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#426 Jim Strawbridge

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Posted 02 February 2009 - 12:52 PM

QUOTE (Harper @ Jan 31 2009, 02:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You say "CHESHIRE, Ammanford,"
I am in Cheshire but the only Ammanford I can find is in Dyfed South Wales.
Could I suggest that you check to see what you need and where it is?
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My mistake. You are right. It Is Dyfed. I am looking for a photograph of the headstone of Emma Grace Fletcher, Red Cross who is buried in St. Michael's churchyard there.

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Posted 02 February 2009 - 01:06 PM

QUOTE (Myrtle @ Jan 31 2009, 11:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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I am going to be visiting the area where Abney Park is situated. If you post the details I will see what I can do.
Myrtle

Myrtle, I am after a photograph of the screen wall at Abney Park showing the name of Daisy Margaret Hudson, WRAF. If at all possible, though, her grave is known but likely to be unmarked as there is a screen. Her grave site is at burial no.131857, plot O07/7S01 and there may be an office on site that can tell you the exact spot. I am happy with a photograph of her unmarked plot !!!

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Posted 02 February 2009 - 10:30 PM

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I will take the photograph the next time I am over that way. I have asked my contact at Hackney Council to check if they have a map of the cemetery to make the hunt easier.
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Posted 06 February 2009 - 03:26 PM

Anywhere within a 20 mile radius of Benfleet Essex, near my home

Also can do Richmond N'Yorks and surrounding area, near where I go for a holiday a few times.

Just say and I will help

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 12:28 PM

QUOTE (Susann @ Feb 6 2009, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Anywhere within a 20 mile radius of Benfleet Essex, near my home

Also can do Richmond N'Yorks and surrounding area, near where I go for a holiday a few times.

Just say and I will help

Regards

Sue

Sue, thank you for the offer. All of my known Essex requirements are complete. The following I need from Yorkshire :-

YORKSHIRE, Castleford, Harrogate, Normanton, Pontifract, Stocksbridge, Whitby, Woodhouse

I will leave it for you to consider if these are handy as my geography leaves a bit to be desired. Jim

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 08:22 PM

Hi Jim

Who are you looking for in LYTHAM, Lancashire, and which cemetery?


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Posted 08 February 2009 - 11:46 AM

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Hi Jim

Who are you looking for in LYTHAM, Lancashire, and which cemetery?


Andy

Hello Andy, I am after Alice Knowles, WRNS, who died 29/11/18 and is buried in the south east part of St. John the Divine churchyard, Lytham. Worth looking on the local war memorial, too, but I suspect that like many women casualties she will have been missed. Jim

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Posted 08 February 2009 - 12:34 PM

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I am after Alice Knowles, WRNS, who died 29/11/18 and is buried in the south east part of St. John the Divine churchyard, Lytham. Worth looking on the local war memorial, too, but I suspect that like many women casualties she will have been missed. Jim



Will do!

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Posted 12 February 2009 - 01:44 PM

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Will do!

Andy

Andy, photographs safely received. Many thanks, Jim

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Posted 14 February 2009 - 09:01 PM

Jim,

Just seen that the Oxfordshire -  Wolvercote - one is quite near me, got any details ?

Grant

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Posted 15 February 2009 - 12:53 PM

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Jim,

Just seen that the Oxfordshire -  Wolvercote - one is quite near me, got any details ?

Grant

Hello Grant, This is an unusual one and I hope is not a lost cause. l say that because another US citizen  (Casstevens, Liverpool) had been exhumed and returned to her home town for burial. But the one that I am after at Wolvercote is Harriet Hannaford Ellis, Y.M.C.A. (American) who died 21st August 1918 and was buried in Wolvercote Cemetery. I hope that the cemetery is not too large and good luck in the hunt, Regards, Jim

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Posted 16 February 2009 - 10:54 AM

Jim,

She's still there apparently

Here headstone has been laid flat as it failed the "standie upright" test and the kerbing is quite hard to read apparently.

For the record she died aged 32 and was buried 24th August 1918 in Grave F1-2

I have asked for some directions and will try to get there as soon as I can

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Posted 16 February 2009 - 08:55 PM

Mission accomplished Sir.

Standing cross has been laid flat due to failing the councils wobble test, there is a B****Y great rabbit hole in the middle of the plot and the writing is barly visable.

