I don't want to appear negative but a lot of that article does not "add up" & I think some assumptions
may have been made
and it had identified a George M Green who lived at 39 Belvoir Street, Princes Avenue, Hull in the 1940s who was a Civil War veteran
How had it identified him at that address? By the 1940's he would have been approaching 100yr if born 1845?
This week he was also sent a brief record from the US Veterans Affairs Master Index, citing a George M Green, Corporal, Co. B, 15th Maine Infantry, born April 5, 1845, resident at the Sailors Home, Hull, England - but the record is undated.
Born where? England or USA
Michael said the group had discovered that George M Green claimed a veteran’s pension from England in 1921. He had served in the 15th Maine Volunteer Infantry, and a further article in the Portland, Maine, Evening Express from May 1947 mentioned him, giving his address as Waterloo Cottage, North Marine Road, Flamborough.
Via Google
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ou cannot claim a UK pension for American Civil War service
, as UK war pensions are for service in the British Armed Forces. For claims related to American Civil War service, you would need to contact the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and provide documentation, though this is likely not possible for someone in England with no US contact. Historically, some US veterans living in England received pensions directly from the US government. If he served in a war from 1861-1865 - why would he only be claiming a Veterans pension in 1921?
By 1947 he would have been 102 if he was b 1845.