John E Carter buried 1919 Whittington St Giles

[JDB307]

John Elias Carter was born in Lincolnshire or Cambridgeshire and served during WW11 with the 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. He was awarded the Military Medal in 1917. He died 11 March 1919 and was buried at Whittington St Giles. What I'm trying to find out is why he was buried there when his family, wife Charlotte and son Desmond, were still in the Lincolnshire/Cambridgeshire area. Can anyone help please?

Jack

[hepburn]

From having a quick Google it looks like there were barracks and a hospital there.....Could he have died of wounds ??

[BumbleB]

He appears to have a headstone at St Giles - a CWGC one.  I can go and have a look for you, and take a photograph, if you would like?  There are barracks still in Whittington, and I'll go and have a word with the museum people there, they're usually very helpful.

I live in Tamworth, so not very far away.

[hepburn]

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mw3/

During the First World War there was a miliatary hospital in the Barracks.

[BumbleB]

I imagine that perhaps what is now St Giles Hospice was the hospital in WW1.  BUT I'll go and ask the question - nosy parker that I am 

Amended - see my later post, with a photograph of the military hospital. 

[rosie99]

What I'm trying to find out is why he was buried there when his family, wife Charlotte and son Desmond, were still in the Lincolnshire/Cambridgeshire area.

Maybe the family could not afford to have him moved back to where they were living.

[BumbleB]

Others buried at St Giles are from various areas of the country.

[JDB307]

Thank you all so much for your help. I look forward to what you can turn up, especially if a photo of the cross can be obtained. We have a gap in John's life from Sep 1917 to Mar 1919 and a prolonged spell in hospital might be the answer.

Jack

[BumbleB]

I'll see what I can do.