Bardess Posted 16 September , 2011 Share Posted 16 September , 2011 If a widow is granted a pension does that mean the casualty should have CWGC recognition please? Also I can't read what he died from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 16 September , 2011 Author Share Posted 16 September , 2011 I think I can make out Pulmonary but I've been looking so hard at this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 16 September , 2011 Share Posted 16 September , 2011 Convulsions ? Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 16 September , 2011 Author Share Posted 16 September , 2011 Wish I knew Ralph. I can't seem to make the image any clearer. Time has beaten me as it's now 1:10am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 16 September , 2011 Share Posted 16 September , 2011 This may not help at all. Messed with the image a bit, brightness and contrast. Difficult one. Can't quite make it out/ Looks like last three letters of the first word could be .....gry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alliekiwi Posted 17 September , 2011 Share Posted 17 September , 2011 When did he die? Is the first word possibly influenza? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 17 September , 2011 Author Share Posted 17 September , 2011 Thanks Caryl, it is a tricky one - still not sure. Allie. 205509 William Arthur Graham HOBBS died Q4/1920 after being discharged in 1919. He had a GSW to his right shoulder in 1917. I think the first letter is a capital P which made me think of Pulmonary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alliekiwi Posted 17 September , 2011 Share Posted 17 September , 2011 Embolism doesn't seem to fit the letter shapes and neither does hypertension nor fibrosis. Plain old 'disease' doesn't either. Pulmonary emphysema? The other beginning could be Poly...something. (At least we know it's not going to be polycystic ovaries!) It seems odd that he was recovered enough from his 1917 GSW to remain enlisted til 1919 and then die from something related to it a year later again. Allie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River97 Posted 17 September , 2011 Share Posted 17 September , 2011 Di, It might be just as easy to drop Terry a line to see if they can get a hold of his DC as this may provide clearer direction. Cheers Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 17 September , 2011 Share Posted 17 September , 2011 Not an easy one, and not sure if this helps? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Owl Posted 17 September , 2011 Share Posted 17 September , 2011 Hi Diane, Going back to your initial question. Yes, he probably should be recognised by the CWGC, that is if his death was seen to be related to his war service wound. Presumably if his widow was granted a pension then it would seem that the W.O. thought that his death was associated with his wound, otherwise I don't think that they would have included the phrase: "---is eligible for pension under the usual conditions." At that time the W.O. were pretty keen to avoid paying out for anything at all, if it could be avoided!! Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alliekiwi Posted 17 September , 2011 Share Posted 17 September , 2011 I reckon it's Pulmonary Tuberculosis. You can see the shadow of the capital T in Mike's x-ray version (pun not intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Owl Posted 17 September , 2011 Share Posted 17 September , 2011 Not an easy one, and not sure if this helps? Mike Definitely looks more like Pulmonary now--but only just!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 17 September , 2011 Author Share Posted 17 September , 2011 Thanks for the input everyone. Yes, I think the only possible way forward is the DC. It may say Pulmonary Tuberculosis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinnethmont Posted 17 September , 2011 Share Posted 17 September , 2011 It is Pulmonary Tuberculosis. However, this man was not medically discharged with TB, he was de-mobilised to the "Z" Reserve. His records do show that the authorities were aware of his death ( letter dated 1922) and a pension was being paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 24 September , 2011 Author Share Posted 24 September , 2011 Jim He was discharged with VDH. The DC does state Pulmonary Tuberculosis and has been put forward for consideration through IFCP. Apparently the pension cited TB. Here's hoping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 25 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 25 November , 2011 ... and here he is on CWGC accepted on 4th November 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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