Hi
I am just starting to research all the ww1 and ww2 military graves in my local cemetery , i am using the 'Forces War records, site and many of the records state that the person 'died at home' ?
i am sure this cannot be the case as most resided somewhere else.
Anyone have any ideas on this ?
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18-04-2020, 2:37 PM #1
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18-04-2020, 3:07 PM #2
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Hello IanB32,
Welcome to British-Genealogy.
I'm assuming that you've come to us via FWR, and this will explain our connection.
https://www.british-genealogy.com/fo...rs-Please-Read
Do I assume that from
as most resided somewhere else
Perhaps you could give us a couple of examples of names/regiments/years/which database, etc so we can understand exactly to what you're referring.
Alternatively, write direct to FWR who are the people who know all about the records they've indexed. British-Genealogy members are very good at tracing family history and we do have a few who are knowledgeable about military stuff, but your query might fall into the 'extremely specialised' section.
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18-04-2020, 3:24 PM #3
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If you are looking at military graves in your local cemetery which state "died at home" the most likely explanation is that had been released to their homes after being wounded and after being released from hospital - in other words they had been effectively invalided out of the services, but it be counted as a military funeral because they died of their wounds.
Alternatively they may died in a UK hospital, and that would still be counted as home, and then brought back to their home town for burial.
I have been helping my local FHS, create a data base of all military references in the local paper 1914-1918, which is almost complete, and I come across various examples which would fall into those two categories.
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18-04-2020, 3:36 PM #4
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The 'dying at home' possibly referring to dying in the UK as opposed to abroad, is a very logical explanation Megan. And one I'd obviously never thought of.
In which case, there should be death registrations for all those men in the same registration district.
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/
although, even though it's not complete, I find this one easier to use
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Also worth checking out the British Newspaper Archive/newspapers on Findmypast for the area local to where parents/wives lived for reports of the deaths.
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19-04-2020, 8:27 AM #5
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