Am I missing something here?

This man is buried in my local Cemetery (St.Helens) but I am not able to find him on CWGC.......Even though he clearly has CWGC Headstone?

 

See this thread.

CWGC Headstone Shapes

 

I think the death of Pte H P Thomas may be connected with the explosion at the RAOC Unit at Savernake, Wiltshire on 2 January 1946.

Savernake explosion victims remembered in special service | The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald

If this is the case, Pte HP Thomas should qualify for a CWGC headstone rather than a MOD one, the qualifying period for a WW2 CWGC headstone being 3 September 1939 to 31 December 1947

 

Service records are at TNA:

Search results: 4541474 | The National Archives

 

I think:

Harry Parry Thomas, probate states died 16 Jan 46, "of Rainhill Hospital, Rainhill near Liverpool", a psychiatric facility. According to Wiki "From 1938 to 1949 the admissions part of the hospital served as a Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital".

WW1 service with King's Liverpool Regt.

 

Its a non com headstone

 

His son was killed a few weeks later .

Corporal EARLE HENDRY THOMAS
Service Number: 14243990
Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Engineers
873 Mechanical Equipment Coy.
Date of Death Died 30 April 1946
Age 22 years old
Buried or commemorated at RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY 7. G. 5.
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
Country of Service ;United Kingdom
Additional Info
Son of Harry Parry Thomas and Miriam Thomas, of Liverpool.
Personal Inscription ;-
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR BROTHER EARLE. SADLY MISSED BY HIS SISTER EDNA


Kyle

 

Courtesy of GRO £3 digital download. Not classed as "war dead", hence (as per Owen's link in post #2) headstone (notched type) is correct.

Kind regards, and a thought for the departed, always,

Jim.

 

There is a WW1 Award Roll for Harry Parry Thomas, King's Liverpool Regt, with service numbers 2023 & 240485.

Interestingly FMP and TNA have a WW1 Military Medal award for 240485 plus another for a Bar, both of these awards are in the London Gazette. The FMP and TNA copies of the records show initials as CHP but I believe these were misread from the a LG entry which showed L/C.H.P. Thomas, the service number is consistent.

The question therefore why did the award not get mentioned on his headstone or have we the correct man? The Probate record and the certificate posted by JimHerriot show the same date of death as the headstone.

 

As confirmation that the grave is Harry Parry Thomas, burial record can be found here:
St.Helens Council

Edit: just noticed that age states 41 whereas certificate 51 !!

 

Thank you everyone - every day is a school day!!!!

 

Born 30th January 1894 hence 51 at time of death (died a couple of weeks shy of his 52nd birthday).

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

 

Like sign on the inside of the latrine door. "Check your work!"