Can anyone be recorded as a WW 2 casulty

Question

a relative was injured seriously in WW2 he was a private did not go to public school just an ordinary bloke can I award him the ww2 casualty sticker? asking  as most profiles  are people in peerage/ honoured/etc

The injuries bothered him for the rest of his life

Comments

If they were injured in WW2 then yes, you can add a sticker to his profile.

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There are probably records for him, but might be on paid sites.

Answer 1

UPDATE: In response to your PM for https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lowther-938...

The following should (hopefully) be helpful in helping you out with further research. Your more than welcome to use the following information (and Sharable Ancestry Links) to source his profile and for research itself.

[Please Note: The first source does provide his service number that is always helpful in locating military information.]

1) UK, World War II Royal Artillery Tracer Cards, 1939-1948
Source: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23206132?h=1a217d
Details:
Name:     William Arthur Lowther
Regiment:     Royal Artillery
Military Unit:     1 Survey Regt RA (TA)
Service Number:     914498

2) UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
Source: https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?DetsView=Summary&src=ext&fileid=5416434
Details:
Name:     William Arthur Lowther
Death Date:     18 May 1992
Burial or Cremation Date:     22 May 1992
Burial or Cremation Place:     Greater Manchester, England

3) England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Source: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/23206321?h=48581a
Details:
Name:     William A Lowther
Registration Date:     Jul 1945
[Aug 1945]
[Sep 1945]
Registration Quarter:     Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District:     Manchester
Inferred County:     Lancashire
Spouse:     Florence A Collins
Volume Number:     8d
Page Number:     1186

I do wish you the best of luck in your Journey! :-))

~Brian Kerr

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Thank you for your assistance I know he married Florence in August 1945 in the Holy Name RC Church Manchester and that  his marriage record gives his  detail as craftsman 5254925. The death date is correct

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I actually changed the Death Date from reflecting only the year the actual date within the profile (as reflected on the source).

I just figured that I'll let you take it from there, but I did notice that your source for the marriage date and location isn't reflected on the profile. I wasn't sure if you had realized this.

Anyways, sometimes it takes a little something/help that allows much more information to be located.

~Brian Kerr

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Just a little more helpful information/resources...

Just in case you weren't aware of the following links, these are a good place to start regarding those who lived in England and even served in the England Military.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

https://www.iwm.org.uk/research/tracing-your-family-history

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/archives_01.shtml

http://www.researchingww2.co.uk/order-ww2-service-record/

I can't guarantee anything, but the above is a great start! :-))

~Brian Kerr

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Thank you very much for your assistance

The national archives sadly does not have ww2 records of service men I will explore the other links shortly as I would like to clarify which part of the Army he was in

Thanks once again

Answer 2

Much of genealogy is about ordinary blokes, and they definitely deserve recognition.

If family and friends know that he was injured in the war, you can document what you know in the text of his profile (when and where he served, where he was injured, etc.) and indicate the source of your information (for example, if you heard him tell stories about his experience, you could say that this is what he told the family, and cite yourself: as remembered by Anon Sharkey in March 2021).

The Military and War stickers are not supposed to be restricted to officers, but I suppose that the parameters we are supposed to enter in the stickers (regiments, dates, etc.) might be harder to find for ordinary soldiers than for officers. (I know that I have found it difficult to get the data that the stickers request.) Stickers can be used without adding all of the requested details, and ideally they would be designed so they look OK when the details are not available.

Comments

Thank you I obviously have more unpicking to do to find out more

Answer 3

https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/namesearch/?FirstName=William%20arthur&Surname=Lowther&RecordType=NotSelected&RecordDateStartYear=1700&RecordDateEndYear=2021&Step=1&ReceivedGallantryAward=False