Strange place of birth on WWI pension records

[cornishwalker]

Hi
I'm trying to work out why there is a strange place of birth for my G.Grandfather

On his pension record for 14-18 war it has place of birth

Duetta, Balichestown

or thats what ancestry makes it it could be Quetta

Can anyone give me an idea why this would be on his records
Thanks in advance

[Kiltaglassan]

On his pension record for 14-18 war it has place of birth
Duetta, Balichestown

Quetta is in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta

[cornishwalker]

Hi
Thank you, but this is totally confusing as I know he was British and his mother came from Brighton. His father has been a mystery but I have finally traced him as Frank Edwards so I have no idea how there is a reference for birth in Quetta. The records are correct as I have his medals and the service number is on them....Hmmmm another puzzle.

[Ayashi]

If the father was also in the military or had certain professions that sent him across the world the family could have travelled to different countries. My grandparents were both British but had their children in multiple different countries due to military travel. The children are nevertheless still British and now live back here in the UK.

If his mother raised him without the father, it could be another member of the family (such as grandfather) or his mother may have had the profession, such as being a servant to a rich family able to move around.

[cornishwalker]

Thank you, I will keep looking, His father was an architect in London and I have no other military people in the tree, He did not have a birth cert after he married and this could be why the place is so strange. another of the great family tree mysteries....:-)

[Neale1961]

If you would like help, then you would need to post name, dates, place, WW1 details, etc.

[cornishwalker]

Victor Luck 445 rifle brigade
born 1886
enlisted 25.4.1904
Army reserve 24.4.1907
Mobilised 5 august 1914

please ask if you need anything else

[Jebber]

As Neal says,  nobody can do much to help without some names and dates.

Were his parents married when he was born. If not you should look for his birth in his mother's maiden name. Could his mother have been one of the many women who went out to India at that time to work, often for military families. That could explain a birth in Quetta which at that time was India, Partition was not until 1947.

Have you found his mother in all the appropriate Census prior to his birth.

As Ayashi has already told you, you can be born in different countries and still be British. My own family are all British but born in Malta, Gibraltar, Singapore,Hong Kong, Canada, Grenada and Africa to name but a few countries. It is the same with most military families.

[Jebber]

You mention his pension record but do not say if you have read his service record where he names his father as Robert Henry Luck.