Terry Denham Posted 16 June , 2009 Share Posted 16 June , 2009 CWGC added the following 'new' WW1 casualties to its Debt of Honour database today – Tuesday 16th June. Bdr John CAMPBELL 661259 Royal Field Artillery Died 01.03.18 Age 23 Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium L/Cpl Hubert Edley CARRINGTON 60126 26th Bn, Royal Fusiliers Died 20.09.17 Age 32 Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Pte Herbert John CLARK 17476 Royal Fusiliers Died 02.08.18 Age 21 Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Pte Edward CLARKE 266060 1 Bn, Norfolk Regiment Died 28.10.17 Age 29 Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Pte Henry CLARKE 87709 16 Bn, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) Died 20.09.17 Age 22 Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Pte Percy CLARKE 306415 1/7th Bn, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Died 13.04.18 Age 27 Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Pte James COLEMAN 35076 24/27th Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers Died 23.10.17 Age 24 Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Pte Frank COOPER 9596 Royal Army Medical Corps Died 05.10.17 Age 23 Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium L/Cpl Harold COTTON G/41212 2nd Bn, Middlesex Regiment Died 16.08.17 Age 25 Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Rfn Ernest COUZENS 552139 London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Died 30.11.17 Age 21 Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium NOT FORGOTTEN The above are In From The Cold Project cases and all were either killed in action or missing presumed dead. Bdr Campbell (Volunteer: Adrian Wright) L/Cpl Carrington (Volunteer: Neil Mackenzie) Pte Clark (Volunteer: Adrian Wright) Pte Edward Clarke (Volunteer: Adrian Wright) Pte Henry Clarke (Volunteer: Neil Mackenzie) Pte Percy Clarke (Volunteer: Neil Mackenzie) Pte Coleman (Volunteer: Steve Morse) Pte Cooper (Volunteer: Neil Mackenzie) L/Cpl Cotton (Volunteer: Geoff Sullivan) Rfn Couzens (Volunteer: Adrian Wright) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 16 June , 2009 Share Posted 16 June , 2009 May They Rest In Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drummy Posted 16 June , 2009 Share Posted 16 June , 2009 Well done all concerned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 16 June , 2009 Share Posted 16 June , 2009 Terry Kevin commented yesterday that he was surprised that all that day's commems were on Tyne Cot and now I see all today's are too. Is just co-incidence? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 16 June , 2009 Author Share Posted 16 June , 2009 Just adding the names to each memorial in turn. Quite a logical way to approach the job. We may actually see these names appear on the memorial quite quickly as the engravers are on-site already re-engraving the whole memorial. A name I had accepted in December had appeared by March - much quicker than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 16 June , 2009 Share Posted 16 June , 2009 Quite a logical way to approach the job. I speak as an ex public servant......when I say......"Cor blimey, how unusual"....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apwright Posted 16 June , 2009 Share Posted 16 June , 2009 Hi Terry, Does that mean there could be some As and Bs still in the pipeline from the GRO Other Ranks, or have they all been processed now? Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 16 June , 2009 Author Share Posted 16 June , 2009 It certainly does. There are dozens from the 'B' names (and later) still outstanding to go on other memorials - plus a few 'A' names. Even though names go forward in roughly alphabetical order, they may not be accepted in the same order or be allocated to memorials at the same time. Also, names are coming from other sources which are out of sequence (eg from Chris Harley's systematic search of 'The Times' obituaries and Jim Grant's work on Scottish Death Certificates for home deaths. The main source is the GRO 1914-21 Overseas Military Death Index but there are others. It was only recently that we realised that there were no 1921 (Jan-Aug) deaths in the GRO Index despite its title. These have now been traced and I have started submitting names from this source - two 'B' names going forward only yesterday. So even though names will come through in a rough alphabetic sequence, it is not always going to be so. Now that our backlog is cleared, the names will be less alphabetic in sequence as I am getting batches returned from various letters in the H to M range depending on how fast the volunteers are working. The next batch of names added may all be on Thiepval or Helles. There is no significance in the order in which they appear - just how they are processed by me, MoD and CWGC. I am sure lots of shuffling takes place along the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 16 June , 2009 Author Share Posted 16 June , 2009 Adrian I just checked. There are still 66 'B' names outstanding - at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 16 June , 2009 Share Posted 16 June , 2009 I knew Id get the blame for something Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apwright Posted 16 June , 2009 Share Posted 16 June , 2009 Thanks for the explanation, Terry! I was beginning to wonder what had happened to some of my submissions. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 16 June , 2009 Share Posted 16 June , 2009 Raising a glass to the memory of John, Hubert, Herbert, Edward, Henry, Percy, James, Frank, Harold & Ernest. Fallen but not forgotten. Raising another to the efforts of Adrian, Neil, Steve & Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1690philip Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Well done yet again to Terry and the team. Regards, Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem49 Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Never Forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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