Ryegate Posted 11 August , 2007 Share Posted 11 August , 2007 I have been meaning to say that anyone seeking a death certificate reference for a soldier killed in action, I would be pleased to look for it on Find my Past. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kildaremark Posted 11 August , 2007 Share Posted 11 August , 2007 Not looking for a death cert but I am looking for a marriage cert for James McLoughlin and Margaret Molloy married in Cork in October 1921. Would you be able to check if they are listed under armed forces marriages? Thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandymae Posted 11 August , 2007 Share Posted 11 August , 2007 Ryegate, Would you mind having a look to see if there is any record for: Private Samuel Andrews born Sutton Coldfield - December 1887 killed in action at the Battle of Aisne, France 29 May 1918 Military Service No’s: 30857 Devonshire Regt 14571 Worcestershire Regt 140564 Machine Gun Corp buried at Chambrecy, France. With thanks, Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin.green14 Posted 11 August , 2007 Share Posted 11 August , 2007 I have been meaning to say that anyone seeking a death certificate reference for a soldier killed in action, I would be pleased to look for it on Find my Past. Regards Hi Would you please check for Christopher Green (201746) Born Oxford 1880, Died of wounds 8/8/1917 regards Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podge15 Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Could you pls look for the following two men: EDWARDS, Richard, b. 1887, d. 9/4/1917 aged 29, Northumberland Fusiliers, 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn., svc. no. 47678, Roclincourt Valley Cemetery [might be the 26th (Tyneside Irish)] EDWARDS, George, b. 24/6/1893, d. 17/11/1915 aged 22, Scots Guards, 1st Bn., svc. no. 12349, Douai Communal Cemetery Thanks, Podge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryegate Posted 12 August , 2007 Author Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Hi If it's OK with you all, I will post the answers to your queries below on this one posting as there are not that many. Just to let you know that through Find my Past I was able to not only view the details of my uncle but also was given the facility to order the death certificate, which I did. He was killed in Flanders so I had assumed a death certificate would not be available. Searching today for your answers, I note that Find my Past seem to have removed the facility to order one of these certificates (well, I cannot find it). I have sent an e-mail asking for help so as soon as I hear (and they are good at responding) I will find the relevant reference and post those also. In the meantime the following details are ones I have found: (when I discover how to make a scan small enough to post on the forum I will post the print outs I get from the website) James McLoughlin and Margaret Molloy (Oct 1921) (Marriages are from 1914-1922) Sorry Mark, there appears to be only one McLoughlin (checked other spellings of the name also) and he married Nellie Elliot in Cologne. I am registered with Emerald Ancestry so will check that also but it is not hopeful as their records are a bit sketchy) Richard Edwards: Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers Battalion: 26th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Birthplace: Bootle Lancs Enlisted: Liverpool Rank: Private Number: 47678 Date died: 09 April 1917 How died: Killed in Action Theatre of War: France & Flanders Supplementary notes: Formerly 288054 R. F. A. George Edwards: Regiment: Scots Guards Birthplace: Bootle Liverpool Enlisted: Liverpool Residence: Bootle Rank: GDSN Number: 12349 Date died: 17 November 1915 How died: Died of Wounds Theatre of War: France & Flanders Christopher Green: Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Battalion: 1/4 Battalion Enlisted: Oxford Residence: Summertown, Oxon Rank: Private Number: 201746 Date died: 08 August 1917 How died: Died of Wounds Theatre of War: France & Flanders Samuel Andrews: Regiment: Machine Gun Corps Battalion: (Infantry) Birthplace: Sutton, Warwick Enlisted: Birmingham Rank: Private Number: 140564 Date died: 28 May 1918 How died: Killed in Action Theatre of War: France & Flanders Supplementary notes: Formerly 14571 Worcs Regt. I'll be back once I hear from Find my Past and hopefully will have death certificate references for you. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon6640 Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Could you please look for: Name Benjamin SMITH Address Walsall Road, Churchbridge NOK Rank Sapper No 740 Regt 2/1st North Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers Date of Death 16.08.1915 Age How Died Theatre Home Buried BUXTON CEMETERY Many thanks Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryegate Posted 12 August , 2007 Author Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Hi Details for Benjamin Smith as follows: Name: Smith Benjamin Regiment: Corps of Royal Engineers Battalion: - Birthplace: - Enlisted: Norton, Staffs Residence: Bridgtown, Staffs Rank: SPR Number: 740 Date died: 16 August 1915 Howed died: Died Theatre of War: Home Supplementary notes: (2/1st N.M. Field COY, R.E.) Regards Hi Details for Benjamin Smith as follows: Name: Smith Benjamin Regiment: Corps of Royal Engineers Battalion: - Birthplace: - Enlisted: Norton, Staffs Residence: Bridgtown, Staffs Rank: SPR Number: 740 Date died: 16 August 1915 How died: Died Theatre of War: Home Supplementary notes: (2/1st N.M. Field COY, R.E.) Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Any Info on this man very much Appreciated please,i know He is a WW2 Casualty,but i need any information on Him Please attachment=66338:DSC02490_Small.JPG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryegate Posted 12 August , 2007 Author Share Posted 12 August , 2007 PBI Details on Find my Past are: Name: Lloyd, Franklyn Branch at death: Other Corps Etc. Regiment: Roal Army Medical Corps Birthplace: Italy Residence: Worcestershire Rank: Captain Number: 252522 Date died: 21 July 1944 Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 PBI Details on Find my Past are: Name: Lloyd, Franklyn Branch at death: Other Corps Etc. Regiment: Roal Army Medical Corps Birthplace: Italy Residence: Worcestershire Rank: Captain Number: 252522 Date died: 21 July 1944 Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Regards Many thanks,Capt Lloyd Committed Suicide on the Date you gave me,i was wonderingf if the lack of a Cross on His Headstone was due to the Stigma attached to Suicides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryegate Posted 12 August , 2007 Author Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Ah, maybe that is why, unlike all the others I have searched, there is no 'How died' on this record. Shame about the cross though, as he went through the same hell as all his troops! Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Ah, maybe that is why, unlike all the others I have searched, there is no 'How died' on this record. Shame about the cross though, as he went through the same hell as all his troops! Regards Accounts said that He Shot Himself,as he was overwhelmed by the Numbers of Wounded being Brought in to the Advanced Hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryegate Posted 12 August , 2007 Author Share Posted 12 August , 2007 It would be interesting to see what his death cert says!? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Nuse brenda McBryde has this to say "Deeply involved as we all were with the Wounded in our care no one noticed that one of the Medical Staff was under strain.At first light one Misty Morning a Stretcher bearing a Body draped in a Union Jack was carried from the Medical Officers Tents,Major Macpherson had shared a Tent with Capt.Lloyd and had been awakened by the Shot.He was shaken now and bitterley self critical.How was it possible to share a Tent with a Man and not know what was on His Mind ?.But we had all been busy too with our own jobs to stand back and look around us.No one had realised that Capt Lloyd,a true Physician,had been overwhelmed by a sense of failure amongst the need for so much Surgery". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryegate Posted 12 August , 2007 Author Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Mmmm sad eh? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Just wondering how many Doctors in WW1 folded under the Strain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Elizabeth Stewart Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Just wondering how many Doctors in WW1 folded under the Strain. W.H.R. Rivers, for one thing. John Mcrae for another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryegate Posted 12 August , 2007 Author Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Just thinking that for Doctors it must have been very different to those actually fighting at the front. Although the soldiers must have been scared as hell, nature has a way of helping you deal with it and their adrenalin must have been sky high. But for doctors who are only seeing and having to deal with the aftermath it must have been tortuous. The horror without the adrenalin rush. I mean even today, you wonder how doctors and nurses and the police deal with horrific accident scenes but those are it is hoped, fairly infrequent. On a constant scale though, you can almost believe that those dealing with it would have become overwhelmed by the horror. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 W.H.R. Rivers, for one thing. John Mcrae for another. I meant Doctors who took their own lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Elizabeth Stewart Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 I meant Doctors who took their own lives Oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 What ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mruk Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 ...a Lovely War [boom Boom] On a serious note, would suicides have been noted as cause of death, and would there be mention of an inquest? Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 The lack of a cross was at the specific request of relatives. Other suicides have the usual cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 12 August , 2007 Share Posted 12 August , 2007 Hi Ryegate... would much appreciate a look up for Gunner 90230 Levi Woodhouse RFA KiA 18/07/16, many thanks cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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