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Enlistment place on SDGW is novel


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SDGW often records a very generic "London" for people who enlisted there. (Mill Hill and Stratford were administratively in Middlesex and Essex respectively, according to the General Register Office in 1911, but these locations have the suffix ", London" on SDGW.

It would appear this man was in court in Clapham, and having the choice of being subsisted At Her Majesty's Pleasure or On Her Majesty's Service, he seems to have taken the latter... I think.

I have heard stories of serve in the army or go to prison, and I think this may be one of those cases, but would be interested to hear what others say

South Western Police Court in Clapham, opened 1892, demolished 1962
https://visitclaphamjunction.com/about/the-junction-history

 

 

Name: Robert Davis
Birth Place: St. Luke's, London
Death Date: 18 Jul 1916
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: South Western Police Court [in September 1907]
Rank: L Sergeant
Regiment: South Wales Borderers
Battalion: 1st Battalion
Regimental Number: 9724
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Partial SDGW details reproduced under fair use terms, courtesy of Ancestry and HM Stationery Office
 

 

CWGC entry
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/556462/DAVIS/













 

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SDGW

Lists 17 casualties who enlisted in the South Western Police Court

 

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There will have been more who enlisted in the South Western Police Court and survived the war

 

Ray

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1 hour ago, ss002d6252 said:

 

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"Unlawful possession of some iron".....

Lucky it wasn't brass then, they might have hanged him on the spot?

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