I had been prewarned that it was dirty, so I took a brush and a bottle of soapy water with me and gave the cross and the base a bit of a rub down.

The writing is still very faint on the photos - PM me an email address to send pics to.

On the base of the cross - Harriet Hannaford Ellis
                                  Born at Cininnati Ohio USA
                                    September 25th 1885
                                 Died at Oxford Aug 21 1918

On the Plinth stone - Worked on the battlefields abroad
                               and made the greatest sacrifice

There is another line under this, but it is elligable

The plot is F1-2, Wolvercote Cemetery, Banbury rd, Oxford OX2 8EE.

Do I get a prize for working so fast :-)

Grant



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Posted 17 February 2009 - 12:19 PM

QUOTE (Grantowi @ Feb 16 2009, 08:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Mission accomplished Sir.

Standing cross has been laid flat due to failing the councils wobble test, there is a B****Y great rabbit hole in the middle of the plot and the writing is barly visable.

I had been prewarned that it was dirty, so I took a brush and a bottle of soapy water with me and gave the cross and the base a bit of a rub down.

The writing is still very faint on the photos - PM me an email address to send pics to.

On the base of the cross - Harriet Hannaford Ellis
                                  Born at Cininnati Ohio USA
                                    September 25th 1885
                                 Died at Oxford Aug 21 1918

On the Plinth stone - Worked on the battlefields abroad
                               and made the greatest sacrifice

There is another line under this, but it is elligable

The plot is F1-2, Wolvercote Cemetery, Banbury rd, Oxford OX2 8EE.

Do I get a prize for working so fast :-)

Grant

Prize? You'll get more than a prize. You will get a bloody great kiss if you care to come down to Devon to collect it. Seriously, though, I will pm by email address direct. Thank you for your immense help in finding and getting this one. I just hope that the Wolvercote citizens appreciate that they have a US war grave in their cemetery.

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 12:28 PM

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I just hope that the Wolvercote citizens appreciate that they have a US war grave in their cemetery.


They've also got J.R.R. Tolkien, so the place doesn't go short of visitors ..... laugh.gif

Sorry Jim, I must have missed this one or I'd have offered ages ago.  Well done Grant!

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 06:32 PM

Jim,

Is it a War Grave ?
It looks like a lot of the other headstones around it.

Have you got any more details about her ?
I took my father with me and he was facinated that an American women ended up in Oxford after helping our war effort.
Also there are quite a lot of CGWC headstones in the cemetery - what was in the area in WW1 to attract so many.

Grant

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 07:17 PM

Jim,

emailed pics - fairly big files

All the way up there I was telling Dad about Tolkien. In the excitment of finding the plot and taking the photo's I forgot all about him - Dooh

I have also enquired about geting the stone restuck upright and cleaned properly, if the cost is reasonable I will get it done as a "thank you" to her

Grant

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Posted 22 March 2009 - 07:24 PM

Thanks to Robin Wells for finishing Kent for me. Some others have been chipped away and a few more added so worth bringing to the top again.

United Kingdom
ANGLESEY, Bennlech, Holyhead (5)
ANGUS-SHIRE, Farnell
ARGYLLSHIRE, Inverary, Kilbride
BEDFORDSHIRE, Luton (2)
BERKSHIRE, Reading
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Langley, Penn
CARMARTHENSHIRE, Blaenpant, Llangadock
CARNARVONSHIRE, Llanberis
CHESHIRE, Liscard
CLACKMANNANSHIRE, Dollar, Tillicoultry
DERBYSHIRE, Ashover
DORSETSHIRE, Sherborne
DUMBARTONSHIRE, Dumbarton
DURHAM, Dawdon, Seaham
GLAMORGANSHIRE, Bridgend, Cardiff (Llandaff), Gellygaer, Llandough, Ponyclun,
GWENT, Pontypool
GWYNEDD, Bangor
HAMPSHIRE, Haslar
INVERNESS-SHIRE, Isle of Moy
IRELAND, NORTH, Co. Antrim, Co. Armagh, Co. Down, Co. Londonderry (Coleraine), Co. Tyrone
KENT, Teynham, Thanington
LANCASHIRE, Ainsdale, Caton, Church & Clayton, Clayton le Moors, Edenford, Greater Accrington, Manchester (4), Mellor, Pendlebury, Stockport
LINCOLNSHIRE, Billinghay, Blyton,
LONDON/MIDDLESEX, Abney Park, Camberwell (2), Denmark Hill, Deptford (3), Edmonton (2), Golder's Green, Heston, Highgate, Islington, St. Pancras, Tottenham (4), Tower Hill
MERIONETHSHIRE, Dolgelley (2)
MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh (Colinton), Inveresk
MONMOUTHSHIRE, Ebbw Vale, Fleur de Lis, Llanfigangel, Machen, Newport (4), Risca
NAIRNSHIRE, Nairn
NORTHUMBERLAND, Haydon Bridge
NOTTINGHAMSHIR, Misterton
PERTHSHIRE, Perth (Wells Hill)
ROSS-SHIRE, Tain
SUFFOLK, Southwold
SURREY, Fulham, Leatherhead, Woking
WESTMORELAND, Workington,
WILTSHIRE, Chippenham (2)
YORKSHIRE, Harrogate, Normanton, Stocksbridge, Whitby, Woodhouse

