1993, nor any Margaret McKinley.

This might fit the bill....from 1944.

 

[EAST YORKSHIRE]

16 hours ago, sadbrewer said:

This might fit the bill....from 1944.

 

Thanks for this, will speak to Auntie who is researching the family tree, Ian.