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[Gadget]

There is a death in the Service and War Returns (Minor Records) on SP for a Thomas King:

2nd Batallion Royal Scots Fusilliers Killed in Action

Pte Thomas King, aged 25, Resident of Scotland,  Died 26 Oct 1914, Belgium



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[Gadget]

...and one Highland Light Infantry

Died 15 July 1915, Mesopotamia - aged 23 or 20 - bit unclear.

and two others after 1915.

This one might be the one on the War Memorial plaque.


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[JenB]

I just realised that Cornhill is in inverted commas on the original, which to my mind makes it more likely it is the name of a ship.

Jennifer

[Gadget]

I've searched ships, Jennifer, and can't find a Cornhill. It could well be  mishearing/misspoken for Cornwall:

Cornwall
5th Cruiser Squadron Atlantic.
6 August 1914 Captured the German merchant ship Syra.
South Atlantic to hunt for Admiral Graf Spee.
8 December 1914 Took part in the Battle of the Falkland Islands sinking SMS Leipzig.
January 1915 East Africa including operations against SMS Konigsberg.
1915 Dardanelles.
January 1916 China Station.
1917 West Indies and North America Station.
1920 Sold for scrap.

http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/armoured-cruiser/hms-monmouth.html


Have you checked for a WW1 record for him, Les?  Although he'd have been very young if he was 19 when he died in 1919.


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[alba99]

Can't find a naval record. He could have been called up late in the war and discharged early - not sure just becoming interested in WW1, so not sure about how long they kept you after you were called up. 

The informant was his step-father (from 1915), so the details could have been wrong.  Unfortunately like most people who are know researching their FH, I didn't ask any of my older relatives when I started this  and now they have all past away.

Les

[JenB]

Where was the death registered?

[alba99]

As I said earlier the extract is a Scotlands People death cert and was registered in the Parish of Linlithgow, West Lothian  (Linlithgowshire)

Date of death: 4th Mar 1919

Les

[JenB]

As I said earlier

Apologies. Couldn't see for looking as my granny would have said.