Terry Denham Posted 8 June , 2006 Share Posted 8 June , 2006 Today I was informed that Pte Hubert Victor WORKMAN 5418 10 Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers was accepted by MoD for CWGC commemoration. Firstly, congratulations to Geoff Sullivan for finding this man on a local war memorial and undertaking all the research work. I will let him post the details of the case. The notable thing about this case is that I only put it forward to CWGC/MoD on 25.05.06 - 10 working days ago! Even accepting that there was a lot of supporting evidence (service record, medical reports, death certificate etc) for this post-discharge case, it is a superb result from the authorities and bodes well for the future - at least for army cases! I will post an 'In from the Cold' record when he is finally added to the database as we are still looking for a UK burial site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 8 June , 2006 Share Posted 8 June , 2006 Round of applause for Geoff and the boys with the desk jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geoff501 Posted 8 June , 2006 Share Posted 8 June , 2006 I had not expected to get any public credit for this, but it all happened so fast and the cat's now out of the bag.. Thank you Coldstreamer for your assistance and thanks are due to Paul Baillie for finding the service records against the usual odds. Last but not least, thanks to Terry Denham for his tireless work in this area. Private Hubert Victor Workman enlisted in the 10th Lancashire Fusiliers exactly one month and one day into the Great War. This was at Douglas, Isle of Man. Its not clear why there but perhaps he was there working as a Footman. On 13th February he was made up to Lance Corporal. However in May that year he suffered a pulmonary infection due to severe weather exposure at army camp. He was not able to recover from this and was discharged with a SWB in July 1915, under Kings Regulations para 392. As an army pensioner he was able to find work as a gardener, but eventually his death from TB over 2 years later was on 19th December 1917, age 29 years. Pte. Workman is commemorated on the bronze memorial plaque at St Mary de Wych church in his home village, Wychbold, Worcestershire. The son of James Workman, a saltmaker, and Emma Workman. What an amazing response - 10 working days. Lets hope this continues. Well done CWGC and MoD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 10 June , 2006 Share Posted 10 June , 2006 Hello Glad any small part I played has had this great result Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geoff501 Posted 10 June , 2006 Share Posted 10 June , 2006 An update on this story, we've just found the burial. No sign of a headstone although I have not yet been able to cross-check on the churchyard plan. The churchyard already has several CWCG headstones, looks like it may be due for one more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geoff501 Posted 22 October , 2008 Share Posted 22 October , 2008 The churchyard already has several CWCG headstones, looks like it may be due for one more. I've just been informed, the headstone was erected on 6th October: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Clark Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Nice work Geoff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Robertson Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swizz Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Yes well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardIII Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Brilliant, what a result for all those hours of work, and a just reward for a man who did his bit all those years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantowi Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Well done all concerned - "We will remember them" Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 Bloody marvelous! Well done all concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 24 October , 2008 Share Posted 24 October , 2008 A fine bit of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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