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Thanks Ryegate - I have ordered online

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Hi Ryegate

Would you please check the following:

Pte Harry Alexander Nobbs

11th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

KiA 9/4/17, Arras

Much appreciated

Howard

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Nobbsy

Details are:

Name: NOBBS, Harry Alexander

Regiment, Corps etc.: Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

Battalion etc.: 11th Battalion.

Last name: Nobbs

First name(s): Harry Alexander

Initials: H A

Birthplace: Shropphom, Norfolk

Enlisted: Hampton Hill, Middlesex

Residence: Hampton, Middlesex

Rank: PRIVATE

Number: G/7768

Date died: 09 April 1917

How died: Killed in action

Theatre of war: France & Flanders

Supplementary Notes:

Death cert ref: 1917 I.69 218

Regards

Ryegate

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Dear Ryegate,

Could you please look up two brothers for me.

Walter Myhill service No 7787 West Yorks Reg. (Prince of Wales Own) I believe that he died in York (30/8/1914) and buried in Cemetery there.

William Myhill service No 6372 West Yorks Reg. (Prince of Wales Own). William is a long shot as i can't find much info on him after 1914, so he may not be in your records.

Many thanks

Kevyn

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Kevyn

Details are:

Name: MYHILL, Walter

Regiment, Corps etc.: Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion etc.: Depot.

Last name: Myhill

First name(s): Walter

Initials: W

Birthplace: York

Enlisted: York

Residence:

Rank: PRIVATE

Number: 7787

Date died: 13 August 1914

How died: Died

Theatre of war: Home

Supplementary Notes:

Death cert ref not listed in 'soldiers killed in Great War' but I am pretty certain this is him listed in BDMs. Aged 26 York 3rd Quarter 1914 9d 35

You are very lucky as William is on the Ancestry pension records. PM me your e-mail address and I will send the pages to you. Ancestry states 12 pages to this record but page 10 appears to be for another William Myhill in the Norfolk regiment. Certainly the first 9 pages belong to William Myhill from York and No. 6372.

Regards

Ryegate

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Ryegate,

Many thanks for info.

Managed to get Williams service details off Ancestry. Your right about last details being somebody elses. As good as this site is, I have had different service docs being mixed up on a number of occasions! Sorry, me moaning!

I've ordered Williams D cert. thanks again.

Kevyn

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Hi Rygate

If the offer is still open, I would be grateful for the following:

Albert Ellis

Rifleman 6/1079

3rd KRRC

KIA 4/5/1915

Hoping he was bornb 1897/8 if it makes a difference to the search & born Friern Barnet / New Southgate, Middx.

Many thanks!

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Hi

I dont know if you are still up for find certificates on find my past? I am looking for Alfred Dobbs Machine Gun Corps Private 98223 he was born in Great Wymondley in Hertfordshire.

Thanks

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Hi would it be possible to look up Henry Thompson, born 1892 All saints, Northampton died 25th jan 1915? He was 2nd Battalion, northamptonshire regiment serial 8563

Stuart

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Albert Ellis

Rifleman 6/1079

3rd KRRC

KIA 4/5/1915

Many thanks!

SDGW:

Name: Albert Ellis

Rank: Rifleman

Number: 6/1079

Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps

Battalion: 3rd Battalion

Born: New Southgate

Enlisted: Mill Hill

Residence: New Southgate

Died Date: 04 May 1915

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre: France & Flanders

Death Certificate

Ellis Albert Rfn. 6/1079 K.R.R.C. Year 1915 Volume I.78 Page 197

Doug

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I am looking for Alfred Dobbs Machine Gun Corps Private 98223 he was born in Great Wymondley in Hertfordshire.

Thanks

SDGW

Name: Alfred Dobbs

Rank: Private

Number: 98223 (sic)

Regiment, Corps etc: Machine Gun Corps

Battalion etc: (Infantry)

Born: Gt. Wymondley, Herts

Enlisted: Hitchin

Residence: Gt Wym Ondley

Died Date: 01 Oct 1917

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre: France & Flanders

Notes: Formerly: 8665, Beds Regt

Death Certificate

Dobbs Alfred, Pte, 98323 (sic), M.G.C. Year 1917, Volume M 4 Page 354

Doug

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Henry Thompson, born 1892 All saints, Northampton died 25th jan 1915? He was 2nd Battalion, northamptonshire regiment serial 8563

Stuart

SDGW

Name: Henry Thompson

Rank: L/CPL

Number: 8563 (sic)

