Can any one please help. A place called Home of Recovery in Barrow upon soar Rothley Leicester. May have been a workhouse & part of the building being used for sick service men .
Trying to track my G great uncle who was there in 1919 and died there feb 1919 suffered from shell shock. & he commited suicide there 3 months later. I have his death certificate. & it states the above Hospital. he had been in the war for over 3 years. Could any one be so kind as to do a search in Local paper. Of suicides of that time.
I now live in Australia. His name is Fredrick charles Byott
Thank you sandra.
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Home of Recovery , Barrow upon soar leicester Workhouse or Hospital Great uncle died there in 1919 after being admitted with shell shock. From being on the front lines for over 3 years .commited suicide there 3 months later. Would like to find out more Byott name interests
You might try contacting the "britregiments" group mailing list at http://groups.yahoo.com. They do not specialize in geneaology, but are helpful to those of us with military questions.
Merry Christmas! :-)
Alison
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You might try contacting the "britregiments" group mailing list at http://groups.yahoo.com. They do not specialize in geneaology, but are helpful to those of us with military questions.
Merry Christmas! :-)
Alison
Hello Alison.
Thank you for your help. Shall get intouch with them.
Merry christmas & happy New year
sandra from OZ
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Home of Recovery , Barrow upon soar leicester Workhouse or Hospital Great uncle died there in 1919 after being admitted with shell shock. From being on the front lines for over 3 years .commited suicide there 3 months later. Would like to find out more Byott name interests