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WW1 King brothers

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Hi folks,

Is there enough info here to see if the guys served in WW1, if so any details please.

John King (1887) Pencoyd, Ross
Henry King (1894) Pencoyd, Ross
William King (1897) Pencoyd, Ross

Thanks – Ray
 
A search on Ancestry failed to find them.

However, not all service records have been loaded as yet and only some 40% survived WWII bombing raids.

I also checked the Pension records but there were no obvious candidates.
 
Procat,

Thank you for looking.

I'm trying to find out what happened to them post 1901, guess I will have to try to find another path.

Ray
 
1911 census is out soon Ray. May shed some light on them.

I presume you do not know if they definitely served in WWI and whether they survived?

Doug
 
Hi Doug,

I presume they survived post WW1 as an older family member, now aged circa 80, believes all my granddad's brothers (those named n first post) were all gardeners. I've found a 'possible' one, William King, from Kelly's 1926 - 1929 as a head gardener in Harewood - Ross.

Ray
 
A reasonable assumption to make given the Act. Though there were exemptions for those in essential war time employment, those deemed medically unfit, religious ministers, and conscientious objectors.

The point I was trying to make when I stated "Well, that rules out looking for them on the CWGC site or Soldiers Died Great War." was that if they survived they wont be recorded on those resources as they only have particulars of soldiers who died.

Sorry if I confused you.
 
Hi again Ray,

I just rechecked Ancestry searching with the service number you provided and still no hits for the name King.

There is a medal index card for him. Do you have that?

Doug
 
Doug, I have thanks to this site the medal index card for George King.

Being close to Welsh coal mines I wonder if they were coal miners before gardening in later life. I will research to see if that would have exempted them from war duties.

Thanks again for looking for WW1 records of the brothers of George

Ray
 
Wow, Ray - my wife's family is from that part of the world. Quite a few are buried in Pencoyd churchyard.

Best thing to do would be to see if you can find the Kings in the 1918 Absent Voters List.

Most likely regiments for Pencoyd boys are King's Shropshire Light Infantry (particularly 5th Battalion) and Herefordshire Regiment.
 
Hi Chris

I wonder if Ross had a 1918 absence voter’s register like Birmingham which is where I found George King’s regiment details (Kings Shropshire Light Infantry) as he moved to Brum around 1917? If so I guess that’s a trip down to Hereford, to see if I can trace his brothers, sometime in the future , unless you know of some other way I can access the information.

Wow indeed, my list of ancestry names known thus far down there and Abergavenny are King – Powell – Pettey - Edwards – Edmunds – Hearn(?) and from circa 1914 Matthews. Do any of those match your wife’s family?

I believe I have relatives buried in St Deny’s at least – the aim is to go visit soon.

If you do reply and I do not its only because I’m away for a few days.

Ray
 
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