Private 27905 Bernard King
Regiment/Unit: Royal Defence Corps -
Theatre of War: Home
Age at death: 59
Date of death: 4th of June 1920
Born: St.Helens (Census)
Resided: St.Helens
Burial / Memorial: St Helens Cemetery - Sec 20 Grave 1
BMD details:
Mother Teresa Maguire (1824–1866) (BET 1866 AND 71) Death of Father Bernard King(1819–1878), St Helens - age 56
Family details:
Husband of Kate King, 8 Campbell Street, St Helens
Census details:
1871 Census sees 10 year old Bernard living with his father Bernard senior aged 50 (Labourer), Sister Bridget aged 12 and brother John aged 4. 1901 Census sees Bernard living in Merton bank Road with his wife Kate. He is listed as being 40 years old having been born in 1861.
Bernard KING
Private, 27905, Royal Defence Corps
Husband of Kate King, 8 Campbell Street, St Helens.
Sister of Mary Meintyre (Pension Ledgers Index Card Ref 3/D/6664.
Died on 4 Jun 1920 age 59, from "disease" (bronchitis & cardiac disease)
Buried at St Helens Cemetery, section 20 grave 1
No service record or medal card
Likely served in the RDC due to his age and probebly not being considered fit enough for front line service.
[u][b]More work is required to try and confirm if his death is related to war service or if it was a contributory factor.[/b][/u]