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    Question What does this mean

    Can any one help me with this.
    Theater of war BROUGH-SIC
    Thanks Terry

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    If you goggle "Brough-sic" and see what comes up.

    Where did you get your information from

    also search this group for a post by Windmill in 2008
    "uk soldiers died in the Great War"

    As I'm not sure if my answer is right but I think it is when a person is sent home wounded from the theater of war and then dies at home/hospital. The death certificate should tell you this,

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    Not sure if this answers your question.?

    Sic in square brackets is an editing term used with quotations or excerpts. It means “that’s really how it appears in the original.”

    It is used to point out a grammatical error, misspelling, misstatement of fact, or, as above, the unconventional spelling of a name



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    What is the source? Original document or transcription?

    Found on the internet:

    UK Soldiers Died in the Great War:
    Name: Michael Clifford
    Residence: Mallow, CO. Cork
    Death Date: 1 Nov 1916
    Rank: SPR.
    Regiment: Corps of Royal Engineers
    Number: 205403
    Type of Casualty: Died
    Theatre of War: Brough - Sic
    Comments: I.W.T., R.E.

    This appears to be quoting a record from the Ancestry version of a well known database.

    Now look up the same record in the same Ancestry database (UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919). Do this now.

    I think you'll find that it now says Theatre of War: Home

    In other words it was an Ancestry glitch which has now been fixed.

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    Hi Peter.
    I did get this from Ancestery.
    Does this mean he never fought abroad.
    Terry

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    Does this mean he never fought abroad.
    I don't think so, not by itself. But not being able to find a medal index card (well, I can't) does rather suggest that he didn't leave these shores.

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    Hi Peter how would i search for a medal index card.
    Thanks Terry

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    how would i search for a medal index card.
    https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/h...rds-1914-1920/

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