Regiment, Corps etc: Northamptonshire Regiment

Battalion etc: 2nd Battalion

Born: All Saints' Northamptonshire

Enlisted: Northampton

Died: 25 Jan 1915

Died How: Died of wounds

Theatre: France & Flanders

Death Certificate

Thompson Henry, L/Cpl, 8533 (sic), N. Hants, Year 1915, Volume I.64, Page 27

Doug

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Hi

Can you help me with the death ref number please for

16-313 Pte Norman Waddilove 16th West Yorks KIA 01/07/16

Many Thanks

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Waddilove Norman Pte. 16/313 W.Y.R year 1916 Volume I.37 Page 297

There is also:

Waddilove Robert Pte. 305704 W.Y.R Year 1918 Volume I.39 Page 515

Doug

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Ryegate, would you mind having a look for 2 men for me (great-great uncles of mine), both killed in 1918?

They are:

Frank Singleton, killed 23 or 24 Jul 18

John Edwin Bann, killed 8 Oct 18

Thanks very much in anticipation!

Martin

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SDGW has:

Name: John Edwin Bann

Rank: Private

Number: 76753

Regiment etc: Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Battalion etc: 16th Battalion

Enlisted: Macclesfield, Cheshire

Died Date: 08 oct 1918

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre: France & Flanders

Death Certificate

Bann John E, Pte, Number 76753, Regiment R.W.F., Year 1918, Volume I.20, Page 195 (if ordering the certificate you may be wise to have the numbers checked. They are very indistinct on the CD that I have.

SDGW:

Name: Singleton Frank

Rank: Private

Number: 331065

Regiment etc: Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

Battalion etc: 8th Battalion

Born: Hayfield, Derbys

Enlisted: Newmills Derbys

Residence: Hayfield

Died Date: 23 July 1918

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre: France & Flanders

Notes: Formerly 2998, Notts & Derby Regt

Death Certificate

Singleton Frank, Pte, Number 331065, Regiment R. Scots, Year 1918, Volume I 7, Page 240

Doug

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Doug, thanks very much for the info!

I had no idea that Frank Singleton had previously served in the Notts & Derby Regt as a Territorial. What is SDGW? Has your CD been created from a book or a number of original sources?

Where can I order the death certificates from?

Thanks

Martin

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Hi Martin,

SDWG is an abbreviation for Soldiers Died In The Great War.

The source documentation is 81 volumes that were published in 1921 embracing every regiment and corps of the British Army and listing almost 662,000 Soldiers and 41,000 Officers who died in the war.

You can order the certificates from the GRO at http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

Be warned, the information they contain will probably be minimal.

Doug

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Hi Ryegate

Could please look up for me,

John Edmund Tate

Service no 24542 West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own)

Died 18/07/1916

Buried at ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.

Many thanks Doug.

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Hi Doug,

SDGW has:

Name: John Edmund Tate

Rank: Private

Number: 24542

Regiment etc: Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion etc: 11th Battalion

Born: Leeds

Enlisted: Leeds

Died Date: 18 July 1916

Died How: Died of wounds

Theatre: France & Flanders

Death Certificate

Tate John E, Pte, 24542, W.Y.R. Year 1916, Volume I. 37, Page 284

Another Doug.

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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

Could you please look up for me

1... Private Joseph Ernest Evans 43404 10 Bn Royal Dublin Fusileers ( formally London Reg) KIA 15 April 1917 Buried Orchard Dump Arleux.

2... George Samuel Evans 2813 1/17 L ondon Reg KIA 1 Oct 1916 remembered at Thiepval.

Thanks for your kind offer. Colin

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Hi Colin,

SDGW

Name: Joseph Ernest Evans

Rank: Private

Number: 43404

Regiment etc: Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Battalion etc: 10th Battalion

Born: London

Enlisted: Woolwich

Residence: Bromley-By-Bow

Died Date: 15 Apr 1917

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre: France & Flanders

Notes: Formerly 5995, London Regt

Death Certificate

Evans Joseph, Pte, 43404, R.D.F. 1917, Volume I. 76 Page 488

SDGW

Name: George Samuel Evans

Rank: Rifleman

Number: 2813

Regiment etc: London Regiment

Battalion etc: 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)

Enlisted: Bow

Died Date: 1 Oct 1916

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre: France & Flanders

Death Certificate - number not found. I think this is him

Evans George S, Rfn, 570887, Lond, 1916, Volume I. 85 Page 464

Doug

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