charlie962 Posted 29 May , 2019 Share Posted 29 May , 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, George Rayner said: Isn't address on CWGC also Welleseley Road, Liverpool There isn't an address on CWGC but the Cmty is L'pool. But the CWGC record is the same man as the MIC and SWB that I linked and probably your Pension link (but Fold3 no longer free- aaagh) Edited 29 May , 2019 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little bob Posted 29 May , 2019 Share Posted 29 May , 2019 (edited) Silver War Badge. 478389 Benjamin John Pollard. Enlisted 7/7/1915 discharged 12/6/1918 due to sickness. Bob Edited 29 May , 2019 by little bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 29 May , 2019 Share Posted 29 May , 2019 (edited) Benjamin John Pollard 20306 later became 478389 Labour Corps There is a WFA card that states "Pension refused owing to disease that caused death having been contracted after discharge from army". Claimant was mother living in Dublin. Discharged 12/6/18 according to another WFA card SWB Roll states 7/7/15-12/6/18. Discharged due to sickness aged 41 Edited 29 May , 2019 by Mark1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 29 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 May , 2019 Excellent, very interesting information, thanks again for all your help lads. I would be lost without you. I have added all the info to my files. Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Elusive with a capital E, Tom. Nothing on Ancestry Pensions or Service Records, but here's his medal card: MIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 30 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Thanks for trying Dyfed, funnily enough when I clicked the link I could see the image, you are an magician! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little bob Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Soldiers Effects Record gives date of discharge as - /12/1918. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 1 minute ago, museumtom said: Thanks for trying Dyfed, funnily enough when I clicked the link I could see the image, you are an magician! MICs on Ancestry are free for all, whether you have a sub or not. Is this him born in Co. Kerry in 1896? Makes him 23 not 28 in 1919? Name FRANCIS SIGERSON Date of Birth 1896 Group Registration ID 10035630 SR District/Reg Area Caherciveen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 30 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Thanks Dyfed, yes I did notice that. His death cert is incorrect. Thanks Bob, I did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 (edited) There is a WFA card for him. No useful info. Mother Hannah, High St, Caherciveen. Assume you have seen these https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM/ROYALART/1405047-1406036/00160&parentid=GBM/ROYALART/157477 https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2/GBM/MH106/MH106-1322/0014&parentid=GBM/MH106/P2/955670 Edited 30 May , 2019 by Mark1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 30 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Brilliant Mark, thank you very much for these, I never knew the RGA ledgers were in FMP. A great resource! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 30 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Another hard one. I know how much you hate the Naval ones, sure i am not a fan of them myself, but would you try to find this one please? I tried all the variation without success. Gortskedda in in Mayo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 32 minutes ago, museumtom said: Another hard one. I know how much you hate the Naval ones, sure i am not a fan of them myself, but would you try to find this one please? I tried all the variation without success. Gortskedda in in Mayo. This is yer man - https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7141139. He was actually promoted to Acting Gunner RN - record here: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7573204 (Note spelling of surname here). I cannot see any cause or date of discharge. The officers' medal roll notes him as not having claimed his trio and gives an Index Casualty No. (I.C.35/988) so they were aware of his death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 30 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Thank you very much indeed horatio!, I did not think he would be found. These officers are so hard to get information on. Thank you again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 (edited) Tahaney WFA card. GSW Cervical spine attributable. Total Permanent. Address Castle Baldwin, Boyle, Co Sligo. Possibly working as a Stevedore in Middlesborough in 1911 10th Yorks. Overseas France 9/9/15. 1915 Star trio. SWB List say 36 years an 10 months old on discharge. WFA Card says born Nov 1878. Consistent-ish This link probably gives a good idea when he received his wound. https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM/WO363-4/007337132/00411&parentid=GBM/WO363-4/SUPP/303259 Also appears on a War Office wounded list 9/1/16. 10th Yorks. If he is not a IFCP man there is something b***dy wrong with the world. People with that level of disability never survived more than a few years, That was true until after WW2. The WFA indicates he spent time at The Star and Garter Hospital for Disabled Sailors and Soldiers in Richmond. Edited 30 May , 2019 by Mark1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 30 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Excellent stuff Mark! thank you most kindly. All great information, if his records could be found, and the critical sheet in there I reckon he might qualify. There is still enough for me to add him to the Irish files. Thanks again Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 2 hours ago, museumtom said: I am working on the assumption that this soldier may be 19473, R.D.F, Keeffe, Edward, and all I can find on FMP is his SWB readout, can you help please? Edward Last name Keeffe Service number 19473 Rank Private Badge number 320385 Enlistment date 19-Mar-1915 Discharge date 25-Feb-1918 Regiment/unit Royal Dublin Fusiliers Cause of discharge S. (xvi) 2 (b) Whether served overseas Yes Badge date of issue 20-Feb-1918 Age on discharge 25 Record set Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920 Category Military, armed forces & conflict Subcategory First World War Collections from England, Great Britain A 19 year age difference between death certificate and SWB list seems unlikely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 30 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Thanks Mark. But I just found him in the 1911 Census. Tahaney Relationship Boarder Marital status Single Sex Male Age 32 Birth year 1879 Birth place Co Sligo Occupation Stevedore House name - House number 63 Street Lower East Street Address 63 Lower East St Parish Middlesbrough County Yorkshire, Yorkshire (North Riding) Country England Archive reference RG14 Registration district Middlesbrough Registration district number 535 Enumeration district 9 District number 9 Sub district Middlesbrough West Sub district number 3 Census reference RG14PN29272 RG78PN1696 RD535 SD3 ED9 SN253 RG78 code number 1696 Piece number 29272 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Tahaney He was paralysed from the neck down. Heart failure may have been the immediate cause of death but it was just impossible to keep these people alive in WW1. Surprised he lived that long. You can be pretty certain his wound killed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 30 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Fanscinating Mark, where did you find this please? I did have a look at that link you supplied but his injuries were not specifiec, it just says 'Dan' which I assume means dangerously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 re Frank SIGERSON I note that John Mulcahy was researching this man a while back on this thread. Might be worth a pm to trigger off an email ? Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 (edited) Sent a PM. Edit - As Tahaney was at the S& G Richmond he should be in the database referred to http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/download/GB 1992 Archive It covers admissions from opening on 14/1/1916 to 31/12/1927 It would give details of his condition etc. Other docs appear relevant Edited 30 May , 2019 by Mark1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 30 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2019 (edited) Thanks Charlie and Mark, duly noted. Thanks again for all your help. Downloading it now. Edited 30 May , 2019 by museumtom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 (edited) 295472 RFA or possibly RAF. Mother Annie, Main St, Ballyhaunis. Think age is wrong on death certificate edit - records confusing ..re-checking So that number is RAF see https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM/AIR79/2576/00164&parentid=GBM/AIR79/186278 Suggests born 1882. Thomas Joseph Says RFA on WFA card and died whilst serving but another card with nothing else on says RAF. The RAF records says discharged to reserve 24/7/19 - so 7 days after he died if we have the right man. Joined RAF 9/9/18. Give dob 12/7/1882 Deemed to have been discharged April 1920!! http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Mayo/Ballyhaunis_Urban/Main_Street__Carrowluggaun_/724647/ indicates a DoB in c1890 Seems to appear as Thomas Francis in 1901. Edited 30 May , 2019 by Mark1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 30 May , 2019 Share Posted 30 May , 2019 Did you find O'Keefe while I was enjoying sunny Great Yarmouth jewel of the East coast? George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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