adrian45 Posted 2 July , 2018 Share Posted 2 July , 2018 Brookwood Military Cemetery 1914 – 1918 Memorial Pte #150166, Samuel ‘Sam’ McNeice Canadian Infantry We have also been trying to track down the final resting place of Sam McNeice for at least the last four years. In that time, we have been in touch with both the local authority, the regional newspaper, local family history groups and a member of the McNeice family. But, no success! It seems impossible that a man who came from a large family, had a wife and three daughters could disappear from sight so completely when he died at his home town of Ballymena in County Antrim. Recently, our website has recently published a blog about Pte McNeice and supported it with a posting on Twitter. https://www.canadianukgravesww1.co.uk/blog/ Can you recirculate a link to our blog through your social media contacts? There must be somebody somewhere who knows where Pte McNeice is buried. It is now a case of casting the net as far and wide as possible. Many thanks. The Far From Home project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 7 July , 2018 Share Posted 7 July , 2018 United Kingdom Book of Remembrance Donoghue, Arthur James #642, Sapper, Canadian Engineers We are pleased to advise you that all the relevant documentation has now been submitted to the CWGC at Maidenhead which confirms Sapper Arthur James Donoghue was buried: Date: 08 March 1921 at: Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset Grave reference # A1205, Consecrated Ground Hopefully, as the cemetery records indicate Sapper Donoghue is buried in an unmarked grave, the CWGC will be able to provide him with one of their headstones in due course. Many thanks to Richard Laughton for the information which his project had already posted as part of their research. It gave us a flying start! Adrian The Far From Home project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 14 August , 2018 Share Posted 14 August , 2018 United Kingdom Book of Remembrance Donoghue, Arthur James #642, Sapper, Canadian Engineers Please find below part of an email recently received from the CWGC at Maidenhead: Thank you for your email providing information on the burial location of Sapper Arthur James Donoghue, 642, Canadian Engineers. I can confirm that this has been logged onto our internal tracking system as Grave Found case number 1055. We will …….. need to arrange a visit to Melcombe Regis Cemetery to ensure that Sapper Donoghue is adequately and appropriately commemorated. Thank you, once again, for providing documentation in relation to the possible grave location of Sapper Donoghue. CWGC Adrian The Far From Home project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 29 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 August , 2018 Re Thomas Owen Davies bad news I am afraid as CWGC have transferred his name to the Brookwood 1914-18 Memorial. This means that the evidence as to his place of burial has not been accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 29 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 August , 2018 Also Daniel MacDonald RCNVR transferred from UK BOR to Brookwood 1914-18 Memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 3 September , 2018 Share Posted 3 September , 2018 Hi Chris Thomas Owen Davies It is really disappointing to read the latest news. Do you have any feedback about what evidence was submitted and more importantly what is still needed to commemorate him at Penegoes? Adrian The Far From Home Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 5 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 5 September , 2018 Hello Adrian, the only acceptable evidence that CWGC will accept is usually the burial register. Do you know if this exists? Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 6 September , 2018 Share Posted 6 September , 2018 Hi Chris We made first contact with the Clerk to Cadfarch Community Council way back in January 2017. At that time, we were promised a copy of the Burial Register as well as a plan of the churchyard. Since then, we have been advised that the registers are currently “missing” and the churchyard plan has never materialised. We continue to chase but have not really made much progress over the last 18 months. The church is now closed for worship. We have a transcription of his headstone both in the original Welsh with a translation into English (posted here on 22 June this year). L/Cpl Davies was apparently buried in the same grave with his father (died 1920) and mother (died 1940). In addition, we have both the Birth (at Penegoes) and Death (at nearby Machynlleth) certificates for L/Cpl Davies. Our base is at Canterbury in Kent and many miles distant from Penegoes. So, it is hard to make progress. Any ideas? Adrian The Far From Home project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 6 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 6 September , 2018 I am up in Cambridgeshire so same problem with getting to Wales. At present CWGC will only accept the burial register or similar as proof of burial. Will have a look again later as I may just have something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 6 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 6 September , 2018 No sorry I thought I had his veterans death card, but was mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 8 September , 2018 Share Posted 8 September , 2018 Brookwood 1914 – 1918 Memorial Wall (recently transferred from: UK Book of Remembrance) Good