Guest promenadeabroad Posted 11 March , 2004 Share Posted 11 March , 2004 I am currently posted to Baghdad and am planning to visit Baghdad North Gate Cemetery within the week. I am sure that you are all aware that the security situation in the city is poor at the moment so my time at the cemetery will be short with a low profile. If anyone has any requests for a digital photo of a gravestone can they post the details as well as the location within the cemetery. I will do my best to do as many as possible but promise nothing. The whole visit could be curtailed if the security situation dictates. I will be leaving Iraq next week to return to the UK and will forward any photos when I get back. NB. The visit is not 100% certain but the security advisers have agreed in principle. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 11 March , 2004 Share Posted 11 March , 2004 (edited) Joe, Could you look out for: Frank Thompson, 3/28665, Private, 2nd Leicestershire, 22 April 1917. Plot: XV. M. 20. Brilliant! Thanks for the offer and, if you get there, be safe. All the best, Andrew Edited 11 March , 2004 by Andrew Hesketh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjames Posted 11 March , 2004 Share Posted 11 March , 2004 Hi Joe If you manage to get there and have the time, I would be very grateful if you could you snap the following please: Pte William Henry Critchley - South Wales Borderers, Plot XVI, Row D, Grave 10 Sig Arthur Frederick Jenkins - Royal Engineers, Plot XXIII, Row N, Grave 12 Pte Charles Shillum (could this be Shellam?), Ox and Bucks LI, Plot XIV, Row D, Grave 9 All from "Leaving". Keep safe. Best regards Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brown Posted 11 March , 2004 Share Posted 11 March , 2004 Hello Joe, Lt Ernest Clifford Trotter Sherwood Foresters 2.2.43 Grave/Memorial Reference: 23. H. 17. Thank you. Take care. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promenade Posted 28 March , 2004 Share Posted 28 March , 2004 All, Unfortunately due to security concerns (you may have seen the news that there was a flare up in bombings in Baghdad) I was forced to cancel the planned trip to North Gate when the Hotel Lebanon was blown up. The trip was planned for the following day - even though the cemetery was literally about a mile away it would have been unwise to put further lives at risk in making the trip - we would have had to completely seal off the area. I have now returned to the UK. Apologies Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjames Posted 28 March , 2004 Share Posted 28 March , 2004 Hi Joe No problem. Delighted you got back to Blighty OK. Regards, and hope to see you in the Forum sometime soon. Regards Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brown Posted 28 March , 2004 Share Posted 28 March , 2004 Hello Joe, Pleased that you are back. Thank you for the thought. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 28 March , 2004 Share Posted 28 March , 2004 Joe, Correct decision! Thanks for making the offer anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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