Tackler7 Posted 5 July , 2018 Share Posted 5 July , 2018 Hello I have researched a RAF member who died when struck by a train whilst on leave. The inquest ruled suicide through depression. Would this count as a war death because he was on leave or a civilian death because of the non combat way he died? He is shown on the CWG site. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 5 July , 2018 Admin Share Posted 5 July , 2018 Hello and welcome to the forum. Could you post the details of the individual concerned - name, number, dob, etc. as that will help folks assist you. As a guess he may be listed as KOAS or DOAS which would be Killed On Active Service, or Died etc. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 5 July , 2018 Share Posted 5 July , 2018 The CWGC website lists many people whose deaths were "non combat": from accidents, suicide and illnesses when in England. For example, most of the 636 Australian war graves recorded in Wiltshire for 1916-20 are of men (and nurses) who died of Spanish Influenza after the Armistice. I know of several people listed by the CWGC who died when on leave. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackler7 Posted 6 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 6 July , 2018 19 hours ago, DavidOwen said: Hello and welcome to the forum. Could you post the details of the individual concerned - name, number, dob, etc. as that will help folks assist you. As a guess he may be listed as KOAS or DOAS which would be Killed On Active Service, or Died etc. David Thank you. GW Jubb, 47584, RAF. Died 5/9/18 in Wakefield. Buried in Wakefield. He was a motor mechanic and joined the newly formed RAF late in the war. Any information on his RAF career would be of great interest. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 6 July , 2018 Admin Share Posted 6 July , 2018 (edited) Try this link to the RAF vault http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/jubb-g.w If you have a Find My Past subscription his service records exist there https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?datasetname=british+royal+air+force%2c+airmen's+service+records+1912-1939&lastname=jubb No doubt others will have more detail in time. David Edited 6 July , 2018 by DavidOwen added FMP link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeech Posted 6 July , 2018 Share Posted 6 July , 2018 5 hours ago, Tackler7 said: Thank you. GW Jubb, 47584, RAF. Died 5/9/18 in Wakefield. Buried in Wakefield. He was a motor mechanic and joined the newly formed RAF late in the war. Any information on his RAF career would be of great interest. Thank you. Hi 'Airmen Died in the Great War 1914-1918' (DVD-ROM) has him as George William Jubb, 47584 with the rank of Sergeant, at 42 Training Depot Station. Died (Cause not known) on 5.9.1918. Buried at Thornes, Yorks. If that is of any help. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 July , 2018 Share Posted 6 July , 2018 There are also 2 accounts (the same) in the Yorkshire papers online on British Newspaper Archive. Interesting as he had previously served in the Yeomanry- and is described as Sergeant-Major SOLDIERS BODY FOUND ON THE LINE NEAR WAKEFIELD ... knocked down by or fallen from train. The body was afterwards identified that George William Jubb, aged about 38, whpse mother resides at Thorne?, not far away from the fatality. Jubb was a sergeant-major in the Yeomanry, and the outbreak the war joined the ... Published: Thursday 05 September 1918 Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post County: Yorkshire, England Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 3 | Tags: none COMING MAYORS ... Thornes. near Wakefield. The body was afterwards identified that George William Jubb, aged about 38, mot her resides Thornes. How the young man to his end is at present a mystery. Jubb was formerly a sergeant-major in the Yeomanry, but joined tho Regular ... Published: Friday 06 September 1918 Newspaper: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer County: Yorkshire, England Type: Article | Words: 599 | Page: 6 | Tags: none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackler7 Posted 6 July , 2018 Author Share Posted 6 July , 2018 Cheers, I have the inquest details. Initially I was expecting him to have died on active service rather than being hit by a train whilst depressed on leave. A sad tale altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loader Posted 7 July , 2018 Share Posted 7 July , 2018 A friend once owned the medals of a soldier who was killed in UK when hit by a train. The investigation had witnesses who said he was drunk & was crawling along the tracks back to his camp & never knew what hit him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC78 Posted 27 March , 2022 Share Posted 27 March , 2022 Staff Serjeant G W Jubb buried at Thornes (St. James) Churchyard. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/409910/g-w-jubb/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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