Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.124 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Education & Career :
Music Publisher, London (1894).
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Not Yet Known |
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| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Service No. 34147.
Attested as a Private 11.4.15 and posted as such. The next day, promoted to Sergeant. His service continues until February 1918 where he may have been discharged being "no longer physically fit". Bronchitis is quoted and a discharge addres of 17 Camlyn Street, Rhyl. N. Wales. He was the Brigade Bandmaster, but only on home service.
His service records show the confusion about his age, amusingly citing that at the age he married, he would have been 6 years old.
Detail :
Probate: HANSFORD, John Robert of 89 Ermine, Road, Ladywell, Lewisham, Kent died 26 February 1919. Probate London 10 May to Frederick William Cox, salesman. Effects £419 3s. 5d.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Royal and Loyal No. 2952 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
9th February 1894 | 16th March 1894 | 13th April 1894 |
Petitioning and Joining member of The Royal and Loyal Lodge No. 2952 at its consecration on 20th January 1903. He is reported to have joined from New Cross Lodge No. 1559. On their records it shows that he was Excluded after at least 3 years of arrears from around 1900, and having joined in 1894 as an initiate.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley