Casualty List look-up, 423831 J.Davis, London Regiment

[clive_hughes]

Hi folks,

Is there any possibility please of a check on the Casualty Lists (in newspapers usually) for 423831 Pte. J.Davis, 10th London Regiment?  He was from the Hoxton/Shoreditch or nearby East London area. 

According to the medal roll he served in France & Flanders from 17 October 1917, and returned to the UK on 8.5.1918.  He suffered some sort of wound or other disability, so I'm wondering if he made an appearance in the cas. lists either before or after the latter date (I'm aware they were published approx. 4-6 weeks after the actual date of injury). 

thank you,

Clive

 

[Gunner 87]

55 minutes ago, clive_hughes said:

Hi folks,

Is there any possibility please of a check on the Casualty Lists (in newspapers usually) for 423831 Pte. J.Davis, 10th London Regiment?  He was from the Hoxton/Shoreditch or nearby East London area. 

According to the medal roll he served in France & Flanders from 17 October 1917, and returned to the UK on 8.5.1918.  He suffered some sort of wound or other disability, so I'm wondering if he made an appearance in the cas. lists either before or after the latter date (I'm aware they were published approx. 4-6 weeks after the actual date of injury). 

thank you,

Clive

 

Hi Clive... do you have a first name?

edit ... James

Edited 7 December , 2022 by Gunner 87

[Gunner 87]

This is the War Office Weekly Casualty List June 18th 1918 which has J Davis, 423831 

Probably more helpful .... https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/194158391

[clive_hughes]

Gunner87,

I'm delighted to have that.  I'm doing a favour for his family, who do have a couple of useful contemporary documents, but neither of them mentioned a wound - only a family story that it happened while he was lighting a cigarette in the trenches, affecting his right thigh, and that he died in 1922 following the last of several attempts to correct this by surgery.   The only date on paper was that of his leaving the Theatre of War on 3.5.18.  

I'm much obliged, and am sure they will be also.  I've bookmarked the Cas. List site in case I can use it again. 

Very much obliged to you,

Clive 

[nhclark]

Pension records are on Fold3 Ancestry but unfortunately I do not have a subscription, only to Ancestry itself. Medal rolls confirm the date you have of 3rd May 1918.

No Silver War Badge that I can find.

The bit that I can see of pension records seem to confirm his death in 1922.

Noel

[clive_hughes]

Noel,

As in a parallel thread, I agree he didn't have the SWBadge, and only had a fairly short period of pension which stopped before the end of 1919.  So he must have had a wound/injury of some sort or he wouldn't have got even that much pension; and they were willing to give him treatment at a Military hospital post-war.  

His family believe he died following the last of a series of operations on his right thigh, but I haven't seen his death certificate which might confirm or amplify this. 

Cheers,

Clive 

[ss002d6252]

He was discharged under the Class Z scheme, so whatever the extent of the injury, it wasn't enough by itself to have had him medically discharged.

Craig

[clive_hughes]

Thanks Craig,

I've likely overlooked something but where did you find the reference to Class Z please?

[ss002d6252]

The reference for the initial pension claim. Class Z claims were given a reference with a specific format.


https://www.fold3.com/image/700872017?terms=423831

Craig

[clive_hughes]

Ah,

I overlooked that bit while copying the dates...it's all in the detail, isn't it!   

Cheers,

Clive