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Re: Can anyone check this for me
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 20 May 18 20:46 BST (UK) »

GRO Online Index

Commerford - William Matthew Charles Steward - mothers maiden surname Lock
GRO Reference: 1888  S Quarter in Brentford  Volume 03A  Page 57

He was William and in Hussars 1911 - Perhaps he preferred to go by the name Charles  ???
Doesn't answer why he would die in France and be buried in Germany though. :-\

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« Reply #10 on: Monday 21 May 18 00:01 BST (UK) »
Thank you for your help
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« Reply #11 on: Monday 21 May 18 09:42 BST (UK) »
The GRO index uses the spelling COMERFORD, same as CWGC.

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« Reply #12 on: Monday 21 May 18 16:23 BST (UK) »
His regiment, 19th Hussars, were based in Germany in early 1919 as part of the British Army of Occupation. Like many other soldiers at that time he died of flu and was buried in Cologne. The later reference to France might well be a clerical error. Yes, a death certificate is available for him from GRO but in a certified army format: 1919 Volume c2 Page 104.

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« Reply #13 on: Monday 21 May 18 17:40 BST (UK) »
Thank you everyone for your help.
Abis/Aberish      {Vilna/Vilnius Lithuania}
St George/ Robson   {Bethnal Green /Shoreditch}
Thornton/ Wand /Wall/ Jones   {Paddington/ Bethnal Green}
Marklew /Wall  {Bethnal Green }
Sanderson/ Wayman { Ely Cambridgeshire}
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