Have you checked the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website? A name supplied would help us help you. Gail -----Original Message----- From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Vivienne Simmons Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:36 AM To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NMB] Death of a Soldier AGAIN Sorry, I made a mistake in the attached. My g-uncle died in Belgium, not Germany. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vivienne Simmons" <vivienne.simmons@sympatico.ca> To: <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:31 AM Subject: WWI: Death of a Soldier > My g-uncle served with the Durham Light Infantry in WWI, and died in > Germany in 1915. > > Unfortunately, I haven't been able to locate his service records, so > they're probably among those that were burnt. I have, however, found his > death registration in the GRO War Death indices. > > Family recollection is that my g-uncle didn't die in battle. The story is > that he was off-duty and having a bit of a laugh with some other off-duty > soldiers. He was lying on his stomach in a trench, opening a parcel from > home, when he was shot in the buttocks by a stray bullet. He was taken > away by stretcher, laughing and waving at his friends, and that is the > last we know about him. I'd like to be able to confirm the story, and to > know why my g-uncle died from what was, apparently, a non-life-threatening > wound. > > My question is whether it's worth getting the death certificate. Is it > likely to tell me more about where and of what my uncle died? > > Thanks. > > Vivienne > Toronto The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message