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Please, I need some help with my wife's gt uncle.
He married into the family in Middlesbro' 1917q4, but was killed soon after:

Rank:Private
Service No:200601
Date of Death:12/04/1918
Age:40
Regiment/Service:Durham Light Infantry 1st/5th Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 8 and 9.
Memorial:PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Elwick; husband of Grace Elwick, of 415, Newport, Middlesbrough, Yorks.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx

I don't have 1911 for Grace Benson, nor the 1954 probate for Grace Elwick, but I'm OK for Grace otherwise.

EDIT Added Grace's birth:
Births Dec 1887 (>99%)
Benson Grace Wigan 8c 81

There are hits for Wm on Ancestry for his WW1 medal card, and the UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919.

I can find the following GRO index hits:

Marriages Mar 1872
BELL Alice Whitby 9d 641
BULMER George Thomas Whitby 9d 641
Elwick John Lynass Whitby 9d 641
THOMPSON Ann Whitby 9d 641

Births Mar 1873
ELWICK Jane Ann Whitby 9d 458

Births Jun 1876 (>99%)
Elwick Alice Thompson Whitby 9d 483

Deaths Mar 1878 (>99%)
Elwick Alice Thompson 2 Whitby 9d 302

Births Mar 1879
Elwick William Moses Whitby 9d 482

Marriages Mar 1898 (>99%)
Abbott Robert North Whitby 9d 635
Elwick Jane Ann Whitby 9d 635
Jefferson Norah Whitby 9d 635
Wilson William Henderson Whitby 9d 635


1881 England Census
Civil Parish: Lythe
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address: Tenement
Registration district: Whitby
Sub-registration district: Lythe
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Piece: 4837 Folio: 74 Page Number: 11

John Lomass Elwick 36 Whitby, Yorkshire, England Head M Plater Labourer (Artizan)
Ann Elwick 31 Lythe, Yorkshire, England Wife M
Jane Ann Elwick 8 Lythe, Yorkshire, England Daughter Scholar
William Moses Elwick 2 Lythe, Yorkshire, England Son
Robert Green 45 Norfolk, England Lodger (Head) (Lodger) General Labourer
Robert Whites 39 Yorkshire, England Lodger (Head) (Lodger) M Brick Layer
Mary Whites 31 Yorkshire, England Lodger M

[Essentially, the same transcription is available at FS: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X3NQ-93F ]

I have nothing after this 1881 transcription for any of them.

Is this Grace?



England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),

Name:Grace Elwick <<Widow

Probate Date:11 Jun 1954

Death Date:23 Apr 1954

Death Place:Wigan, England

Registry:London, England

Probate to Elizabeth Ann Benson £443 0s 7d

1911

Name: Elwick William
[William Elwick]
[William Elwick]
Age in 1911: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Parish of Lyshe, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Coatham
County/Island: Yorkshire-North Riding
Country: England
Street address: 8 Partridge Street Warrenby Redcar
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Blast Furnace Plate Layer
Registration district: Guisborough
Registration District Number: 534
Sub-registration district: Marske
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Piece: 29183
Household Members:
Name Age
Close Charles 36
Close Sarah Ann 35
Close Charles Edward 10
Close Harold Edward 6
Close Joseph William 3
Close Freda Muried 6
Elwick William 32


1901

1901 England Census about William Moses Elwick
Name: William Moses Elwick
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Lythe, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Pinchingthorpe
Ecclesiastical parish: Guisborough
Town: Pinchingthorpe
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Guisborough
Sub-registration district: Guisborough
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4572
Folio: 12
Page Number: 15
Household schedule number: 74
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Fennie Welburn 42
Mary Jane Welburn 39
William George Welburn 12
Arthur Welburn 9
Mabel Welburn 7
Henry Herbert Welburn 4
Alfred Welburn 2
Elizabeth Hannah Webster 37
Annie Cowen 19
William Moses Elwick 22
John Jackson 20
Edward Hall 15

1891

1891 England Census about William Moses Ellwick
Name: William Moses Ellwick
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John Ellwick
Gender: Male
Where born: Lythe, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Whitby
Ecclesiastical parish: Whitby St Mary
Town: Whitby
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Whitby
Sub-registration district: Whitby
ED, institution, or vessel: Whitby Union Workhouse
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3995
Folio: 195
Page Number: 3

His father is also there, occ. Carpenter, married

1911

Name: Grace Benson
Age in 1911: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Wigan, Lancaster, England
Civil Parish: Middlesbrough
County/Island: Yorkshire-North Riding
Country: England
Street address: 415 Newport Road Middlesbrough Yorks
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Servant
Registration district: Middlesbrough
Registration District Number: 535
Sub-registration district: Middlesbrough West
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece: 29273
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pearcy 50
Mary Pearcy 48
Edmund Pearcy 26
Grace Benson 23

looks like probate was to her younger unmarried sister
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
322, Warrington Road, Ince in Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire, England


William Benson Head Married Male 56 1845 Coalmine Fireman (Below Ground) Coxlive, Durham
Ann Benson Wife Married Female 51 1850 - Ince, Lancashire
Frederick Benson Son Single Male 22 1879 Carter For Urban District Council (Night Poll) Ince, Lancashire
Grace Benson Daughter - Female 13 1888 - Ince, Lancashire
Elizabeth Ann Benson Daughter - Female 9 1892 - Ince, Lancashire

Many thanks to you all - all those hits were just the sort of thing I was needing

I missed her on 1911, never dreaming she would work across the country, and I never knew of her marr until my sub had expired. I only found her married name when I found her gravesite in Ince Cemetery. She's buried with her parents and Auntie Annie (Elizabeth Ann). I've heard from my wife's older siblings, and they recall visiting their aunts (they lived together from the 1930s on), and there being a photo of Grace's hubby in uniform on the mantle, but they knew not to ask abt him - it just made Grace quite upset.

What really triggered my queries is my bro-i-l contributes to the British Legion, and this year (100th WW1 anniv'y), he was told he could have someone's name placed on a small wooden cross that's going to be placed somewhere - I'm sketchy on the details. Anyway, I was asked to help find out more abt Wm.

******* Please, can any one give me info on the two military hits for William?

UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about William Moses Elwick
Name: William Moses Elwick
Birth Place: Lythe
Residence: South Bank
Death Date: 12 Apr 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Middlesbrough
Rank: Private
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry
Battalion: 1st 5th Battalion
Regimental Number: 200601
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre



British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 about William M Elwick
Name: William M Elwick
Regiment or Corps: Durham Light Infantry
Regimental Number: 4396, 200601




British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 about William Moses Elwick
Name: William Moses Elwick
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1878
Age at Enlistment: 37
Residence Place: 15 Station Road, South Bank
Document Year: 1915
Regimental Number: 200601
Other Regimental Numbers: 4396
Regiment Name: Durham Light Infantry
Number of Images: 5
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Other Records: Search for 'William Moses Elwick' in other WWI collections
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
William Moses Elwick Self (Head)
John Lynas Elwick Father of The Union, Whitby




International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current about Private William M. Elwick
Name: Private William M. Elwick
Death Date: 12 Apr 1918
Cemetery: Ploegsteert Memorial
Burial or Cremation Place: Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12700726&ref=acom


I'm sure you've already googled and found

http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/view.php?uid=210562

http://goo.gl/3MVaii

alviegal - thanks for that.
No, I hadn't googled - our Pat was going to do that - I think she must have just added the 201562 post. She's out now, childminding my grand-kids, but I'll call her in a couple of hours when she gets home for dinner.