Is it possible that he was awarded the MC posthumously? And even later than the memorial was built? I know of one incident in WW2 when a ship was torpoed in July 1941 but the George Cross wasn't awarded (posthumously) to its recipient until April 1947. Pam On 03/03/2014 10:43, elizabeth howard wrote: > Hi Nivard, I would have expected that too . An MC is worth > shouting about, but nothing on either memorial . The CWGC shows Mrs Vera > Frost at 12 Eden Vale , Sunderland but like you I couldn`t find a marriage > for them .......and that explains the second address on the medal card. but > the first address was Wisbech Road, Norfolk, . And I think the Frosts of > Downham West would certainly be considered as on the Wisbech Road. He is > an interesting chap and I would like to claim him ........not for nothing > were serving soldiers commissioned, and not for nothing were soldiers > awarded the MC .....now to find the citation . > > > > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 11:42 PM > Subject: Re: [NFK] JOHN W FROST > > >> Hi Elizabeth >> >> I could not find a Vera FROST or marriage to one, different names at >> that address in 1911 >> >> This man has a Military Cross and I would have expected that to be >> mentioned on a memorial, is it? >> >> UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about John William Frost >> Name: John William Frost >> Death Date: 23 Mar 1919 >> Rank: Lieutenant >> Regiment: Northamptonshire Regiment >> Battalion: 2nd Battalion >> Decoration: MC >> Type of Casualty: Died >> >> From the CWGC >> >> FROST, JOHN WILLIAM >> Rank: Lieutenant >> Date of Death: 23/03/1919 >> Age: 29 >> Regiment/Service: Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Bn. >> Awards: M C >> Grave Reference I1. 224. >> Cemetery OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY >> Additional Information: >> Husband of Vera Frost, of 12, Eden Vale, Sunderland. >> >> Supplement to the London Gazette 17th January 1919 (p)873 >> >> North'n R - 2nd Lt. J.W. Frost, M.C., to be Lt. 8th Oct. 1918. >> Lt. J.W. Frost, M.C., is placed on the h.p. list on account of ill >> health caused by wounds. 18th Jan 1919. >> >> (h.p. = Half Pay) >> >> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >> >> On 02/03/2014 14:45, elizabeth howard wrote: >>> Hi , another puzzle .....going on the basis that most of these >>> young men were born between 1885 and 1895 I tried the 1891 and 1901 >>> census for John Frost, and came up with a family of John and Eliza >>> with children living in Bridge St , Downham. By 1911 the family are >>> in Downham west but no sign of John ......however the Medal Cards >>> show a John William originally Corp 19th Hussars , who was later >>> commissioned into the Northants Regt .....he was commissioned in >>> April 1917 . No happy ending here, the Matron of Templeton House , >>> Roehampton , forwards the claim of 2nd Lt JW Frost to 1914 star, in >>> Dec 1917 , and Mrs J W applies for medals due to her LATE son ,. he >>> died in March 1919 . And the address given for Mrs J W Frost is 2/ >>> Wisbech Road, Norfolk. but alongside that is 12 Eden Vale , >>> Sunderland. in a later hand ...... What does the list make of this >>> man ? is he the missing John Frost on our memorial ? His mother >>> was Eliza Frost but her husband had been a John Frost so would she >>> call herself Mrs J W as widow ? is that even relevant ? >> -------------------------------