Thanks to Polly, Ken and John, especially for that last idea. I'd not realized there was a third column there. Given that it's only an additional 75p for the will rather than the death cert, I think I'll go for the will. Regards P On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 6:12 PM, John Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul > Not sure if you have checked but I think that the logical route would be to > apply for his will which is listed amongst the soldier's will on > https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills > > Regards > John Hanson, researcher, the Halsted Trust, www.halstedresearch.org.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Howes via > Sent: 20 March 2016 20:05 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [G] Military help, please > > A correspondent today sent me a photo of a gravestone for a G Howes buried > in Norwich (England). He died in service of his country from wounds on 27 > Dec 1917, aged 29. The Commonwealth War Graves site lists him as Gordon > Howes but Ancestry and others have him as George all identifiable with his > service number, 14301. > > Because he was a Private with the West Yorkshire Regiment, some years back > we had associated him with a George Howes, born in Scarborough and living in > Leeds in 1911. That may well be true but we have no positive proof and had > left a cautionary note on the man's record. No relatives were listed on any > of the records we could see at the time. > I cant find this man's enlistment papers. So it appears that his records > were among those burnt. > > Since I last looked at this man, some extra information has come online, > viz, the Register of Soldiers' Effects at Ancestry. These records can > sometimes show the name of a survivor to whom any payments were made. In > this case it shows "OSB". I'm not a military expert and have no idea what > OSB might mean in that context. Officer Selection Board does not seem > appropriate. Anyone have any idea? > > Then in the right hand column, it says "Dorothy May (Daughter) born 1.6.18" > and "Child as above". I can't find a birth of a Dorothy May Howes in 1918. > > And just to confuse things a little farther, perhaps, FMP has a transcript > of Soldiers of the First World War which identifies the same man by Service > Number and Regiment, says he enlisted in York but was born in Norwich! > > He clearly died in Norfolk and there is a death registration for him in Q1 > 1918. Has anyone obtained a death cert for a serviceman who died "at home"? > Does it list his home residence? I expect his death was certified by an > Army surgeon and he was buried locally and people may not have known his > home address. Were servicemen's bodies sent home for burial if within the UK > and thus I should look harder among potential Norfolk men, and buy the death > cert because there's a higher probability that he will have been local? > > Anyone have any clues about how to confirm this man's family, please? TIA. > Paul > > > > -- > Paul Howes > Chairman, Guild of One-Name Studies www.one-name.org www.howesfamilies.com > Researching House, Howes, Hows, Howse & Howze worldwide > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > -- Paul Howes Chairman, Guild of One-Name Studies www.one-name.org www.howesfamilies.com Researching House, Howes, Hows, Howse & Howze worldwide