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william ernest packard the son of william packard and annie mouser died 1920 from tuberculosis.walter edward packard son of walter edward packard and charlotte mary fox died 22 september 1919 one tree i found in 2013 had them the other way round and that he died from wounds suffered when he was tied to a gun carriage as some sort of punishment ww1

Re Walter Edward -

and yet there's this, to confuse the issue -

Ernest William Packard
in the UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-2018
Name: Ernest William Packard
Gender: Male
Death Date: 22 Sep 1919
Newspaper Title: War
Newspaper Place: Uk


re Walter Edward's record -
as the original document said William Edward before the "correction" was made, maybe they "corrected" the wrong bit of the name? Corrected William to Walter instead of Edward to Ernest?
Perhaps they confused the two men?


EDIT:

But here's another record clearly saying Walter on the image:

Walter Packard
in the British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Name: Walter Packard
Regiment or Corps: East Surrey Regiment, Machine Gun Corps
Regimental Number: L/9932, 104908

Re the William Ernest for whom Shirley posted 1911 and the link to the photo -

according to the Ancestry tree which has the photo, he died in Woodbridge, Suffolk in Sept 1920.

This is his death, per the tree;

Ernest W Packard
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Ernest W Packard
Death Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1897
Registration Date: Sep 1920
Registration district: Woodbridge
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 842

The man who died in 1919 wasn't William Ernest ??:

Walter Edward Packard
in the UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920
Name: Walter Edward Packard
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Sergeant
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: Machine Gun Corps
Regimental Number: 104908
Previous Units: 9932 E. Surr. R. Sgt


The image originally had his name as William Edward, then William has been scored out and Walter inserted in red pen.

Thanks ArgyllGran - I had realised that but he may have moved away from where he was born and I had thought that it was a 'war death' but I now realise that he died in Suffolk.

Dea x

That man's buried in Lambeth:

PACKARD
Serjeant 104908
W E

Monday, September 22, 1919
LAMBETH CEMETERY N.2. 305.
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
United Kingdom

Is this the one?


SerjeantPACKARD, W E

Service Number 104908

Died 22/09/1919

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

D C M


Dea x

If it's his service record you are looking for then there's none coming up online

Not many ww1 service records have survived I,m afraid . Many were lost in the bombings of WW2 when the building they were stored in was bombed

Those that have survived are known as the burnt records

There is a picture of him in uniform on ancestry with his mum and sister

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/1305624/person/340088865638/media/265aaf88-000b-4416-ba33-898a51a4cb57?_phsrc=ipD9&_phstart=successSource

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Name: Ernest William Packard
Age in 1911: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Knodishall, Suffolk, England
Civil Parish: Hacheston
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County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street address: Near School, Hacheston, Wickham Market
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Registration district: Plomesgate
Registration District Number: 215
Sub-registration district: Orford
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 2
Piece: 10918
Household Members:
Name Age
William Packard 37
Ann Elizabeth Packard 36
Ernest William Packard 14
Elsie Violet Packard 13
Alice Florence Packard 11
Ethel Annie Packard 10
Frederic George Packard 8
Thomas Charles Packard 7
Ann Elizabeth Packard 6
Constance Maude Packard 2
Mildred Gertrude Packard 9/12

Are you sure that's the right way around of his birth


Ernest William Packard
1897–1920

BIRTH 1897 • Sweffling, Suffolk, England
DEATH 1920 • Trimley St Mary, Suffolk, England

So what info are you asking for please

You are just making a statement

have information regarding war service