birkettm Posted 1 October , 2004 Share Posted 1 October , 2004 Could someone check SDGW for me and if possible mail the print out? Much appreciated. 35748 Pte Edward Scott 15/Durham Light Infantry. Fell 16 September 1916. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 1 October , 2004 Share Posted 1 October , 2004 Could someone check SDGW for me and if possible mail the print out? Much appreciated. 35748 Pte Edward Scott 15/Durham Light Infantry. Fell 16 September 1916. Thanks! Different number to the one you supply, but I presume this is the same chap? Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkettm Posted 1 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 1 October , 2004 certainly is. can you put the whole certificate on so i can print it out? Thanks a lot.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 1 October , 2004 Share Posted 1 October , 2004 certainly is. can you put the whole certificate on so i can print it out? I can....but what I've scanned is all there is to it really. The rest is just details about the Naval and Military Press. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 1 October , 2004 Share Posted 1 October , 2004 certainly is. can you put the whole certificate on so i can print it out? I can....but what I've scanned is all there is to it really. The rest is just details about the Naval and Military Press. Dave. Here you are. (Sorry for my confusion, I'm just a little phased by you wanting what is basically a third of a sheet of blank A4 plus an advertisement about the N&MP - it's not an official "certificate" of any description, you know.) Here it is anyway. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkettm Posted 2 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 2 October , 2004 Champion. It means i know where it came from... Thanks very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkettm Posted 2 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 2 October , 2004 Can you also do the one for: 19781 Private Charles Wilson 11/Northumberland Fusiliers. Sorry to be a pain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 2 October , 2004 Share Posted 2 October , 2004 Can you also do the one for: 19781 Private Charles Wilson 11/Northumberland Fusiliers. Sorry to be a pain! In the same format as the last one, I suppose? Here it is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkettm Posted 2 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 2 October , 2004 Cheers Marra. Throws up an interesting one cause ive got a copy of his death cert that says he was 11/NF. Ta! Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 3 October , 2004 Share Posted 3 October , 2004 Cheers Marra. Throws up an interesting one cause ive got a copy of his death cert that says he was 11/NF. Ta! Marc Marc. There are many errors in SDGW (even more than in the original volumes on the CD-ROM). I'd go along with his death certificate, if I was you. Dave. (By the way - I haven't looked- which battalion does the CWGC listing give?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkettm Posted 6 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2004 I have a copy of the cert that would have went with his death plaque which states 11/NF, his CWGC states "Depot Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers", and SDGW states 10/NF. Which is correct do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 7 October , 2004 Share Posted 7 October , 2004 I have a copy of the cert that would have went with his death plaque which states 11/NF, his CWGC states "Depot Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers", and SDGW states 10/NF. Just a thought - he was seriously wounded & returned to UK for hospital treatment. He would have been posted to held strength Depot while in hospital where he later died. Does my theory hold water??? All The Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkettm Posted 7 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 7 October , 2004 Possibly, he is buried in Tynemouth. However his certificate says died of wounds france and flanders so my working theory till now was that his family brought him home to be buried. Its a stretch though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 7 October , 2004 Share Posted 7 October , 2004 He certainly was not brought home for burial. Such practice was banned in mid 1915 and no 'other ranks' were returned even before this date - only officers. SDGW contains many similar errors. There are many entries which state they died in F&F but, in fact, were returned wounded only to die in the UK. However, it is possible that he died aboard a ship returning him for treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkettm Posted 7 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 7 October , 2004 If you have any suggestions as to find out once and for all im happy to follow them up. else it may just have to remain a great unknown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 8 October , 2004 Share Posted 8 October , 2004 SDGW contains many similar errors. There are many entries which state they died in F&F but, in fact, were returned wounded only to die in the UK. However, it is possible that he died aboard a ship returning him for treatment. I'm not too sure that it actually is an error. There's the possibility that SDGW purposely lists the theatre where their cause of death (ie. wounding) occured, even if they actually died at home. In other words, he died at home of wounds received in F&F. I believe that there are too many of these occurances in the volumes of SDGW for it to be an error. I think it's more a case of how you interprate the info that it supplies. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birkettm Posted 25 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 25 October , 2004 Just a thought - he was seriously wounded & returned to UK for hospital treatment. He would have been posted to held strength Depot while in hospital where he later died. Does my theory hold water??? All The Best Chris Well done Chris! See his MIC below. It clealy states D of W. Ta Marc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottsGreys Posted 26 October , 2004 Share Posted 26 October , 2004 Marc: Based on the start of this thread, I thought you might like to see a 15th DLI guy who died the same day as your Edward Scott. Name: DICKINSON, THOMAS Initials: T Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Durham Light Infantry Unit Text: 15th Bn. Date of Death: 16/09/1916 Service No: 20085 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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