582 Private William Welton - Lincs Regiment

[temptage]

I have been going through Grimsby Minster's RoH recently and have come across this man, W. Welton of the 8th Lincolnshire Regiment. As I didnt have his name on my project list, I looked him up on CWGC site only to find no trace of him.

 

 

Had a look on Ancestry, and there it was, confirming his death on 6th November 1918. Ironically, he was buried on the day of the Armistice.

 

 

Then had a look at his Medal Card on Ancestry only to find that he had been discharged on 13 September 1917, but hopefully the clincher is that the reason for discharge was due to 'wounds'!

 

 

Now sadly that is as far as I can go with research due to not having any subscriptions to any of the 'useful' genealogical websites.

 

One other thing I have been able to check is that he is not buried in Grimsby Scartho Road Cemetery.

 

Does this look like one that could be chased up, if his death can be attributed to his wounds, maybe?

 

Tony

[Terry Denham]

Tony

 

There is insufficient here to make a case at the moment.  As he was discharged from the army, you have to prove that his death was caused by or aggravated by service.

 

You do not know how he died or whether it was caused by service etc. He could have been run over by a bus or his death may well have been due to an illness unconnected with service.

 

I haven't been able to find a service/pension record for him though he does appear in the Effects Register. You will need to get his death certificate from GRO firstly to see what that says. That may settle the matter or give a clue to move forward if death was service related.

 

There are many names on rolls of honour and local war memorials around the country that would not qualify for CWGC for various reasons so finding an unlisted name is not unusual.

 

Regards

Terry

[BarbaraG]

The cause of discharge on his MIC "wounds" would also need to be 'cause' on his death certificate I think. Terry's reply Posted as I searched.

SWB Ref. FMP

William Welton Pte 582 

Badge No. 249866 Issued 27 Sep 1917

Enlisted 30 Sept 1914 Discharge date 13 Sep 1917 

Lincolnshire Regt. 

 

Barbara

Edited 19 September , 2018 by BarbaraG

[PaulC78]

Unfortunately the cause of death was pneumonia - there's a scan of his death certificate on Ancestry as well as several photos of William.

[DavidOwen]

Any idea of what the "wounds" were?

Could they have caused chest injuries making him susceptible to infection?

(Declared interest - live in Grimsby)

[temptage]

On 21/09/2018 at 18:00, PaulC78 said:

Unfortunately the cause of death was pneumonia - there's a scan of his death certificate on Ancestry as well as several photos of William.

Yes i had been made aware of the cause of death from another source. I would be interested to see the photos of him if you can acquire them....hint hint

[PaulC78]

Are you able to contact other members on Ancestry? Best thing would be to contact Ian Welton directly as he uploaded the photos and will perhaps know more about William...

 

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/connect/Profile/015524cf-0003-0000-0000-000000000000

[temptage]

On 23/09/2018 at 10:23, PaulC78 said:

Are you able to contact other members on Ancestry? Best thing would be to contact Ian Welton directly as he uploaded the photos and will perhaps know more about William...

 

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/connect/Profile/015524cf-0003-0000-0000-000000000000

Unfortunately not.

[PaulC78]

No worries, I'll send him a message myself...

[PaulC78]

Ian was happy for me to post the images, so here they are...

 

Walter was born in Waltham near Grimsby and was a ship's steward for the Great Central Railway before the war. He lived on Cleethorpe Road in Grimsby (1911 Census) and married Rose Emily Wressell in 1915.

 

Edited 28 September , 2018 by PaulC78