Killed..............or not? (Machine Guns Corps)

[forester]

As far as WW1 goes, the cause of death is irrelevant if the person was serving at the time of death.

For service personnel to qualify after they had been discharged, the cause of death had to be as a result of, attributable to, or in the case of diseases such as TB, aggravated by, that service.

Phil

[IMBER]

Imber actually you are partially correct. 
   


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 How am I only partially correct?

[scotmum]

Still open to further thoughts on this chap.........

[mmm45]

I think the guy Imber found is a good call albeit inconclusive at present
the lad in original post was previously wounded was he discharged? anything on MIC that mentions SWB or list or disch?

Maybe a DC would give his former army number?

If its a post discharge death and its attributable to war service then its possible to apply to CWGC to see if he can be added to debt of honour as a non -commemorated soldier.

Ady

[forester]

My feeling is that Imber's man is this one:

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=665888

Phil

[Flattybasher9]

"An edition of The Scotsman in  May 1918 lists the following chap as Killed:

Private W Tipping (Bellshill) 42324, Machine Gun Corps[/b]"

HOOPER ARTHUR
United Kingdom Private 42324 Hampshire Regiment 08/05/1918 Age: 19 C. 23.
CINQ RUES British Cemetery.

Service numbers are unique. Aren't they??

Regards

Malky

[IMBER]

Maybe a DC would give his former army number?

Unfortunately it doesn't.

Imber

[IMBER]

My feeling is that Imber's man is this one:

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=665888

Phil

Well done. Yes, the date of death is the same on the DC for the chap I found.

[forester]

Service numbers are unique. Aren't they??

Regards

Malky

Unfortunately not until much later Malky.

Phil