Survivor of WW1;

[Eiton]

Hi there I am a newbie and am interested to see if anyone can help me find out if my great uncle Reginald Chamberlain served in WW1; I cannot find him on the local census between those war dates; He was born in 1898 in Burton Latimer, but even the towns heritage site cannot tell me what I need to know for my tree research; I have tried national archives but to no avail; Maybe I am doing it wrong. Anyone who has any suggestions please feel free to give advice;
As I do not know which, if any regiment he could have belonged to or his regimental number this has proved to be a difficult task. Also he died eventually in 1955 from TB which could have been cotracted during the War Days i beleive;
eiton;

[Geoffers]

Hi there I am a newbie and am interested to see if anyone can help me find out if my great uncle Reginald Chamberlain served in WW1; I cannot find him on the local census between those war dates;

There were no censuses taken between 1914 and 1918.

He was born in 1898 in Burton Latimer, but even the towns heritage site cannot tell me what I need to know for my tree research;

Have you found him in the 1901 census, with his family?

Do you have his birth and marriage certificates?

I have tried national archives but to no avail

Is this the web-site, or have you been to The National Archives in person and searched the burnt records?

Did he have any siblings who served in WW1, whom you can identify on the medal card index, or CWGC?

Does Reginald CHAMBERLAIN appear in the National Roll of the Great War?

Do you or any other famly members have his medals from WW1?

[elyam]

National Roll WWI shows 1 R Chamberlain he was medically unfit for duty abroad address in Kilburn NW6
elyam

[Mary Young]

Also he died eventually in 1955 from TB which could have been cotracted during the War Days i beleive.
Possible but very unlikely that anyone contracting TB during WWI would survive so long.

[elyam]

I have to disagree my grandmother contracted T.B. as a young woman (probably from milk) and spent a lot of time in sanatoriums yet she lived to 90. My Godmother who had to have part of a lung removed because of T.B. almost made 90 too. People with T.B. did not always die young in the 20th century.

[Mary Young]

As a survivor myself I have to agree not all died of TB. But chance of cure was very poor in 19th and early 20th century.

[Eiton]

Hi Geoffers,

Thanks for your input sorry i knew there were no census's records at that time i just worte it wrongly. I have no birth or marriage certs but i know he was born in 1898 i have him on census in 1901 with his family in Burton. He maynot have gone to war it was just that he did not appear as the rest of the fmaily on the local registers in electoral roles. My husband said he may have a job that meant he was made to stay here. but i never knew what my uncle did as all of my life he was ill. I was born in 1941 and he died abt 1954/5 I still havent found his record of death but i was about early teens.
He was part of my child hood so much i feel i want to find all about his i can.
eiton
To those talking about TB and the length of time one could suffer I know my uncle suffered through my lifetime and before . It was a supposition he may have contracted the disease in the war. Eiton

[Geoffers]

I have no birth or marriage certs but i know he was born in 1898 i have him on census in 1901 with his family in Burton.

Okedoke - if you are researching your family history, you will need these certificates. They are the basic building blocks of research. If you do not know how and where to look for them, or how to obtainc opies, please ask.

but i never knew what my uncle did as all of my life he was ill. I was born in 1941 and he died abt 1954/5 I still havent found his record of death but i was about early teens.

The means to search for death certificates is much the same as looking for birth and marriage records. Again, ask if you're not sure of how to look for them.