thedawnpatrol Posted 12 April Share Posted 12 April I can’t find Frank Whitehall on the CWGC list of war dead ? any help much appreciated thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 12 April Share Posted 12 April There are only 2 Frank Whitehall with Medal Cards One survived and one died, this man who has a Fold3 Pension Card #24654 in 7th Royal West Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 12 April Share Posted 12 April And Ancestry have in Soldiers Effects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 12 April Share Posted 12 April And on CWGC as Joseph Whitehall - no idea why Joseph https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/776906/joseph-whitehall/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 12 April Share Posted 12 April Another Fold 3 Card gives his widow and address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 12 April Share Posted 12 April And his marriage to Beatrice A Gurney Marriages Dec 1916 (>99%) Gurney Beatrice A Whitehall Nuneaton 6d 1249 Kearsley John H Ingram Nuneaton 6d 1249 Whitehall Frank Gurney Nuneaton 6d 1249 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 12 April Share Posted 12 April And born circa 1884 from death in local paper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 12 April Share Posted 12 April 1911 census has him a barman at Holy Bush Hotel, Nuneaton Born Burslem, Staffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 12 April Share Posted 12 April which gives you his birth Births Dec 1883 WHITEHALL Frank Wolstanton 6b 139 The district Wolstanton is in the county of Staffordshire; information about it can be found here And Ancestry has him in 1891 census at Church Gresley, Derbys with his family 1901 census has him at 1901 • Swadlincote, Staffordshire, England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 12 April Share Posted 12 April And a bad photo from local paper in FmP. I assume he is on right At the end of that lot, my opinion is that CWGC have got the wrong name - his father is Joseph. Yu want to hand it all over to one of the forum members who deals with CWGC corrections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted 12 April Author Share Posted 12 April Thank you, thats a bit confusing isn’t it…….Frank / Joseph……. Very interesting, thank you for all this extra info too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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