Genealogy Chat

In remembrance of my great uncles Horace Hurt Private, Machine Gun Corps 9th Battalion. Died 9 Feb 1918 aged 19. William Dunn 6th Light Armoured Motor Battalion Died 31 July 1920 aged 23 in Iraq. They were in the Otterman Empire after the war. Thinking of all the people who lost their lives as a result of all the wars. Lin

Patrick Collins (brother of Thomas, our > grandfather) died in Ypres, Belgium? I've got a copy of a leaflet published by Deorwenta Publcations, Blackhill, Co > Durham (St. Mary's War Memorial) and it reads as follows: > '5332 Patrick Collins DCM Age 27: P Collins, one of twelve children, was a > son of Thomas Collins, originally from Co. Monaghan, Ireland and Mary Anne Collins, neé Duffy, from Berwick on Tweed, whose family came from County Armagh, Ireland. Patrick was born on 15 July 1889 and the family lived at 29 Waltons Row, Blackhill, Co Durham. He enlisted at Newcastle on Tyne, to join the 6th Battalion, Connaught Rangers in Co Cork, Ireland, attached to the British Expeditionary Force. On Friday 9 March 1917, he died of wounds and is buried at Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetry, Heuvellland, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave reference: M81. After his death, his mother was presented with the DCM at the Olympia Cinema, Blackhill, when his courageous advance into no-man's-land was commemorated on stage. and also: James Erly is also buried in Ypres: James Erly, Private 14054, 2nd Bn.,Northumberland Fusiliers who died on Monday, 24th May 1916, age 33, son of Margaret Erly, of 5, Hilda St, Station Rd., Ossett, Yorkshire and the late James Erly. Always remembered!! Betty

For Frank Cox... died 1917 in France For all the Canadian soldiers who have died in Afghanistan

For ALL the men who died, particularly those in WW1, leaving a generation of women to unfulfilled spinsterhood. Where have all the young men gone, Gone to graveyards everyone When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn? Lest we forget. OC

Pte Tom Jackson aged 18, 10th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment died 1st July, 1916 - Somme - buried in France Pte John Swarbrick aged 20, Machine Gun Corps died 2nd April, 1918 - buried in France Pte John Edward Forshaw, aged 20, 2/4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment died 16th May, 1918 - buried in France Pte Thomas Rigby, aged 28, 1/4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regiment died 15th June, 1918 - no known grave RN Telegraphist John James Harrison, aged 22 died 6th June, 1944 - D-Day - buried in France Pte Frederick Herbert Swift, aged 21 died tragically in 1942 in a training accident buried Preston, Lancs. Pte Nicholas Rushton, aged 22, Manchester Regiment died 1942 - buried in Singapore All so far from home - we will remember them all.

Frederick Notzke - Private London Regiment - killed in action on the Somme 16/9/1916 aged 20. Wilfred Coombes - Private Gloucestershire Regiment - killed in action at Passchendale 21/10/1917 aged 20. Ronald Jerrard - Musician Royal Marines Band, lost with HMS Barham 25/11/1941 aged 29. Robert Dashwood - Ordinary Seaman Royal Navy, lost with HMS Esk 1/9/1940 aged 20. Always remembered xxx

Lest we forget them who have died since, our dear and sweet friend Kenny and many of our friends who have died in Bosnia Ireland and the Faulklands also the Gulf and Iraq war and keep my nephew safe in Afghanistan. God Bless them all Helen

In memory of my great grandfather Charles Standish died in France on the Sept. 16, 1916 leaving a wife and two little girls one of them my grandmother. Also my father's cousin Willie Crowther who died March 13, 1917 aged only 19 leaving behind grieving parents, aunties and cousins. He died 10 years before my father was born but was still talked about with sadness. God bless them and all the fallen. Susan

Corporal Edward Sheppard Royal Warwickshire Regiment died 14 July 1916 aged 34 my grandad-never met my dad who was born 30 June 1916 mariexx

What an amazing thread, it brings tears to my eyes. Well thought. Hugs. x

My Great Uncle Arthur Sheppard of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment killed in action in WWI at the Battle of the Somme in France 18 July 1916 age 26. Carol

