Hi Listers, I have found a listing on Wills & Administrations on Ancestry in 1892 for the below but I have a couple of questions associated with it: How do I find out where he died if he was serving in the Regiment at the time? & Could someone explain how/why the Will has been produced not knowing if the Edwin is dead? “Edwin KNILL of Frydd Terrace, Knighton, Radnorshire private in the first battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment died on or since 5 March 1875 at --------------------------------------- Administration Hereford 29 Feb 1892 to James KNILL carpenter Effects £39 7s 8d” Many thanks Gillian Fynes

Hi Gillian The important word here is Administration This means there was no will So what has happened is that he left property or assets behind which at some point someone needed to sell so the rights to that property needed to be settled by obtaining letters of Administration from the Courts Which James KNILL did in 1892 I do not see an obvious death registration (and obviously neither did the Court) That is not to say he did not die overseas but may simply have gone elsewhere , perhaps changing name Many events for overseas were either never recorded or were and never passed back to the GRO in the UK Unfortunately the copy of the letters of administration are unlikely to tell you any more than you have from the Probate Calendars Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Hi Listers, I have found a listing on Wills & Administrations on Ancestry in 1892 for the below but I have a couple of questions associated with it: How do I find out where he died if he was serving in the Regiment at the time? & Could someone explain how/why the Will has been produced not knowing if the Edwin is dead? "Edwin KNILL of Frydd Terrace, Knighton, Radnorshire private in the first battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment died on or since 5 March 1875 at --------------------------------------- Administration Hereford 29 Feb 1892 to James KNILL carpenter Effects £39 7s 8d" Many thanks Gillian Fynes

Hi again It appears two of Edwins brothers also joined the Army , Percival & Walter Both their service records are on Findmypast in the Chelsea Pension records Unusually Percivals records are there despite his dying in service, generally you would not get a pension if you died , there is a copy of his original death certificate stating he died of pneumonia I presume you are in the UK? It may be worth checking your library to see if they have Findmypast as I know some do, the LDS also have it If you do, take a memory stick to save the images to if memory serves there were 16 in all Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Hi Listers, I have found a listing on Wills & Administrations on Ancestry in 1892 for the below but I have a couple of questions associated with it: How do I find out where he died if he was serving in the Regiment at the time? Could someone explain how/why the Will has been produced not knowing if the Edwin is dead? "Edwin KNILL of Frydd Terrace, Knighton, Radnorshire private in the first battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment died on or since 5 March 1875 at --------------------------------------- Administration Hereford 29 Feb 1892 to James KNILL carpenter Effects £39 7s 8d" Many thanks Gillian Fynes