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#455118 27th Dec 2010 4:23pm
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My Gr.Uncle died of his wounds in the First WW.
He was brought back to Bradford were he died and was buried.
I have visited this site and will post photo ASAP.

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Sorry having trouble uploading the more recent pic!

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Photo taken in 2009.Take note of how the tree has grown.
A charity paid for the headstone with all the names engraved on it.

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Not only has the tree grown, the cemetery has as well. One thing that saddened my family for many years was, no known grave for my uncle who was killed in WW1


God help us,
Come yourself,
Don't send Jesus,
This is no place for children.


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Oh dear.Have you tried to find his war records on Ancestry?

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Got whats available, had them for a while.


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Bert, have you tried searching on this site for info on your Uncle?

http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14

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I have thanks Lisa, i have a lot of info on him, he's on various memorials etc, What troubled the family, especially his Parents, like many others, they never found his body.


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That's really sad Bert frown

Hope you find where he is one day

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Like you bezzy, my uncle was wounded in WW1. He was shot at West Hoek Ridge and brought back to Bristol Military Hospital where he died 28 days later. From what I've found, his wife was with him when he died, which is some consolation. He was brought back home and buried in a CWGC grave in Rake Lane cemetery. As a sad ps his only son died in WW2 when he was being transported in an Italian P.O.W. ship which was torpedoed by a British submarine (lots of conspiracy theories about that event!). Like Bert's family, it was a matter of great sadness that there was no grave to visit.

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I had a great uncle who apparently died at El Alamein. Not sure where he is buried. frown Have tried finding a record of it but didn't get very far. I should probably ask my 93 year old nan before she exits.

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Originally Posted by Snooze
I had a great uncle who apparently died at El Alamein. Not sure where he is buried. frown Have tried finding a record of it but didn't get very far. I should probably ask my 93 year old nan before she exits.


CWGC site should tell you where he is buried unless they never found a body. Usually tell you where they are commemorated even if there is no known grave. It has a search facility and is easy to use.



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