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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7749 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 3:33 pm Post subject: What's the opposite of a non-com? |
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This came up on the Great War Forum the other day but I couldn't access the CWGC register at the time.
CWGC has:
ARMOUR, P.
Rank: Private
Service No: S/2482
Date of Death: 14/06/1920
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Grave Reference: N. 56.
Cemetery: TORRYBURN CEMETERY [Fife]
The gravestone is a family one and is inscribed
PETER ARMOUR
Late Gordon Highlanders
Killed at Blairhall Colliery
14th June 1920
http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-ftopic1433-0-asc-0.html
Edinburgh Evening News 16/6/1920 p.3
FIFE PIT FATALITY
As a result of a roof fall in the Coltness Iron Company's Lord Bruce Pit, Blairhall Colliery, Peter Armour (23), residing at Main Street, Low Torrie, had his skull fractured. Death was practically instantaneous.
His medal card shows him arriving in France on 18 December 1914 and posted to the Class Z Reserves on 14 December 1918 having served in the 1st and 10th Gordon Highlanders.
He was awarded a Silver War Badge B.82884 and the record shows him enlisting on 31 August 1914.
My best guess for why he is on the CWGC Register is that he was still a "reservist".
Can anyone confirm that? _________________ Ken |
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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7749 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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I checked this with Terry Denham at IFCP.
He would only count as a reservist if he was embodied at the time.
I cannot explain the inclusion of this man other than by error. A number of names were supplied to CWGC by the military immediately after the war or by NoK who did not strictly qualify (the rules being less understood and still a bit wooly at that time). The current rule on this is that, if it was a genuine mistake at the time, war grave status is not removed but inclusion sets no precedent.
However, it would be wise to see his pension record and death certificate before making any final comment.
His SWB could not have been for a serious wound/illness if he was discharged to Class Z as they were the fittest men due to be recalled first if necessary.
Regards
Terry
Thanks for that Terry.
No sign of a pension record and his death register entry makes no mention of military service.
All the details are as per the newspaper report. He was a coal miner and died from a fracture to the base of his skull.
So it looks like he is on the register by error.
Shame.
Ken |
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