14323375 Cpl Clarence William VEATER, 61st Trng. Regt, RAC: 22/02/1945

I have received this request can anyone help out at all, we have no information to give them.
Regards Dave (Ganger04)

I write to ask for your assistance with details of the cause of the death of Cpl 14323375 Clarence William Veater on the 22nd Feb 1945.

Cpl Veater was a Police Constable in Cheshire before the war and our group the Police Remembrance Trust would likely to say a few words of remembrance on the anniversary of his death.

All we have been able to establish so far was that it was an 'accident' which occurred whilst he was serving in the UK.


Casualty Details | CWGC

 

Clarence William Veater
1918–1945
BIRTH 1918 • Chester, Cheshire
DEATH 22 FEB 1945 • Whitby, Scarborough Borough, North Yorkshire, England

UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name: William Veater
Given Initials: W
Rank: Corporal
Death Date: 22 Feb 1945
Number: 14323375
Birth Place: Chester
Residence: Cheshire
Branch at Enlistment: Royal Armoured Corps
Theatre of War: United Kingdom
Regiment at Death: Royal Armoured Corps
Branch at Death: Royal Armoured Corps


England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: William C Veater
Death Age: 27
Birth Date: abt 1918
Registration Date: Jan 1945
[Feb 1945]
[Mar 1945]
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District: Whitby
Inferred County: Yorkshire North Riding
Volume: 9d
Page: 510

A copy of his death certificate would answer your question. Another avenue would be to search newspapers of the day, they often explain the incident leading to a persons death

TD

Corp William Clarence Veater (1918-1945) - Find A...

 

1939 Register

12 Haddon Road, Hazel Grove, Cheshire

Name - DOB - Occupation - Marital status
Annie Beedham (Stanyer) - 12 Aug 1881 - Unpaid Domestic Duties - Widowed
William Veater - 22 Nov 1917 - Police Constable - Single

 

Newspapers just report 'killed in an accident', as suggested death certificate should help or perhaps there was an inquest/coroner's report.
Hoole War Memorial (windows.net)

 

Thanks folks.

 

If you go down the road of obtaining his death cert could you let us know what it says or post a copy - it rounds off the thread for us

Thanks

TD