Hi Lynne, Yes, I'm pretty sure it's 17 March 1918! The parish burial records detail 1918 so does the CWGC. I have come across 1917 but I think (!) this date is incorrect. However, as I seem to be stuck, I'm trying to keep slightly open minded?!?! Although he was buried at Robeston Watham, he may or could have died at any hospital / home anywhere!?!? ... and then his body brought back home to his family for his burial? I do not have access to Ancestry, so if anyone finds anything on this website that would help me find the death certificate, that would wonderful!!! Thank you! Sorry for the slight misunderstanding on the year. Kind regards and very best wishes, Sarah. On 29 September 2013 22:00, Lynne Ingalls <lynne.ingalls@comcast.net> wrote: > Sarah - > > In your first query, you said David Morgan died 17 March 1918. Now you > have listed 17 Mar 1917. Probably just a typing error, but it would help > those of us trying to help you if we knew the correct year. There are a > number of David Morgan's listed on Ancestry.com. If he was buried at > Robeston Watham Churchyard, wouldn't the county Record Office be able to > locate the death certificate for you? Have you tried e-mailing them? They > were very helpful to me when I made inquiries about where to find my 3rd > g.grandfather's death record - they sent me to the Superintendent > Registrar's Office and, Voila, they had it! > > Another way I found a death record/certificate was to visit the mortuary > that took care of the body before it was buried. A lady from Scotland who > moved to New Zealand was looking for her mother's grave. Her mother had > given her up at birth, so she knew little about her. As it turned out, she > found her mother had died in Tucson. So, I was able to narrow down the > mortuaries, and found the one who had taken care of her mother's remains. > They had records back for over a century and were able to provide the > information the lady from New Zealand needed. > > Lynne > > > -----Original Message----- From: Sarah Reay > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 12:33 PM > To: 'Lynne Ingalls' ; DYFED-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [Dyfed] Looking for death certificate of a WW1 Welsh > Regimentsoldier? > > > Apologies list - further detail on David Morgan! > > David Morgan, Private, 54295, Welsh Regiment. David was born at Robeston > Wathen, the Son of John and Ann Morgan. He had married prior to the war, > and > lived with his wife Rachel at Robeston. David enlisted into the Welsh > Regiment, and was posted to the 15th Battalion, the Carmarthen Pals, > attached to 114 Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division. It is not known when he > moved to France, but he was probably one of a batch of reinforcements sent > to the Battalion after fighting at Mametz Wood, where they lost many men. > David then saw service with the Battalion while they were at Ypres in 1917, > and probably fought at the Pilckem Ridge and Langemarck, before taking ill > and being sent back to Britain for treatment. He died aged 35, on 17 March > 1917, and was buried at Robeston Wathen Churchyard. His widow Rachel > remarried, and became Rachel Williams, of the Police Station, Goodwick, > Pembrokeshire. > > > Lynne, you see there doesn't seem to be a 54295 there at all? > > Sarah. > > > > > >

Sarah - Whether he died at Robeston Watham or elsewhere at a hospital, his body would have had to be prepared for burial. You could first start at the cemetery and ask them which mortuary handled the body. If his body was shipped from a hospital or from home, there is a record somewhere. The Scottish lady who died here in Tucson was on vacation when she died. I was able to find out from the mortuary that she’d had a heart attack at a local resort and died at St. Mary’s hospital. The mortuary had contacted her brother who was living in the U.S. for what to do with her body and effects. Since then, another mortuary bought out the first, but they still had the old records. I will continue looking on Ancestry and FindMyPast, but I think your best bet is to track backwards from the burial to the mortuary. Lynne From: CHRIS REAY Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 2:35 PM To: Lynne Ingalls Cc: DYFED-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Looking for death certificate of a WW1 Welsh Regimentsoldier? Hi Lynne, Yes, I'm pretty sure it's 17 March 1918! The parish burial records detail 1918 so does the CWGC. I have come across 1917 but I think (!) this date is incorrect. However, as I seem to be stuck, I'm trying to keep slightly open minded?!?! Although he was buried at Robeston Watham, he may or could have died at any hospital / home anywhere!?!? ... and then his body brought back home to his family for his burial? I do not have access to Ancestry, so if anyone finds anything on this website that would help me find the death certificate, that would wonderful!!! Thank you! Sorry for the slight misunderstanding on the year. Kind regards and very best wishes, Sarah.

Chris, Are you aware that a book has been published on the Carmarthen Pals? I saw it advertised on the West Wales War Memorials site: http://www.wwwmp.co.uk/ Dai On 29/09/2013 22:35, CHRIS REAY wrote: > Hi Lynne, > > Yes, I'm pretty sure it's 17 March 1918! The parish burial records detail > 1918 so does the CWGC. I have come across 1917 but I think (!) this date > is incorrect. However, as I seem to be stuck, I'm trying to keep slightly > open minded?!?! > > Although he was buried at Robeston Watham, he may or could have died at any > hospital / home anywhere!?!? ... and then his body brought back home to his > family for his burial? > > I do not have access to Ancestry, so if anyone finds anything on this > website that would help me find the death certificate, that would > wonderful!!! > > Thank you! Sorry for the slight misunderstanding on the year. > > Kind regards and very best wishes, Sarah. > > > On 29 September 2013 22:00, Lynne Ingalls <lynne.ingalls@comcast.net> wrote: > >