thetrenchrat22 Posted 4 August , 2019 Share Posted 4 August , 2019 Hi, can anybody read the real name of Albert McDonald Delau ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 4 August , 2019 Share Posted 4 August , 2019 (edited) Albert Delauernai? Edited 4 August , 2019 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 4 August , 2019 Share Posted 4 August , 2019 Delaverna? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 4 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 4 August , 2019 11 minutes ago, Jools mckenna said: Albert Delauernai? Jools thank you for your reply. Its a relative of a work colleague, who knows that his relative had enlisted under a different name due to the fact his relative had a foreign sounding name. His relative enlisted as Albert McDonald and died on the 8th January 1917 with the King’s Liverpool Regiment. He has found only 1 Soldier with that name, date of death and regiment in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery But couldn’t find anything that would prove positive that the Albert McDonald is his relative. The soldiers effects register shows that Albert did serve under an Alias. When I spoke to my colleague, the other day, he said the real name to me and it’s about right. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 4 August , 2019 Share Posted 4 August , 2019 The claimant of a dependents pension is listed as Deserna ? with an address Source W.F.A pension docs on ancestry Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 4 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 4 August , 2019 Thank you all for your replies. I now believe that the Albert McDonald is my colleagues relative. His service number on the CWGC website is 305144 which were issued sometime in 1917 and therefore after his death but the number on the Soldier effects and pension records, both show 1557 alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 4 August , 2019 Admin Share Posted 4 August , 2019 He doesn't appear as an ALIAS on my CWGC Alias download which suggests CWGC is unaware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 4 August , 2019 Share Posted 4 August , 2019 13 minutes ago, thetrenchrat22 said: Thank you all for your replies. I now believe that the Albert McDonald is my colleagues relative. His service number on the CWGC website is 305144 which were issued sometime in 1917 and therefore after his death but the number on the Soldier effects and pension records, both show 1557 alan This usually happens where a man was missing and therefore technically on the book until he was finally declared dead - if it crossed with the renumbering then he was issued a new service number. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 4 August , 2019 Admin Share Posted 4 August , 2019 He was admitted to No 11 Stationary Hospital Rouen on 16th May 1915 - Hernia FMP link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 4 August , 2019 Share Posted 4 August , 2019 Interestingly there is both a McDonald and a Deserna residing at 32 Dickenson Street Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 4 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 4 August , 2019 Ray, it would seem that McDonald was his mother’s maiden name. A Margaret McDonald married Alberto Delasierna in Liverpool, in 1892 alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 5 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 5 August , 2019 13 hours ago, DavidOwen said: He was admitted to No 11 Stationary Hospital Rouen on 16th May 1915 - Hernia FMP link David, this is strange as the medal rolls does not show an entitlement for the 1914/15 Star. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 5 August , 2019 Admin Share Posted 5 August , 2019 Indeed, perhaps an entitlement missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 5 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 5 August , 2019 16 minutes ago, DavidOwen said: Indeed, perhaps an entitlement missed? Something else to look at, I don’t have find my past but it will interesting to see the document Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 5 August , 2019 Admin Share Posted 5 August , 2019 Alan Sent you a pm. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 16 August , 2019 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2019 The Grave Registration Report Form states 1557 Pte the CWGC website states 305144 Pte the daily casualty listings states 1557 Pte SDITGW Lance Corporal 305144 the death certificate states 305144 Lance Corporal the official notification from the Territorial Force Record Office at Presto states 1557 Lance Corporal the Memorial Scroll shows Lance Corporal so is it 1557 Pte or 1557 Lance Corporal or 305144 Pte or 305144 Lance Corporal I’m thinking that the official notification is the correct one. What does everybody think alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 16 August , 2019 Share Posted 16 August , 2019 The problem with lance corporal often comes from it being an appointment rather than a rank, if the paperwork asked for rank then it would be correct to list private as such rather than lance corporal. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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