Guest Posted 11 February , 2019 Share Posted 11 February , 2019 Does anybody have any information on the above who died in France in March 1915 from wounds received It is to help with a memorial to all the old scouts from Croydon troops who died in WW1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 11 February , 2019 Share Posted 11 February , 2019 His papers are available for viewing. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 11 February , 2019 Admin Share Posted 11 February , 2019 (edited) John Welcome to the Forum. His service papers are as Andy has just posted available at TNA http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1068001 If you cannot visit then a researcher can usually copy them for you reasonably cheaply (don't use the Archives own service it is vastly expensive). The one I use is very reasonable (last 2 cost me less than a fiver each for around 40 pages) https://www.arcre.com/ Once you know which battalion he was in the relevant War Diary will give you more information. Good luck with your research. David Edited 11 February , 2019 by DavidOwen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 11 February , 2019 Admin Share Posted 11 February , 2019 He crops up here too, so the school may have more info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 11 February , 2019 Share Posted 11 February , 2019 (edited) Pic of him here. At school. See also here. This indicates he struggled to survive his wounds for a fortnight. And that he had started teaching at the school. Plenty of background data on those pages A letter from him describing his own wounding here. Seems he died during or following an operation on a leg. Edited 11 February , 2019 by Mark1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 11 February , 2019 Share Posted 11 February , 2019 An obituary was published in The Western Chronicle (Yeovil) on 9 April 1915. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 11 February , 2019 Share Posted 11 February , 2019 (edited) Relevant gazette entries https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28984/page/9703/data.pdf https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28992/page/10198/data.pdf https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29050/page/808/data.pdf Medal Roll shows entered France/Flanders 7/1/15, Attached 1st Battalion from 3rd. Edited 11 February , 2019 by Mark1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 12 February , 2019 Share Posted 12 February , 2019 There is information on him in "The Croydon Roll of Honour" in Croydon and the Great War; in the Old Shirburnian Navy & Army List 1914-1919; and the Sherborne Register. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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