died 17/10/1919 Lt Richard Hewitt Talbot in Roll of Honour Non-Comm

[tharkin56]

From Activities of the Briitish

Community in Argentina during the Great

War 1914-1919:

Talbot, Richard Hewitt, M.C. Lieutt.

Inniskillings DRagoons, attd

Kings King'sd East African Rifles; died in Buenos Aires,

October 17th

1919, a few days after return; age 35; employee of Drabble

estancias;

left August 1914.

Is he a non- comm or am I missing something.

Thanks all for looking..and in advance.

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From Activities of the Briitish

Community in Argentina during the Great

War 1914-1919:

Talbot, Richard Hewitt, M.C. Lieutt.

Inniskillings DRagoons, attd

Kings King'sd East African Rifles; died in Buenos Aires,

October 17th

1919, a few days after return; age 35; employee of Drabble

estancias;

left August 1914.

Is he a non- comm or am I missing something.

Thanks all for looking..and in advance.

Do you know what he died of ?. Unless he was still serving or it was attributable to service then he wouldn't qualify for a CWGC record.

Craig

[Phil Evans]

There is a note on his MIC saying that he died November 1921 (outside of the cut off date).

There are several entries in the London Gazette for him under R H Talbot and his full name, but I can't find one for his relinquishing his commission so far.

He does have a file at the National Archives in WO 339/52162.

Phil

[tharkin56]

Thanks both, rules out being a non-comm.

Thanks

[tharkin56]

Checking date of death locally as appears to be point of discrepancy.

[tharkin56]

HI

If his cause of death comes back as attributed to war i.e influenza if he died three days after getting home but October 1919 is he a non-comm.

If however he died in accident I guess he is not recorded on Cwgc

Trevor

[PaulC78]

Having looked through his service file at TNA it's clear that the 1919 date of death is correct, The date on the MIC is therefore either an error or it refers to something else.

His only disabilty was choroiditis which was due to service, though he had apparently recovered by early 1918.