Gay Flier

[Cramond Brig]

Hiya,

I know you are looking for burial information, but can I ask - have you found the death registration?
Or would a Canadian national / First Nation Canadian soldier's death not be registered in Scotland even though he died there?

Looby

Probably not as he was a serving soldier. Had a look, though, using the name we have, but nothing. Thanks for the idea.

So a serving soldier's death would be registered in his own country - and you obviously haven't found that in Canadian records 

Looby

Can't find him anywhere at the moment. This may mean we do not have the correct name.

[MonicaL]

  He died in the Merryflats Military Hospital, Govan. By law, his death would need to be registered at the registry office there I would think. How it was reported back in Canada I don't know.

Monica

[IMBER]

Monica is correct about the death having to be registered in Scotland. Apart from that if he was still serving he would qualify for commemoration by the CWGC. However, difficult to know what name to search under on their database. The chances are that he is there somewhere. If he was still serving then someone would be keeping tabs on the outcome and that would have made its way into military records and, ultimately, to the CWGC.

Imber

[Cramond Brig]

Monica is correct about the death having to be registered in Scotland. Apart from that if he was still serving he would qualify for commemoration by the CWGC. However, difficult to know what name to search under on their database. The chances are that he is there somewhere. If he was still serving then someone would be keeping tabs on the outcome and that would have made its way into military records and, ultimately, to the CWGC.

Imber

No doubt, the name is a problem. His death may have been registered but not in his First Nations name.

[IMBER]

Some possible sources to pursue:

http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c8510/13?r=0&s=1

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/Pages/introduction.aspx#g

Imber

[MonicaL]

Alan, is the timeline you are thinking of that this soldier was part of the group who arrived in Glasgow on 9 December 1916 and became ill and admitted to hospital then?

Just been looking at newspaper reports for William Freer in the Scotsman (Glasgow Herald hard to search after 1900). Just as an aside, I see that William Freer and family lived at 33 Montheith Row. My father and his family were living at 30 Montheith Row at this time. World is small.

You mentioned you had found out about this soldier from writings by William Freer. Guessing there was little detail other than what you mentioned.

Monica

[loobylooayr]

Re. CWGC. I had a look for a Canadian soldier buried in Glasgow in 1916 /17 and couldn't see any. There were about 7 Canadian servicemen buried at Ayr in Ayrshire during this time but the regiment was different  :
Unless I missed something   
Looby

[Cramond Brig]

Some possible sources to pursue:

http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c8510/13?r=0&s=1

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/Pages/introduction.aspx#g

Imber

Thank you.

[Cramond Brig]

Alan, is the timeline you are thinking of that this soldier was part of the group who arrived in Glasgow on 9 December 1916 and became ill and admitted to hospital then?

Just been looking at newspaper reports for William Freer in the Scotsman (Glasgow Herald hard to search after 1900). Just as an aside, I see that William Freer and family lived at 33 Montheith Row. My father and his family were living at 30 Montheith Row at this time. World is small.

You mentioned you had found out about this soldier from writings by William Freer. Guessing there was little detail other than what you mentioned.

Monica

Hi Monica, it's Alistair not Alan We have tracked down a copy of the book in the National Library of Scotland, so will book to read it. We did find another Canadian that died in Merryflats but not until 1919, and there is no indication that he was First Nations.

Alistair