derekb Posted 27 December , 2020 Share Posted 27 December , 2020 Hello Everyone, Theses are the pension details for my grandfather, Thomas Herbert Taylor, I cannot find anything else regarding his short military service (54 days), when he was discharged as being no longer fit for military service, do you think he should have qualified for inclusion on the Commonwealth War Graves site? Regards, Derekb Thomas Herbert Taylor Sapper Card Died 3 Oct 1918 285628 Royal Engineers WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 27 December , 2020 Share Posted 27 December , 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, derekb said: Theses are the pension details for my grandfather, Thomas Herbert Taylor, I cannot find anything else regarding his short military service (54 days), when he was discharged as being no longer fit for military service, do you think he should have qualified for inclusion on the Commonwealth War Graves site? If he was found no longer fit as a result of a medical condition that was caused or made worse by his service and that condition was at least in part responsible for his death, then possibly. However with no existing papers you are going to struggle to find the medical reason for his discharge unless there is something on the card itself, so even if you have a death certificate, establishing a link between cause of discharge and cause of death will be hard. The shortness of his service, unless termination of service was as a result of accidental injuries or severe infection, also makes it unlikely that it was anything other than a pre-exisiting condition that wasn't picked up at his original medical. Bear in mind that just because a Pension Ledger card exists it doesn't mean the claim was successful, so that also wouldn't support a claim for belated recognition. Hope that helps, Peter Edited 27 December , 2020 by PRC Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 27 December , 2020 Share Posted 27 December , 2020 There are 3 Pension Ledger/Card entries on Ancestry. Does the actual card/Ledger give cause of death and attribution ? Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 27 December , 2020 Share Posted 27 December , 2020 This may help the thought process-courtesy Fold3 George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 27 December , 2020 Share Posted 27 December , 2020 His effects register says not qualifying for gratuity as time too short in service UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 - Ancestry.co.uk George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 27 December , 2020 Share Posted 27 December , 2020 (edited) The cause of death, Phthisis pulmonalis is generally a synonym for Pulmonary Tuberculosis. It depends entirely on what the cause of his discharge was. I don't think that despite date of discharge, date, place and cause of death are all written on one line, that the cause of discharge was the same as the cause of death. Edit: Thanks for the effects details George, of course length of service in itself is irrelevant in terms of CWGC commemoration. Edited 27 December , 2020 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 27 December , 2020 Share Posted 27 December , 2020 That's certainly what Terry at IFTC project would say as well George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekb Posted 27 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 27 December , 2020 Thank you for all of your replies. Derekb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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