RaySearching Posted 25 January , 2012 Share Posted 25 January , 2012 there are two sets of records for the following chap on Ancesty Thomas James Fellows 16552 Yorkshire regiment (3rd Yorks) Thomas enlisted into the Yorkshire regiment on Nov 20th 1914 in Middlesbrough aged 25 and 324 days old his address is given as 8 Thomas Street North Ormesby on his attestation papers Thomas is employed as a blast furnace slagger He was the husband of Sarah Elizabeth Fellows (nee Howard) The couple married in Middlesbrough in 1910 He was discharge as not likely to be an efficient soldier on the 19/12/14 (heart murmur) The couple moved to Newcastle where Thomas re'enlists in Newcasle into the R E transportation Branch And given the service number 305758 he served at home from 12/4/17 to 22/2/18 He was again discharged no longer fit for military service para 392 XV1 on 22nd January 1918 (cause of discharge physically unfit) valvular diseases of heart agg VDH 30% His discharge address is given as 249 Janet Street South Byker Newcastle upon Tyne Whilst it appears from the records that he had previously had problems with his heart His medical report states his condition was attributable to military service , lifting heavy shells ? If his death Cirtificate states cause of death V.D.H will the cwgc accept him as a non commemorated Opinion please I believe the following is the record from BMD for his date of death Fellows Thomas J age 30 Newcastle T. 10b310 He is on Middlesbrough war memorial regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 25 January , 2012 Share Posted 25 January , 2012 Ray Could you pop in the links to the pension records please Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 25 January , 2012 Author Share Posted 25 January , 2012 hi Chris hope this link works the records can be found here if not if you have ancestry click on Military enter Thomas James Fellows (exact ) and they should be at the top of the list regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 26 January , 2012 Share Posted 26 January , 2012 Ray Have spoken to Terry Denham about this one if the DC shows VDH then the case should be good Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 27 January , 2012 Author Share Posted 27 January , 2012 Chris I will order the cirtificate and let you know the cause of death regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 27 January , 2012 Share Posted 27 January , 2012 Ray I will wait until you have the DC before doing a grave search hwoever I will warn you that Newcastle requires a visit to the archives as they will not search their records for us Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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