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Where was my Great Uncle Buried in France WW1?
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mgnv | Report | 24 Jul 2009 12:07 |
Of the 1.1M British & Commonwealth military WW1 dead, 52.7% have known graves, 16.9% are unidentified burials, and for the remaining 30.4%, no body was found. |
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~¤§ Lara Linga Longa §¤~ | Report | 24 Jul 2009 08:42 |
Hello Alan C ,Jonesy, Irene, Richard, Allison and MGNV. thank you all Richard you are right afer looking again what they said on page 19 and looking through a magnifying glass I could see what you could and that it was Maricourt Wood at the moment wrote last night to War Memorial Research Centre to ask had he been reinterred from this place and they said they had searched where they were told by the Red Cross that they were buried but the search was not successful and they sent a trench map of the area to me and said he is mentioned on the wall but not known where he is which is pretty sad but I will go to Maricourt and be as close to him as possible to pay my respects when I go over.Thanks again for all you help you are wonderful,P.S.They also told me about the 3rd Battalion War Diary's and sadly the Red Cross did not have a record of having buried Vivian Henry Walsh Bless his Soul. Regards Lara Linga Longa |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 23 Jul 2009 14:15 |
No - it's definitely MARICOURT Wood - it's written with an old-fashioned M which looks like a Y or a V at first glance. just Google :"Maricourt wood" (including the quotes) - there's several sites that mention it, all relating to WW1. |
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mgnv | Report | 23 Jul 2009 12:36 |
Following Richard in Perth's lead, I found his AIF records online, and free. What a deal, eh. (If he'd been in the CEF, that would only apply to his Attestation Papers - it would cost 10 GBP to copy (less 25% off for OAPs), plus postage to get paper copies of that record.) |
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mgnv | Report | 23 Jul 2009 11:33 |
You might like to check: |
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Alison | Report | 23 Jul 2009 11:29 |
Hi Lara, |
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~¤§ Lara Linga Longa §¤~ | Report | 23 Jul 2009 10:16 |
Thanks so much to you all , I will go and check all of these places and let you know where he is, just would like to go and see his place of rest maybe in 2010 and thank him for his sacrifice along with another great uncle James Robert O'Day who is buried in Belgium of course neither of their mothers ever had the opportunity to go so will do it for them both my maternal and paternal Great Grandmother boys .Once again thanks you are all unreal and very kind Warm Regards Laraine |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 23 Jul 2009 09:38 |
I had a look at his service records, and I think the burial place reads "Maricourt Wood". If you Google it, there are quite a few references to the WW1 cemetery there. |
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AllanC | Report | 23 Jul 2009 08:34 |
I think the actual place might be Warlencourt. There was fierce fighting around the Butte de Warlencourt during much of WW1, and there is now a CWGC cemetery at Warlencourt - my father's brother is buried there. |
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Irene | Report | 23 Jul 2009 07:22 |
if you google CWGC and you will find a site where details all the soldiers that died WW1 and WW2 are kept. If you enter his name you will find his details, his parents name and address and you can print off a certificate for him. Good luck Irene |
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~¤§ Lara Linga Longa §¤~ | Report | 23 Jul 2009 06:33 |
On one of the pages of my Great Uncle Vivian Henry Walsh's War Record says in a has hand written on the bottom of the page |