RaySearching Posted 8 April , 2013 Share Posted 8 April , 2013 Came across the following entry on the UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919 “Boy 1st class Thomas Dale” Name: Thomas Dale Rank: Boy 1st Birth Date: 27 May 1899 Birth Place: Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England Branch of Service: Royal Navy Cause of Death: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action Official Number Port Division: J. 05551. (Ch) Death Date: 31 May 1916 Ship or Unit: HMS Black Prince Location of Grave: Not recorded Name and Address of Cemetery: Body Not Recovered For Burial Relatives Notified and Address: Mother: Margaret, 11, Lloyd St, Middlesboro', Yorks Not on CWGC. not listed on Don Kindell’s Navel History .Net website as a casualty on the Black Prince Looked up the address 11, Lloyd St, Middlesboro on the 1911 census ( The address occupied by the Dalby Family) who have a son Thomas Looked up Thomas Dalby He has an entry on CWGC and on the Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll Name: Thomas Dalby Rank: Boy 1st Birth Date: 27 May 1899 Birth Place: Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England Branch of Service: Royal Navy Cause of Death: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action Official Number Port Division: J. 39951. (Ch) Death Date: 31 May 1916 Ship or Unit: HMS Black Prince Location of Grave: Not recorded Name and Address of Cemetery: Body Not Recovered For Burial Relatives Notified and Address: Mother: Margaret, 11, Lloyd St, Middlesboro', Yorks Same details different name and service number All very strange Regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilEvans Posted 8 April , 2013 Share Posted 8 April , 2013 The UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919, is bloody awful. More so on the address details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilEvans Posted 8 April , 2013 Share Posted 8 April , 2013 I was looking at this one earlier today Name: Robert Collingwood Rank: Pte Birth Date: 28 Jul 1893 Birth Place: Horse Bay, Doiley, Shropshire Branch of Service: Royal Marine Light Infantry Cause of Death: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action Official Number Port Division: Ply./15571. Death Date: 4 Jun 1916 Ship or Unit: RM Barracks Plymouth Location of Grave: Lair. 1418. Name and Address of Cemetery: Dalmeny Parish Cemetery, South Queensferry, Linlithgowshire, Scotland Relatives Notified and Address: Father: G 82, Park Lane, Salop Horse Bay, Doiley, is Horsehay, Dawley, and as for Park Lane, Salop, narrows it down to 8,363 possibilities. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hywyn Posted 9 April , 2013 Share Posted 9 April , 2013 I haven't had cause to look at these before. I see that there are no original records. Are you saying it is the original records that are wrong and cannot be trusted or Ancstry indexing? Hywyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 9 April , 2013 Author Share Posted 9 April , 2013 Hywyn The information in my post was extracted from the records on Ancestry regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hywyn Posted 9 April , 2013 Share Posted 9 April , 2013 Ray Your header says the records cannot be trusted. The originals are fine then? Hywyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 9 April , 2013 Author Share Posted 9 April , 2013 Hywyn I believe the UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919 were extracted from the primary source errors introduced into the records during transcription therefore these records cannot be trusted to be accurate, as I found out rather annoyingly It is always advisable to seek the primary source of the records to ensure accuracy I could have phased the header on my post a a little better, it was getting late regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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