Barbara, Hopefully the other replies to your enquiry have been helpful to you. There are, though, other circumstances, which account for men not being recorded by the GWGC, and of which you may need to be aware. Firstly, some men died after serving in and having already been discharged from the armed forces. These men are not recorded by the GWGC unless they were informed of the deaths and were supplied with evidence which convinced them that the deaths were a direct result of war service. There is a similar case to this, who is listed on our village war memorial and is buried in the local churchyard. Secondly, men who served only "at home" (e.g. in the Royal Defence Corps (a sort of WW1 equivalent of the WW2 Home Guard), reserve units, etc) are not recorded by the GWGC unless they were informed of the deaths and were supplied with evidence which convinced them that the deaths were a direct result of war service. Again there is a similar case to this, who is listed on our village war memorial and is buried in the local churchyard. Thirdly, men who were buried in a "private" (e.g. family) grave are not necessarily recorded by the GWGC. I was involved some time ago in discussions with the CWGC, requesting that they add to their registers a similar case to this. It was plainly obvious that the man in question had "died on war service" but they took some persuading that this was so! If you still do not have the answers to your enquiries and, given that you have dates of death for the men in question, I would suggest that obtain copies of their death certificates and see what they reveal. I hope that the foregoing is helpful to you if you still do not have the answers to your enquiries. Ken. (in West Sussex, UK) P.S. I have checked the "Soldiers died in the Great War" CD-ROM but was unable to find your men. K. -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Dennis <tdennis@ihug.co.nz> Sent Subject: [GREATWAR] Deaths not found on the CWG Site > I have been given new names to follow up on with regards to my tree. > Their dates of death at first glance would seem that they died in > WW1 & the ages would also tie in to that. > I have searched the war graves site for a reference to them with no > luck, using just first initial, & alternative spellings. > Can anyone suggest another way of confirming if they were in the war or not. > Names given are: - > James Hall JOHNSTON died 13 Jan 1916 aged 32. > Archibald WILSON died 13 Oct 1917 aged 56.(Maybe too old for the war?) > David McNaught WILSON died 10 Oct 1917 > I located a brother of James Johnston recorded with an 'e' who was > part of the Lincolnshire Regiment & was killed 28 April 1917. > Grateful for any help provided. > Barbara D > Auckland, NZ > All are from UK or Scotland by birth.