World
CANADA, British Columbia (2), Newfoundland (Brigus), Nova Scotia (11), Quebec
FRANCE, Cher, Estaires (2), Le Havre, Pys
INDIA, Bombay (2), Chennai, Delhi (3), Deolali, Peshewar, Quetta, Trimulgherry
IRAN, Tehran
IRAQ, Amara, Baghdad (2), Basra (3)
IRELAND, Co. Donegal, Co. Galway, Co. Leix, Co. Limerick, Co. Offaly, Co. Roscommon, Co. Wicklow, Dublin (5), Louth
ITALY, Bordighera
MACEDONIA, Skopje
MALAWI, Blantyre, Mangochi, Zombo
PAKISTAN, Karachi, Rawlpindi
SRI LANKA, Kanatte
TANZANIA, Dodoma (2)
U.S.A. Harvard, Illinois (Shelby County)
YUGOSLAVIA, Chela Kula (7), Kragujevac
ZAMBIA, Livingstone

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Posted 22 March 2009 - 10:03 PM

Jim,

I quite new to the forum.  I see you mention some Counties in Northern Ireland.  I'm willing to try and help in Northern Ireland if this is of any use.  PM me and I will send email address and you can forward your requirements.


Regards

Adrian

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Posted 23 March 2009 - 12:03 AM

Jim,

Oxfordshire has been done.

Also I have emailed the Reading cemetry about the three you have listed for there, but still havn't had a reply after three weeks - I'll chase them up

Grant

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Posted 23 March 2009 - 12:59 AM

QUOTE (Grantowi @ Mar 23 2009, 12:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Jim,

Oxfordshire has been done.

Also I have emailed the Reading cemetry about the three you have listed for there, but still havn't had a reply after three weeks - I'll chase them up

Grant

Grant, You're right. You did Wolvercote for me. I have amended the list.

Adrian, I am sending you my email address,

Regards, Jim

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Posted 23 March 2009 - 04:21 PM

Hi Jim, never heard of Wells Hill in Perth. That's not to say it's not there. What and who  is it you are after ?

Cheers Mike

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Posted 23 March 2009 - 09:54 PM

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I have taken quite a few at the main cemetery in Bangor. Who do you have there?


Hywyn

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Posted 25 March 2009 - 10:30 PM

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Hi Jim, never heard of Wells Hill in Perth. That's not to say it's not there. What and who  is it you are after ?

Cheers Mike

With a bit of Googling it seems that Wells Hill Cemetery lies between Jeanfield Road and Feus Road, Perth. I am after a photograph of the name of Mabel Lee Milne, TFNS, inscribed on a family memorial stone in the cemetery. Although she died in France her name, as a memorial, is there. This is likely to be on the headstone of her parents. It would need contact with the cemetery office to find a headstone to the Milne family and work it out from from there.

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Posted 25 March 2009 - 10:39 PM

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Jim

I have taken quite a few at the main cemetery in Bangor. Who do you have there?


Hywyn

Hello Hywyn, I am after photographs showing the names of the following women on the Bangor Arch which is in the grounds of Bangor University.

Jane Ellen HOWDLE, Mercantile Marine
Hannah OWEN, Mercantile Marine
Louisa PARRY, Mercantile Marine
Margaret WILLIAMS, Mercantile Marine

Regards, Jim