I have a DOB for my grandfather's wee brother Hugh McKenna 28 June 1901 at 31 Rosemount Street, Glasgow . Can't find a death or marriage. Same for his brother Peter McKenna Jan 16 1896 Dennistoun, Glasgow. All 3 are on the 1911 census. The grandfather, Charles McKenna 1894-1945 is an Army Pensioner according to death record, is there a site to check on why he was?
Thanks. dennis
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Hugh McKenna
Names of interest: Lennox McKenna Airth Skirving Veitch Laird Drysdale Bennett Colledge Baird Blades Barker Dow Mitchell Perkins Rielly Stewart Tulloch Wright Ure, Ritch Richardson, Whyte
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Re: Hugh McKenna
Hello Dennis,
An army pensioner would be someone who received a pension because of a long period of service in the army, or because he suffered some sort of permanent illness or injury as a result of army service.
The three brothers would likely all have been of military age during WW1. About two thirds of British Army service records were destroyed during WW2 bombing. Copies of what has survived are available at Ancestry. They also have records of WW1 pensioners that were held elsewhere, and copies of Medal Index Cards that are a record of campaign medals issued to those soldiers who served overseas. There are many soldiers with those names and some with just an initial.
If a soldier was still in the British Army after 1920 his record would be with the Ministry of Defence and can be obtained from there at a price of ₤30 and a very long wait. More details here: https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-persona ... ce-records
Do you know anything more about their army service or are there any photos of men in uniform that may be them? Are there any medals lying about that may have a service number and regiment stamped on the edge etc? Did any of the brothers have middle names and what were their parent’s names?
Maybe the missing ones emigrated.
All the best,
Alan
An army pensioner would be someone who received a pension because of a long period of service in the army, or because he suffered some sort of permanent illness or injury as a result of army service.
The three brothers would likely all have been of military age during WW1. About two thirds of British Army service records were destroyed during WW2 bombing. Copies of what has survived are available at Ancestry. They also have records of WW1 pensioners that were held elsewhere, and copies of Medal Index Cards that are a record of campaign medals issued to those soldiers who served overseas. There are many soldiers with those names and some with just an initial.
If a soldier was still in the British Army after 1920 his record would be with the Ministry of Defence and can be obtained from there at a price of ₤30 and a very long wait. More details here: https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-persona ... ce-records
Do you know anything more about their army service or are there any photos of men in uniform that may be them? Are there any medals lying about that may have a service number and regiment stamped on the edge etc? Did any of the brothers have middle names and what were their parent’s names?
Maybe the missing ones emigrated.
All the best,
Alan