John Paterson, born Cork Ireland in 1891

[jimfrags]

Hi mb,

I am fairly certain that John died in Glasgow, ironicly, I can trace his every movement in Cork,he stayed here with his sister (my grandmother) for a time after the War from late Dec 1918 to March 1919 and corespondence from the Army proves that. I believe that he worked in the Railway Yards in Springburn. On the bright side, the Scots Guards sent me the full service history of Johns brother Alexander,that opened other doors which will ensure that his death in Ypres in June 1916 will be remembered. in some style and perpetuity here in Cork, (lest we forget)

Slan go beo agus go mbeiried beo ar an am seo aris ( health and life to you and that we may be alive again at a time like this) it is lost in translation to English

Jim

[Anne H]

Good luck and enjoy the match!


Anne H

[Montrose Budie]

Hi mb,

I am fairly certain that John died in Glasgow,

OK, then, so most likely Scotland.

One factor that we haven't previously considered properly is that the person registering was birth wasn't a relative and may have got his age wrong or very badly wrong during registration, - far from uncommon a situation.

The possible solution is to visit GROS Edinburgh or one of a number of places around Scotland with access to the GROS system, or get someone to do this for you, and work your way through every single possible death records starting with accurate reported ages based on dob., and moving out from that.

Ditto as regards registration districts, i.e. start with thos in Glasgow, then move out to thos not in the City of Glasgow.

There's a catch, - isn't there always, - simply that if the informant wasn't a relative, then they may have got his parents' names wrong as well.

You could take a flyer and look at all records for Springburn registration district for anything approaching the right age; but then that fails if he died in hospital, for example, with the death registered in the relevant registration district for the hospital.

ironicly, I can trace his every movement in Cork,he stayed here with his sister (my grandmother) for a time after the War from late Dec 1918 to March 1919 and corespondence from the Army proves that. I believe that he worked in the Railway Yards in Springburn. On the bright side, the Scots Guards sent me the full service history of Johns brother Alexander,that opened other doors which will ensure that his death in Ypres in June 1916 will be remembered. in some style and perpetuity here in Cork, (lest we forget)

Slan go beo agus go mbeiried beo ar an am seo aris ( health and life to you and that we may be alive again at a time like this) it is lost in translation to English

Jim

Then I'm forgetting about his army service. Assuming that you are now his next-of-kin it's straightforward to apply for John's service record which should include details of any army pension paid, including when payment stopped. But remember that, if your application is accepted, it can take up to 9 months to get an answer. You could even use an expert in the Kew military records to look up such possible pension records. The pension records were stored at an archive other than the one bombed by The Luftwaffe, so largely survive in their entirity

See also my PM

mb

Aon ghlainne, chan fheàirrde ’s cha mhiste. Dà ghlainne, ’s fheàirrde ’s cha mhiste. Trì glainneachan, ’s miste ’s chan fheàirrde.

Translation: One glass, not the better of it and not the worse of it. Two glasses, the better of it and not the worse of it. Three glasses, the worse of it and not the better of it.


PS who are you supporting tonight in Donetsk ?
mb