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frankwilk
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Just got a letter from the CWGC
Dear Mr Wilkinson
I am pleased to tell you that I have now added age and next of kin information to Henry Wilkinson's record.
Thank you for sending in your documentary evidence; the accuracy of our records is of the utmost importance to us.
Henry Wilkinson was KIA on the 31st May 1917 he served with the 1st and 8th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.
Looks like the next path to follow is to update the war memorial in Great Harwood. Henry's name is on the memorial in Arras, but not in Gt Harwood.
He was one of the thousands who have no grave
Edited by - frankwilk on 08/03/2008 09:19:44 AM
Frank Wilkinson Once Navy Always Navy
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moh
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Posted - 08/03/2008 : 11:24
Fortuately my KIA have all the details on there and are on the local memorial.
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frankwilk
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Posted - 08/03/2008 : 12:40
Only posted this to show it is still possible to have the CWGC web site updated if you have the relevant "evidence "
Frank Wilkinson Once Navy Always Navy |
Stanley
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Posted - 09/03/2008 : 07:27
CWGC is one of the most efficient and unsung government departments. Long may they coninue. Can you imagine what will happen when someone eventually decides to cut their funding? It will happen eventually.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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moh
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Posted - 09/03/2008 : 11:09
I hope not - it is a mine of information - each time I find a new ancestor I always check this site - it is amazing how many there are on there. One co-incidence there is no record of a Birtwistle or Birtwhistle being killed in WW1 on there (just been having a big shove with my Birtwistles - the ones that went to Yorkshire changed it to Birtwhistle.)
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Stanley
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Posted - 10/03/2008 : 07:23
Moh, the archive will survive, it's the maintenance of the fraves that impresses me. beautiful work.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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moh
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Posted - 10/03/2008 : 09:26
Lovely memorials to print off too.
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Travis
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Posted - 10/03/2008 : 09:37
There a cd with the details of all WW1 Army casualties. Something like 800,000 names on it. Its called Soldiers Died in the Great War. Very expensive to buy though.
Andy.
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softsuvner
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Posted - 10/03/2008 : 10:05
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission was formed during the First War in 1917 as a non-profit making organisation. Its strength is that it has never changed its name or its objectives, and it has never attracted the kind of leaders who need to make a name for themselves with "big new ideas". Having said that, they have expanded their service with the online register and educational services. All done with the idea of serving the public not politics. Long may it continue this way, I doubt there is a politician who would want to meddle with it.
Some time ago, there was a radio play about the founding of the CWGC. There was a major battle over the design of the memorials. Many people wanted to use their own individual designs, and couldn't accept the idea that all graves should be marked in the same way irrespective of rank or status. Time has proved that the founders were right.
Malcolm
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moh
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Posted - 14/04/2008 : 15:41
Just found a Birtwistle who did die in WW1 but he is not on CWGC - I seem to remember someone has details of soldiers killed - His name was Calmont Birtwistle, son of Enoch & Elizabeth Ellen Birtwistle, he died 16/1/1918 aged 23 and is buried in the Duisans/British Cemetary, France - these details are on the family grave in Trawden (I got details from the Grave Inscriptions book in Colne library - a real gold mine of information) Wonder if anyone knows what he served in.
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Travis
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Posted - 14/04/2008 : 16:10
Calmont Birtwistle died of wounds whilst serving with 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, service number 26350.
Andy
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Travis
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Posted - 14/04/2008 : 18:53
Moh, Ive just took a look at site CWGC and Calmont Birtwistle is on there.
The address given is 13, East View,Trawden. Also he served in "A" Company.
Andy.
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moh
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Posted - 15/04/2008 : 11:10
Strange I could not find him -thanks anyway - will go and have another look - I like to print the certificates off.
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panbiker
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Posted - 08/11/2009 : 11:29
As mentioned in another thread, I have been surveying the Cemetery and Churchyard at Ghyll for the annual distribution of the remembrance crosses on the graves. I have been down about 6 times in the last 3 or 4 months compiling the lists. I did the distribution yesterday and noticed two more plots that I had missed on all my other visits. One was in the undenominational and records a lad who was killed in action in 1944, he is interred in his family plot and appended to the headstone. The other one is in what I consider to be the "new bit" in the churchyard, probably not but the bit that is currently being used for burials behind the church. My mum and dad are down there as is my cousin Winnie who recently died after a tragic road accident. Nestling amongst the rows down there is a CWG style headstone in grey granite that records the final resting place of a local lad who was in the RAF and died in 2005. It goes on, an will continue to do so. All this of course linked in with why we should continue to remember.
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frankwilk
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Posted - 13/11/2009 : 16:48
Areed What a worthwhile thing to do Pan Thank You
Frank Wilkinson Once Navy Always Navy |
panbiker
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Posted - 13/11/2009 : 21:21
Frank, if you look in the recent pictures you will see Gus's pictures of the remembrance service in Barlick. One of the pictures shows two ex- servicemen. The gent on the right is Eric who was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore. He spent the duration in various far Eastern POW camps returning to Barlick some time after VJ Day and eventual liberation. Eric did the remembrance crosses until a couple of years ago. I don't know Erics exact age but I would imagine he is in his late 80's. He was a mate of my dads in the Legion and my dad would have been 92 next year. Eric can't get round as fast as he used to so I thought it would be a good idea to lend a younger set of legs. I'm 56 next birthday and consider myself very fortunate never to have been involved in military conflict. I know that the freedoms that I have enjoyed have been earned by blokes like Eric and my Dad and hundreds of thousands of others who had to fight and of course the many who still do on our behalf. I will keep looking and no doubt finding a few more local lads who I have missed. It is certainly no bother to do this once a year.
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