Llanbyther Sanatorium

I have found a death of a soldier in 1915. It states that he died at 'Home'. His theater of war was 'Home'.

I have also found that he died in Llanbyther Sanatorium.

Now sanatorium to me means Consumption also known as TB.

Would I be correce in my assumption?

 

Having had a rummage round the interwebby, it does seem that the sanatorium was geared to mainly TB cases - to at least as late as the 1950s.

 

Thanks Jan. last evening I took a walk around the local cemetery. I see that sometime in the past 10 years 4 head stones have been placed about there. They are all for men who died in town or from town. I don't know who placed them there, they are very reminiscent of the sort of headstone you see in the war graves. I think they are made of blue slate. Probably slate because they are in Wales.

It was while searching one of these casualties that I found a mention of the sanatorium.

Here is one

 

This may explain Terry

http://www. cwgc.org/media/317921/maintaining_standards_in_the_uk.pdf

 

Thank you very much Doug, that explains a lot. I hadn't realised that there were individual grave markers in this country. I always thought they were just remembered on cenotaphs and in the war cemeteries in Europe.

Thanks again.

 

Yes, we have white ones as well. They can usually be found in the cemeteries, but there are some in the churchyards - depending upon the church.

More than likely.

 

I wonder if other parts of the country or other countries have different stone or is it Just Wales that has this?

 

My understanding (right or wrong) was that the CWGC was set up to remember those who gave their lives during WW1. But it would appear that I have got that wrong.

Even though some men don't appear on cenotaphs for the fallen, as they didn't actually die in the great war, the CWGC have still erected stones in their memory.

Take my thread here. This man joined in 1915. He was discharged in 1916 due to ill health, and died in 1921. The CWGC have erected a marker in our cemetery to commemorate the chap.

So it looks like my initial understanding was wrong. It isn't only for the fallen, it also encompasses those that served during the war.

 

According to this page http://www. cwgc.org/about-us/faqs.aspx the CWGC covers deaths for the period 4 August 1914 to 31 August 1921. I am guessing that if he died as a result of ill health due to something he contracted while serving and the death was within the time frames they would maintain the grave.

 

Thanks Doug.

Yes, he falls within the time-frame. He died on 15th July 1921. He apparently contracted the disease in 1908 in Birmingham. He wasn't in the army or territorials then but as he served and died within the allotted time, the CWGC have given him a marker.