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Well done gents on your evening's work. Sorry I missed the fun-bowls at Kenninghall Lion. I won. Team lost. 

 

George

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13 minutes ago, George Rayner said:

Well done gents on your evening's work. Sorry I missed the fun-bowls at Kenninghall Lion. I won. Team lost. 

 

George

Well done George. Remember, it's not the taking part that's important, it's the winning:thumbsup:

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10 minutes ago, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said:

Well done George. Remember, it's not the taking part that's important, it's the winning:thumbsup:

Go on ya good thing!

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One more if I may, he looks like he could qualify if the vital sheet can be found. A soldier from Kerry. He is not listed in FMP. Can you help me please?

Kind regards.

Tom.

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3 minutes ago, museumtom said:

One more if I may, he looks like he could qualify if the vital sheet can be found. A soldier from Kerry. He is not listed in FMP. Can you help me please?

Kind regards.

Tom.

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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=cla496&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=ukarmyregisterseffects&gsfn=frank&msddy=1918&msddm=11&msddd=21&new=1&rank=1&uidh=784&redir=false&msT=1&gss=angs-d&pcat=39&fh=9&h=736308&recoff=&ml_rpos=10

 

Craig

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A great find Craig!! thank you very much indeed. I could not find him of FMP, can you please?

 Kind regards.

 Tom.

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9 minutes ago, museumtom said:

A great find Craig!! thank you very much indeed. I could not find him of FMP, can you please?

 Kind regards.

 Tom.

Couldn't see him Tom. Just the Pension Ledger confirming he was pensioned for TB.


Craig

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Thanks for looking anyway Craig, I sent on the urls to Terry, fingers crossed. Thanks again Craig!

Kind regards.

 Tom.

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Nope, he did not make it. Terry says there is no attributable TB in the records, sorry lads.

Onward and upward!

Kind regards.

 Tom.

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Found a record for John Fitzgerald   3179 Leinster Regiment attested 18 October 1891. Transferred  to 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment  18th September 1894. Discharged, medically unfit with Dementia 11th September 1894.  Not a lot of help I'm afraid.

 

Bob

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20 minutes ago, museumtom said:

Nope, he did not make it. Terry says there is no attributable TB in the records, sorry lads.

Onward and upward!

Kind regards.

 Tom.

Who ? Flaherty ?

 

I would challenge that rejection Tom.

 

The pensions were paid only the basis that an illness/injury was attributable or aggravated by service. The snippet I posted a few weeks ago about pensions & TB confirms that TB was pensionable unless the army could prove otherwise. To me there's a clear attribution on several points - I would also add that the dependants pension (paid to his mother) was only paid where the man was entitled to a pension in the first place.

 

I'll post something with the reasoning behind it shortly.
 

Craig

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The family received a dependants pension under Article 21(1)(b).
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Article 21(1)(b) states - note that is states the criteria are those under Article 11 in regards to the death.

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Article 11
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The Articles are from the consolidated Royal Pension Warrant.


As you can see, regardless of what the man died of, the family had to prove it was war related to get the pension in any case. Therefore, although the man's pension card also confirms he was pensioned with TB, the fact that there was a dependant's pension under Article 21(1)(b) tells us it was a war related death anyway,

Craig

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Hello Craig, I did not read his records, but it must say in them that he died from what he was discharged with and it was caused by or attributable to war service. Does it say that in his records please? If I does I will certainly submit it again. His exact words are 'Nothing on Ancestry to help. No evidence of service attributable.'

 

The reason seems very specific now, wheres it seems it was more lax during and after the war. Often I come across lads in the CWGC that would not qualify if we submitted them nowadays.

 

Good man Bob, it looks like a hit, but no war service and I am not sure if peritonitis is acceptable. I do appreciate you trying for me!

 Kind regards.

 Tom.

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6 minutes ago, museumtom said:

Hello Craig, I did not read his records, but it must say in them that he died from what he was discharged with and it was caused by or attributable to war service. Does it say that in his records please? If I does I will certainly submit it again. His exact words are 'Nothing on Ancestry to help. No evidence of service attributable.'

 

The reason seems very specific now, wheres it seems it was more lax during and after the war. Often I come across lads in the CWGC that would not qualify if we submitted them nowadays.

 

Good man Bob, it looks like a hit, but no war service and I am not sure if peritonitis is acceptable. I do appreciate you trying for me!

 Kind regards.

 Tom.

There is no wording that directly states 'attributable' Tom as his service records are missing but there should be no need to.

The CWGC criteria as I understand it is that a man died of something that was aggravated by or attributed to service within the qualifying period. The pension was paid by the MoP only where they had verified the death was war related. To have received the pension in the first place the same criteria that the CWGC are using had to be proved under Article 11, without it the claim was rejected and no pension paid.


To me it is remiss to reject a man just because his service record no longer survives, due to a quirk of fate, where other contemporary records show by other means that his death was 'aggravated by or attributed to service'.

 

p.s. Nothing personal at you Tom - without your work none of this would have come about in the first place !


Craig

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Thanks for the comments Craig, you really are too kind. Logic does not come into it Craig. It has to say attributable or caused by or we are hitting our heads against a stone wall. I can give you Terry's eaddy if you fancy putting it to him?

Kind regards.

 Tom.

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3 minutes ago, museumtom said:

Thanks for the comments Craig, you really are too kind. Logic does not come into it Craig. It has to say attributable or caused by or we are hitting our heads against a stone wall. I can give you Terry's eaddy if you fancy putting it to him?

Kind regards.

 Tom.

It may be a battle I will take up in future Tom - I think I may well come back to some of these cases when I have some painkillers ready. Let's just say that I agree with you over logic.
 

Anyway, for now, onwards and upwards !

Craig

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Right so Craig.

How's your stress level? There will be more to come I assure you, so get the tablets at the ready, and ....we are off!

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1 minute ago, museumtom said:

Right so Craig.

How's your stress level? There will be more to come I assure you, so get the tablets at the ready, and ....we are off!

 I must be in a good mood today I've just agreed to an extra court sitting on Monday so...

Craig

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Have you not been convicted yet?

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Just now, museumtom said:

Have you not been convicted yet?

Justice, like some other things, is never quick or easy !

Craig

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'nuff said Craig, 'nuff said.

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Afternoon

Enrolled 6/11/1907 ; Anson Battalion 'A' Company 15/9/14-26/2/16 to UK Leave ; 29/4/16 transferred to Devonport ; Discharged Invalided at RN Hospital Plymouth (HMS "Vivid II") 21/3/17 for Pulmonary Tuberculosis (attributable to service). Silver War Badge No.9527 issued. ; Notified as accepted for commemoration by CWGC in August 2007 ; Anson Battalion UK Leave party 26/2/16 ; b.Wexford 2/5/1885 ; Son of John & Sarah Fox, Corn Market, Wexford ; Next-of-Kin: Aunt, Maggie Murphy, Cornmarket, Wexford. ; Brother, M. Fox, 202 Liscard Rd., Wallasey ; GRO Ireland = March Qr. 1918, age 32, Wexford, Vol.4, page 499, Bachelor, Naval Pensioner, Informant: Brother, Michael Fox, present at death, Cornmarket, Wexford.

 

Try this on FMP Tom

 

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM/1914-STAR/281

 

George

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