Jools mckenna Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Would just like to know more about this man as I have a postcard that might have been from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave66 Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Ancestry has a basic family tree, married a Laura Blanche Everett in Sept 1919 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/79082328/person/382003568758/facts?_phsrc=XQe10&_phstart=successSource M.I.C. interestingly has him forfeiting his war and victory medal.... https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=XQe12&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=medalrolls&gsfn=William&gsln=Downsworth&gsfn_x=NN&gsln_x=1&cp=11&qh=B0Kb/74I84Quj%2BaWKqUQug%3D%3D&new=1&rank=1&uidh=l37&redir=false&gss=angs-d&pcat=39&fh=0&h=873295&recoff=&ml_rpos=1 Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Also, Ancestry has a W J Downsworth in a 1920 court martial register which is likely him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 15 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2019 I wonder what he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave66 Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Court martial date was July 1915, has regiment as 13th cavalry. Also a pension ledger for a Walter Joseph Downsworth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Dave66 said: Court martial date was July 1915, has regiment as 13th cavalry. That one has William J Downsworth. There seems to be another one for W.J. Downsworth. Could well be that they're both him. Edited 15 April , 2019 by IPT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 15 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2019 Ok thanks, is it possible to find out what he was charged with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave66 Posted 15 April , 2019 Share Posted 15 April , 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, IPT said: That one has William J Downsworth. There seems to be another one for W.J. Downsworth. Could well be that they're both him. So there is, one for March under W.J.Downsworth and another in August 20 at Bovington under W J Downsworth. 1 hour ago, Jools mckenna said: Ok thanks, is it possible to find out what he was charged with? They are on fold 3 so frustratingly no access I’m afraid. best of luck, Dave. Edited 15 April , 2019 by Dave66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 16 April , 2019 Share Posted 16 April , 2019 How likely is it that one soldier was court martialled three times? George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 16 April , 2019 Share Posted 16 April , 2019 I don't have Ancestry, but the pension record has his residence as Hull. Presumably, he's the William J Downsworth that died in Hull in 1926, aged 31. I'm not certain whether the middle name Joseph is an affectation or not. It seems to first appear on his military records, then his 1919 marriage. A William Joseph Downsworth then appears on the electoral register in both Yorkshire and Essex between 1924 and 1926. Off topic, but a Thomas J Downsworth married Louisa E Everett in Colchester in 1925. I believe that William's brother married Laura's sister. Thomas seems to have died in 1931. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 16 April , 2019 Share Posted 16 April , 2019 (edited) 30/7/1915 was for desertion.Colchester. Difficult to read record but found guilty of absence and given 28 day detention I believe. 12/8/1920 was for absence, Bovington. 35 days 1/3/1921, Bovington. Desertion 121 days. No numbers show on records. info courtesy of WFA Edited 16 April , 2019 by Mark1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 16 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 16 April , 2019 3 minutes ago, Mark1959 said: 30/7/1915 was for desertion.Colchester. Difficult to read record but found guilty of absence and given 28 day detention I believe. 12/8/1920 was for absence, Bovington. 35 days Thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 16 April , 2019 Share Posted 16 April , 2019 (edited) Just edited last post with 1921 CM as he was still in in 1921 have you checked to see if MoD retain his records? Given the date of forfeiture in 1921 the last conviction appears to have caused his medal forfeiture and led to his discharge 27/4/21 for misconduct - see annotation on Medal Roll. Edited 16 April , 2019 by Mark1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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