My grandad's uncles: brothers aged 19 and 21, who died within days of each other John Coates Poole, of Rotherhithe Royal Garrison Artillery enlisted Stratford, Essex Service No: 29297 Rank: Gunner Theatre of war: France and Flanders Killed in action 28 July 1916 George William Poole, of Rotherhithe enlisted Camberwell Service No: L/15196 Rank: Gunner Theatre of war: France and Flanders Died of wounds 23 July 1916

Remembering my dads 2 brothers killed in WW2 l have yet to find their names but l will one day so we can remember them properly and to give them their rightfull place on the family tree. Pam

I shall be wearing my poppy with pride in honour of all the fallen, but especially my uncle Mick (WW1) my cousin John (WW2) my soulmate Jonno (Northern Ireland) RIP all the fallen, wherever and whenever, regardless of nationality Jay

Remembering my great uncle Frederick Smith from Preston Lancashire The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Died 30/07/1917 aged 18 YPRES Menin Gate memorial and to those in my family I have not yet traced God Bless Sharon

My mum's adored cousin: Pilot Officer John Allen Ovens, RCAF, November 7, 1943, age 26 I wish we could have known you.

17-year-old Herta Loebenstein, who fled Nazi Germany for safety in South London in 1939, we set out to find what became of the Jewish teenager................................ Herta's story emerged when a suitcase belonging to her was found recently at a house in Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, where she worked as a servant................................ It was full of letters and photographs from her family in Germany and her fiance? Heinz Boley in New York.................... Staff at Lambeth Archives who catalogued the discovery knew Herta had planned to take a ship across the Atlantic to join Heinz. but sadly there was to be no happy ending..................................... A researcher found Herta on a website for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission - she had been killed in an air raid during the Blitz of 1940 and buried in Camberwell................................. The full entry reads: 'In memory of civilian Hertha Loebenstein. Civilian war dead who died age 20 on 13 September 1940...................... 'German refugee; of 72 Half Moon Lane. Daughter of Charles Loebenstein, of Hanau, Main, Germany........................... 'Injured 12 September 1940, at 72 Half Moon Lane; died at Dulwich Hospital. Remembered with honour, Camberwell Metropolitan

www.greatwar.nl see this site the horrors of war. In memory of all who lost their lives.

The Green Fields of France Well how do you do, Private William McBride Do you mind if I sit here down by your grave side? A rest for awhile in the warm summer sun, I've been walking all day and I'm nearly done. And I see by your gravestone that you were only 19 when you joined the glorious fallen in 1916. Well, I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean Or, William McBride, was it slow and obscene? CHORUS: Did they beat the drum slowly? did they sound the pipes lowly? Did the rifles fire o'er ye as they lowered you down? Did the bugle sing 'The Last Post' in chorus? Did the pipes play 'The Flowers o' the Forest'? And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind? In some loyal heart is your memory enshrined And though you died back in 1916 To that loyal heart are you always 19. Or are you just a stranger without even a name Forever enclosed behind some glass-pane In an old photograph torn and tattered and stained And fading to yellow in a brown leather frame? Well, the sun it shines down on these green fields of France, The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance. The trenches are vanished now under the plough No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now. But here in this graveyard it is still No Man's Land And the countless white crosses in mute witness stand. To man's blind indifference to his fellow man And a whole generation that was butchered and downed. And I can't help but wonder now Willie McBride Do all those who lie here know why they died? Did you really believe them when they told you the cause? Did you really believe them that this war would end war? The suffering, the sorrow, some the glory, the shame - The killing and dying - it was all done in vain. For Willie McBride, it's all happened again And again, and again, and again, and again. Did they beat the drum slowly? did they sound the pipe lowly? Did the rifles fire o'er ye as they lowered you down? Did the bugle sing 'The Last Post' in chorus? Did the pipes play 'The Flowers o' the Forest'?

Remembering my husbands grandad James Dower Royal Engineers who died on 6th july 1918 aged 48 buried at kilbride cemetery. also my uncle George who served in the army in ww2 was killed in 1944. hazelx