[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Neil

I can see that DOW stands for died if his wounds on the second line.

With silly mistakes like that I wonder how good the rest of the list is.
I also wonder what some of the links are with Ossy when addresses listed are not from Ossy - we even have things like "could have lived in Church" on the list as well as Blackpool, Accrington, Blackburn and Barnoldswick

The correct abbreviation for Died of Wounds is usually written D.O.W., as K.I.A., stands for Killed in Action. In the next to last columm it shows Roll of Hon, that actually refers to the 1922 list of names, and some on there are very tenuous. I once said to Bill Turner if your passing through on the train and you waved at the station master you could have your name on the memorial.

Neil, there is just one thing, where the man lived before he joined up, where his parents lived and also that roll was created in 1922, S.D.G.W., was also collecting names and addresses, thats why why on some the information is incomplete. The C.W.G., were also sending out forms to the last known address, for information on family connections, in 1918 they were also trying to compile a register of absent voters, it is claimed the men themselves filled in the forms, what puzzles me is how can men who have been dead for over two years fill in a form. People were changing addresses, dieing, or just ignoring enquiries.

Thats why it takes a lot of digging to find out as near as dammit what the facts really are

Retlaw.