General Chat

Mum has already included these but these are mine too... John William Burrows - First world War. My Great Uncle died age 21 Stanley Arthur Surgey - Second World War. My second cousin age 21 Arthur Gibson - Second World War. my second cousin Also: Lance Corporal Charles Harold Clewlow - 2nd World War, my husbands Grandfather age 32

Ernest Llewelyn CREWE aged 33,died somewhere over France.RAF Reconnaissance June 1941. I have never got over your death. My lovely father . Rosemary

Frederick Church - My first cousin three times removed. "Church, Frederick James, 89 Putteridge Road. A/Seaman R.N H.M.S Isis. Died on war service from exposure at sea, 20th July 1944" A lot of my Church family served during the world wars, but Frederick was the only one who perished. My great great uncles, Tom and Horace both suffered from terrible wounds. Archer Goodge - My first cousin four times removed - died on 16 Nov 1914 aged 33. A distant cousin of mine - Private Sidney John Gorbold died on 31 Aug 1916, aged 18. He fought in the Machine Gun Corps (inf). None of my close family died in any of the world wars. Lucia

Pte Ernest Bird aged 20 died 8th November 1918 my mothers brother. Henry Gannon Fireman/Trimmer my father Lawrence Gannon Fireman/Trimmer my uncle died 8th March 1943. Both had also served in the army in WW1. Remembering also their comrades aboard "Empire Lakeland" sunk with all hands. Kathleen

They shall grow not old, As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun, And in the morning WE WILL REMEMBER THEM When you go home today Tell them of us and say For your tomorrow We gave out today

John Alex. Warren aged 18 d. 1.11.1914 HMS Good Hope Sidney Betenson aged 31 d.1.1.1915 HMS Formidable (John's brother-in-law). Henry Crebbin aged 60 3.8.1915 SS. Caroline and his son Henry James Crebbin MM aged 34 on 17.9.1918 France Wm David Spence aged 59 21.11.1940 - Thames Estuary and his brother Samuel Spence January 1941 - Irish Sea

If you wish to do something practical to keep their memories alive for future generations please visit the website: www(.)war-memorials(.)com - it is Friends of War Memorials - a serious and active charity whose members work hard at making sure war memorials throughout the UK are maintained, restored and saved from neglect and vandalism. It is an ongoing task that requires many eyes and ears on the ground in the form of Regional Volunteers. Ian

Thank you, June, for this. My great-uncle Dick - Arthur George Harrison died 20 May 1918 in Ploegsteer, Belgium, at 30 years of age. (Arthur was known as Dick.) He enlisted at Camberwell, and was living at the time at Vauxhall. Private 62732 Arthur George Harrison was killed in action in World War 1. He was one of fifteen men from the Machine Gun Corp killed that day. His name is listed on 11,460 missing on The Memorial to the Missing of Ploegsteert. He was, however, formerly Private 6713 in the London Regiment. Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Remembered with honour PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL. In Memory of Private Arthur George Harrison, 5th Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Inf), who died aged 30 on Sunday 20th May 1918. Commemorated on Panel 11, on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Berks Cemetery Extension, 12.5 km south of Ypres town centre. The Memorial commemorates over 11,000 men who have no known grave. They fought in 1914 or 1918 on Belgian soil beside French troops, and died in France or Belgium when the frontier was of little interest in this area in which trench warfare lasted longest. The Memorial is a covered circular colonnade, 20 metres across and 11 metres high, enclosing an open space, and is entered by an opening between two stone lions. The names of the dead are carved on panels set in the walls of the colonnade. In the perpetual care of the Commonwealth War Graves.

My Great Uncle Alfie, Alfred Leary, died in WW1; Also, our Isaac Farrington, died in WW2; Lastly, our John Seddon Laird of Canada, died WW2. Thinking of you often, Bob and Glen.

Private JAMES HENRY CHURCHILL, 13th bn, Cheshire Regiment---died:7th July 1916---Somme. Remembered with honour THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. he was my great uncle----my great grans first child----what must she have gone through when she got the news he had been killed?? chris.

Charles Swansbury, aged 30 Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium 1918 Frederick Robert Martin, aged 28 Battle of Bullecourt, France 1918

Private Frederick Notzke, 22nd Battalion London Regiment, killed in action 16.9.1916, Somme, aged 21, no known grave, Thiepval Memorial (grandfather's nephew). Ronald Jerrard, Musician, Royal Marines Band, HMS Barham, sank 25.11.1941, aged 29 (mother's cousin). Ordinary Seaman Robert Dashwood, HMS Esk, sank 1.9.1940, aged 20 (mother's cousin). Lest we forget.

My Great Uncle, Edward Charles Lloyd Key, MM & bar, 15th Btn Central Ontario Regt, died in France on September 28 1918 aged 20. Buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun. My husband's Grandfather, Joseph Spiller Seldon, MM, 2nd Btn Devonshire Regt, died in France, April 24 1918, aged 31, leaving a wife (who never remarried) and 2 sons aged 6 and 4. Buried at Adelaide Cemetery, Villiers-Bretonneux. My husband's Great Uncle, John Boucher Seldon, 1st Btn Royal Welsh Fusilliers, died in Ypres, October 20 1914 aged 20. No known grave, but remembered at the Menin Gate memorial. We will remember them. Sue

Pte Samuel Cook Johnson, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment Killed at Flanders 30.11.1917, age 24 (my great-uncle's brother in law) Marine Thomas Henry James Barnes, HMS Glorious Lost when Glorious was sunk by the enemy 8.6.1940, age 25 (my great-uncle) And remembering all who fought for their country. Mandy

all the men in my life time and before who served in the forces , to protect us and give us freedom to do as we wish. men in northern ireland falklands iraq ones like the two who i watched on tv when i was in my teens get killed as they walked past an ira funeral and were dragged over a wall and beaten, before tv censored what they showed. its not always been in the act of war, many of these men have been peace keeping. the men who got trapped in iraq without sufficient weapons in the police station. thinking of all the forces at this time and always.

Arthur Edward Bradford - Bethune 20 August 1918 age 21 George William Cook - Loos 26 September 1915 age 28 George Henry Parker - Germany 7 July 1918 age 41

My thoughts go to my ancestors, and all men women and children that lost their lives through all wars. sandra

Ralph Evans (T/175282 Driver RASC). My Great Grandmothers brother who volunteered to test parachutes during the summer of 1940 at Ringway. The first recorded fatality on 25/7/40 when his parachute failed to open, buried and commemorated Walton on Thames. His sacrifice, and that of many others like him brought about the Parachute Regiment. Gone but not forgotten.

P/O John Allen Ovens; R.C.A.F. Plane was lost on November 7, 1943. Allen was my mum's cousin. He was the only child of John and Florence (Fox) Ovens. Allen's mother died just after he was born. John never remarried. I'm remembering the family, as Allen's loss of life must have been so painful for his father.

John Edward WARREN WW1 4th Company Canadian Mounted Rifles killed Ypres JUne 1916 age 22 Raymond Kenneth LLEWELLYN my late husband killed 814 Sqdn HMS Eagle 20.8.1957 aged 21 - he never saw his son