news! The burial place of Canadian casualty listed below has now been identified. MacDonald, Daniel Birth registered as: MacDonald, Donald #VR/5433, Leading Seaman, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve Served on: HMCS Niobe Date of Death: 29 October 1919 at Knightswood Hospital, Glasgow, Renfrewshire Death registered as: McDonald, Daniel Place of Burial: Luskentyre Cemetery, South Harris, Western Isles, Scotland We are currently progressing the necessary documentation for the CWGC. Adrian & Diana The Far From Home project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 13 September , 2018 Share Posted 13 September , 2018 Brookwood 1914 – 1918 Memorial Wall (recently transferred from: UK Book of Remembrance) Good news! Another Far From Home case has been solved. The burial place of the Canadian casualty listed below has now been identified. Hobbs, Henry Thomas LAC ref: 4398-22 #504493, Sapper, Canadian Engineers Date & Place of Birth: 29 April 1882 @ Battersea, London, Middlesex Date of Death: Monday 08 August 1921 @ 32 Lots Road, Chelsea, London, Middlesex Cause of Death: Aortic valvular disease of heart (4 years) Age at Death: 39 Date of Burial: 11 August 1921 Place of Burial: North Sheen Cemetery (aka Fulham New Cemetery) Address: Lower Richmond Road, Richmond, Surrey Plot Reference: BC 397 The necessary documentation for the CWGC is already in the mail from the cemetery. Adrian & Diana The Far From Home project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 13 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 13 September , 2018 Re Davies I have found his veteran's death card which confirms place of burial - if you can get a grave photo then you may be able to make a case. Re Hobbs please could you tell me where the records are held as I may be able to solve a few other cases. Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 13 September , 2018 Share Posted 13 September , 2018 The records for the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham are held at North Sheen cemetery (contact: Shirley O'Mahoney, 0208 878 1934, there is an email link on the Borough website). I also have email addresses for City of Westminster, Royal Chelsea & Kensington and Brent Councils which we also contacted in the search for Sapper Hobbs. You are welcome to them if you would like them. Re: Davies Still plugging away for a photograph. Persistence will pay off! Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 14 September , 2018 Share Posted 14 September , 2018 Brookwood 1914 – 1918 Memorial Wall (as at: 14 September 2018) A quick update on the 8 Canadians currently listed on the Memorial. #1. Barry, Charles Lucien Maurice buried at: Notre Dame de Belmont Cemetery, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Confirmation: awaited Photograph of Headstone & Death Certificate: submitted to CWGC #2. Davies, Thomas Owen buried at: St Cadfarch, Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, Wales Documentation: awaited Photograph of Headstone: URGENTLY needed to confirm place of burial #3. Heney, Robert LAC ref: 4266-45 #440834, Dvr, Canadian Infantry Date & Place of Birth: 01 May 1876 at Ennclong, (Annalong?), County Down, Ireland Discharged: 17 May 1919 @ Kingston, Ontario, Canada Intended Place of Residence: 172 Elm Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Date of Death: Friday 03 December 1920 Place of Death: research on-going Place of Burial: research on-going Wife: Mrs Eliza Jane Heney (married: 16 August 1896), Bally Martin, Kilkeel, County Down, Ireland Far From Home has not found a record of Dvr Heney’s death in England & Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland as well as applying numerous alternative spellings for his surname. There is only one card in his service record at Ottawa which notes “Died Eng”. Given his intended residence at discharge from the army, it seems far more likely he died in Canada but no record has been found in Ontario or elsewhere to date. Although GRONI has no record of his death, there is also the possibility he returned home to his wife at County Down. #4. Hobbs, Henry Thomas buried at: North Sheen Cemetery (aka Fulham New Cemetery) Documentation: awaited #5. MacDonald, Daniel buried at: Luskentyre Cemetery, South Harris, Western Isles, Scotland Documentation: awaited #6. McNeice, Samuel buried at: in or near Ballymena, County Down, Ireland #7. Smith, John buried at: research ongoing. Several indications likely to be a ‘Served as’ alias. #8. Taylor, George buried at: St John the Divine, Horninglow, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire Confirmation: awaited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 16 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 16 September , 2018 https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/veterans-death-cards-ww1/Pages/item.aspx?PageID=2733421 Link to Vets cards page 202 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 16 September , 2018 Share Posted 16 September , 2018 Thanks Chis. Much appreciated. I wrote to four print newspapers, one on-line newspaper and BBC Radio Wales asking for help with photographs. Surely, somebody somewhere .... The card plus photo really ought to seal the deal. Adran The Far From Home project Chris! Apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 23 September , 2018 Share Posted 23 September , 2018 Brookwood 1914 – 1918 Memorial We have had a long-held theory the soldier noted below served under an alias. Smith, John #1084382, Private, 8th Bn Canadian Infantry Date of Death: 23 September 1920 Place of Death: 214a Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green, London (The Bethnal Green Hospital) Date of Burial: Research ongoing Place of Burial: Research ongoing Our researches have now indicated he was most likely born as Charles Frederick Brown. We have a blog post outlining our research and appealing for help to find his place of burial. https://www.canadianukgravesww1.co.uk/blog Adrian & Diana The Far From Home project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 24 September , 2018 Share Posted 24 September , 2018 Brookwood 1914 – 1918 Memorial Davies, Thomas Owen buried at: St Cadfarch, Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, Wales At last! We have been sent 3 photographs of the headstone for Thomas Owen Davies (with the names of his father above and his mother below the inscription for TOD) and have forwarded them to CWGC at Maidenhead. The headstone is somewhat covered in moss (?) but all three inscriptions can be seen to match up with the transcriptions (in both Welsh and English) already circulated. CWGC also has a copy of the ‘Veterans Death Card’ which clearly states TOD was buried at St Cadfarch. Taken together, fingers crossed! Every effort is being made to locate the Burial Registers for final proof. Adrian & Diana The Far from Home project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 26 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 September , 2018 Nice one. I had an e mail yesterday to say his commemoration has been moved back to UK BOR. Also moved was Hobbs & MacDonald. Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 26 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 September , 2018 On 23/09/2018 at 14:29, adrian45 said: Brookwood 1914 – 1918 Memorial We have had a long-held theory the soldier noted below served under an alias. Smith, John #1084382, Private, 8th Bn Canadian Infantry Date of Death: 23 September 1920 Place of Death: 214a Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green, London (The Bethnal Green Hospital) Date of Burial: Research ongoing Place of Burial: Research ongoing Our researches have now indicated he was most likely born as Charles Frederick Brown. We have a blog post outlining our research and appealing for help to find his place of burial. https://www.canadianukgravesww1.co.uk/blog Adrian & Diana The Far From Home project So far on this one I have checked Sibton Suffolk, but under the name Smith as I was not aware of the possible alias at the time. A check on DOL produces nothing for Smith or Brown. Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 26 September , 2018 Share Posted 26 September , 2018 We await a reply to our enquiries from two London Boroughs (Hackney and Haringey). The London Borough of Waltham Forest has replied he is not in either Chingford Mount or Walthamstow. The replies from Newham are also negative so far but incomplete. He is not at City of London & Tower Hamlets cemetery. Microfilm personally checked by us at London Metropolitan archives. There is no record at the GRO of a John Smith 'Death' in Bethnal Green for the last two quarters of 1920. Our Suffolk researcher is on the case. Adrian & Diana The Far From Home Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 26 September , 2018 Author Share Posted 26 September , 2018 Any Tower Hamlets searches in future let me know as these are on ancestry Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 1 October , 2018 Share Posted 1 October , 2018 Manchester Southern Cemetery We are hoping somebody may be willing to supply us with a photograph of the private headstone for: #3787, Sgt Stanley Barke Royal Canadian Dragoons Died: 4th February 1920 Plot: # D.CE.2359 Stanley was buried with 2 other members of the Barke family (in 1899 and 1921) and 2 members of the Lee family (in 1933 and 1974). Your assistance will be very much appreciated. Adrian & Diana The Far from Home project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian45 Posted 13 November , 2018 Share Posted 13 November , 2018 (edited) We have recently completed a nine day Road Trip covering just over 1,000 miles to the Midlands and north of England, the Isle of Man and Wales in our search for 13 Canadian casualties who were on our Outstanding Visits List. The final resting place for ten of the casualties was ‘Unknown’ when we embarked on our project in Autumn 2007. Six names were recorded on the Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial Wall (Bwd), three in the Canadian Book of Remembrance (CBR) and one in the UK Book of Remembrance (UKBR). More information for all of these four casualties can be found elsewhere in the pages of this Forum. Hopefully, our blog will be appreciated by the researchers who actually found each of these men but may not yet have visited their final resting places. https://www.canadianukgravesww1.co.uk/blog/ Shem England, at: St Peter ad Vincula Church, Ratley, Warwickshire George Taylor, at: St John the Divine Church, Horninglow, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire Alfred Johnson, at: Eccleshall Road Cemetery, Stafford, Staffordshire John Henry Mayers, at: St Peter Church, Prestbury, Cheshire We will share further bogs from our website when published over the next few days. Adrian & Diana The Far from Home project Edited 13 November , 2018 by adrian45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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