Where can I find cause of death in WW1

djcrtoye · Post by **djcrtoye** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:11 pm

Is there an index which tells the cause of death for ww1. The reason is that we have found a rellie who died in ww1 on the CWGC. Also we have narrowed down the probable action he was killed in. We would like to know if it was illness or any other cause of death. Any help would be welcome

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:21 pm

If its a record that's held by GROS, then you get just the limited info on whether or not the death was in battle, - "kia", - or from wounds sustained, - "dow", and I can't remember the acronym for other causes, i.e. illness/accident, - missing in action, presumed killed. The theatre of war is also given, but you should already have that from the CWGC site.

There may be more detail in a local newspaper, and sometimes not so local, but papers in the area associated with the regiment, e.g. my great uncle Sjt Joseph Young Webster, DCM, was from Montrose, but the Dundee Courier also had a couple of paras on his death, not least since a Black Watch battalion was involved.

Some at least of the Scottish regimental museums have press cuttings books for WWI.

David

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:43 pm

Possibly if you got your rellies service records there might be something about how and where he died in those, but i think you would have to get them from the national archives at kew.

Karen

Bertha · Post by **Bertha** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:13 pm

Hi
If you go into the National Archives website, you should be able to find your rellies Medal Card using the service number on his CWGC record.
It cost £3.00 to download, it may tell you but yet again it just may say KIA but should give the theatre of war he was involved with. I found all my WW1 rellies cards quite easily. The site is www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Good luck
Bertha

donna petrie · Post by **donna petrie** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:18 pm

I got a medal card from the national Archives and all it said was
" presumed dead". So you are right in that you might not get a lot of info there. Donna

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:37 pm

donna petrie wrote:I got a medal card from the national Archives and all it said was
" presumed dead". So you are right in that you might not get a lot of info there. Donna

That phrase is used when the soldier went missing in action. In other words, he was killed in action (or died of wounds in no-man's land), but his body was never recovered.

David

djcrtoye · Post by **djcrtoye** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:03 pm

Have found his cause of death he was killed in action in Belguim 1916

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