liverpool annie Posted 3 November , 2008 Share Posted 3 November , 2008 I wonder if I could ask for help please .... I'm looking for WILLIAM WATSON PARKIN but the CWGC and the medal card don't add up do they ? ..... Thanking you in advance Annie In Memory of Private WILLIAM WATSON PARKIN 266247, (3881). 1st/7th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died age 18 on 01 July 1916 Son of John George and Mary Parkin, of 34, Colliery Rd., Nottingham. Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=808251 Medal card of Parkin, William H Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 3881 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 266247 Private Date 1914-1920 http://www.rootschat.com/links/04o9/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 3 November , 2008 Share Posted 3 November , 2008 It's not unusual to find members of the TF being renumbered with six figure numbers this early on especially if they're an MIA, hence being on Thiepval Memorial. There was a laid down period of time before an MIA could officially be described as "Died", this was to give the Red Cross time to conduct queries into whether or not he was a POW. I believe the period for queries was about six months and so this is where these anomalies crop up. I do have an Instruction somewhere at home which was circulated to Records Offices telling them not to send out casualty forms declaring a man 'dead' when he was returned as 'missing' and a casualty could only be declared as 'dead' when all avenues of enquiry were exhausted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liverpool annie Posted 3 November , 2008 Author Share Posted 3 November , 2008 Thanks Graham for that ! I thought maybe they had mixed and matched information on two different men .... CWGC is for William Watson and the medal card is for William H I'm unsure if this is really his medal card Annie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 3 November , 2008 Share Posted 3 November , 2008 Annie, An awful lot of 1/7th Foresters were 'missing' after Gommecourt on 1st July 1916, my Great Uncle being one. Therefore, as they were still not officially regarded as dead by the time of TF renumbering in the Spring of 1917, they were issued with the six figure numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardIII Posted 3 November , 2008 Share Posted 3 November , 2008 Hi, From what I can see Soldiers Died and the 1/7th battalion history both have him listed as William Hudson Parkins, the PRO have him as William H and also confirms the number change. The 6 digit number begining 26 also is correct for a 7th battalion man, Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 3 November , 2008 Share Posted 3 November , 2008 Annie, All of the Medal Rolls/SWB Lists and MIC's are littered with clerical errors. To me you have the right two numbers, Christian and surname. An error has crept in where an 'H' has be substituted for a 'W' or the clerks writing is bad and his 'W' looks like and 'H'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Watch Posted 3 November , 2008 Share Posted 3 November , 2008 Coincidence. I typed in William Watson instead of Parkin on Ancestry and put his no. 3881 and got a hit, William H Watson of Yorks Regiment. Neil Edit. William H Parkin's MIC has Died 01/07/1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebriggs Posted 3 November , 2008 Share Posted 3 November , 2008 Annie Medal Role if it helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liverpool annie Posted 3 November , 2008 Author Share Posted 3 November , 2008 Thank you Gentlemen very much !! I appreciate your help ..... so he really is Hudson !! I was in a quandry whether it was him or not ! I know he died First Day of the Somme .... so everything ties in ... thanks for the medal roll Mike ! Annie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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