Terry Denham Posted 14 October , 2009 Share Posted 14 October , 2009 CWGC added the following 'new' WW1 casualties to its Debt of Honour database on Wednesday 14th October Dvr Arthur BLONDEL 103549 Royal Horse Artillery Died 25.03.21 Age 19 Commemoration: Brookwood (United Kingdom 1914-1918) Memorial, Surrey, UK Pte Arthur Thomas CATLING 3590225 1st Bn, Border Regiment Died 27.05.21 Age 29 Commemoration: Brookwood (United Kingdom 1914-1918) Memorial, Surrey, UK Sister Bessie HARKNESS Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) Died 11.04.19 Age 26 Buried: Crosshill Cemetery, Ayrshire, UK L/Cpl James KEMP 6505 1st Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Died 20.09.14 Age 28 Commemoration: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France NOT FORGOTTEN The above are In From the Cold Project cases. Dvr Blondel died of appendicitis in Delhi (Volunteer: Terry Denham) Pte Catling died of kala-azar (a parasitic infection) in Karachi (Volunteer: Terry Denham) Sister Harkness died of bronchitis and heart failure in Bagthorpe, Notts (Volunteer: Jim Grant) L/Cpl Kemp was killed in action (Volunteer: Bernie Barton) The Brookwood (United Kingdom 1914-1918) Memorial was originally intended only for those casualties who died in the UK and whose graves were not located or whose bodies were not recovered. Nowadays, it is also used occasionally for those who died overseas outside the war zones or at sea where no suitable memorial is available or where additions can no longer be made to an existing memorial. However, in the cases above who died in India, CWGC is checking whether one of the memorials in India can be used for these commemorations so they may be moved if that proves possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hywyn Posted 14 October , 2009 Share Posted 14 October , 2009 Well done all concerned. Not Forgotten Hywyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 14 October , 2009 Share Posted 14 October , 2009 Raising a glass to their memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River97 Posted 15 October , 2009 Share Posted 15 October , 2009 Rest in peace soldier boy's Gone but no longer forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pw643 Posted 15 October , 2009 Share Posted 15 October , 2009 More shining stars in our sky Well done to the team Never forgotten Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 16 October , 2009 Share Posted 16 October , 2009 May They Rest In Peace Terry I have noted your comments for IFTC Part 2 Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 21 October , 2009 Author Share Posted 21 October , 2009 The commemoration for Dvr Blondel has now been moved to the Delhi 1914-1918 War Memorial, India and that for Pte Catling to the Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial, Pakistan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 21 October , 2009 Share Posted 21 October , 2009 Terry thanks for the info Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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