David_Underdown Posted 5 May , 2010 Share Posted 5 May , 2010 Post-discharge cases don't necessarily take that much longer. Harry Jones was put forward to CWGC in late-November last year, and appeared on the web listing on 30 March this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Clark Posted 5 May , 2010 Share Posted 5 May , 2010 I agree, I think that it depends more on making a convincing case. Try to cut off all avenues to deny the man an approval. As said above the MoD (Army) are making some cracking decisions very quickly and importantly they are (quite rightly) giving the man the benefit of any doubt. As for the Naval Historical Branch enough has been said in the past about that lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 5 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 5 May , 2010 Wallace Truscott was a post discharge case, although the nature of his death was different from George Lambourne's and could possibly be seen as more favourable for a quick decision. Grant, I hadn't thought of the two being related. It was hard enough trying to trace him back. I think I've got it right. He was registered at birth as James George. I believe his father died prior to the family moving to the Lewisham area. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 17 May , 2010 Share Posted 17 May , 2010 Normal service has been resumed with Lewisham. Lady was away on hols Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 17 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 17 May , 2010 Thanks Chris, I'll leave it with you and keep my fingers crossed. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 18 May , 2010 Share Posted 18 May , 2010 Phil uncross them please He is at Hither Green Cemetery Plot D, grave number 945. I have informed Terry Denham. PM me with your e mail if you want me to forward you a copy. Neil will ask about yours tomorrow Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 19 May , 2010 Author Share Posted 19 May , 2010 Thanks Chris, I didn't get notification of your post. I will be in touch. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 11 January , 2011 Author Share Posted 11 January , 2011 Some good news at last. I received notification from CWGC today that the MoD have approved his commemoration. Now just the long wait for the Regional Supervisor etc. From Chris's information and my delving around, I believe that he lies in an unmarked grave. T. Mellowship, who's headstone is in the attached picture, lies in grave D947. This is on the boundary of the original cemetery. There are several other CWGC headstones along the old boundary line, standing in isolation. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 12 January , 2011 Share Posted 12 January , 2011 Good news Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 22 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 22 March , 2011 An extract from an email received from the CWGC today: "You will be pleased to hear that I have heard back from our area office and they have visited the and located the unmarked grave in Plot D Grave 945 and are now seeking permission from the Local Authority to erect a Commission war pattern headstone. This may take up to two years for the headstone to be engraved and manufactured and erected. I have also added his name to the casualty database and his name will appear on the CWGC website within the next couple of days." Thank you to everyone that has contributed to this thread. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 14 September , 2013 Author Share Posted 14 September , 2013 As two and a half years have passed since my last contact with the CWGC on this man, I thought I would contact them for an update. Below is an extract from their response: "Area have confirmed that they are currently awaiting permission from the Local Authority to mark Plot D, Grave 945 in Lewisham (Hither Green) Cemetery with a Commission headstone for Corporal G J Lambourne." I have asked to be put in contact with the Area Supervisor to see who is dragging their heels. Is anyone else experiencing similar? Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 13 March , 2014 Author Share Posted 13 March , 2014 Almost four years to the day since I started and having had to take up the case with Lewisham Council at the CWGC's request, I finally heard today that Lewisham have now granted permission for a marker to be placed on George's grave. Patience is a virtue, I'm told. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longboat Posted 15 March , 2014 Share Posted 15 March , 2014 Well done Phil, Reward for your perseverance and recognition for George Lambourne, I'll look out for you in the local press. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 22 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 22 March , 2015 It has been a long haul, but finally, the CWGC has erected the headstone in the last week or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 22 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 22 March , 2015 Another photo to show him alongside Tom Mellowship. I also noticed, walking around this morning, that a couple of CWGC headstones that were wearing badly, have also been replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 I discovered part of this story while researching names on the Brownhill Road Baptist Church Memorial Tablet last year. I visited the grave, after a lengthy search - it would have been much easier had I seen these photos first! After next week's commemoration of the centenary of the unveiling of the Memorial Tablet we intend to move our wreath to George's grave, as the local representative of all 20 men commemorated there. Andrew Grimwade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 2 December , 2019 Author Share Posted 2 December , 2019 Hello Andrew, It would have been even quicker if you had found me! I never got notification of your post, which is a shame, as I could have visited George's grave after you had laid the wreath. I am very local and my youngest daughter was in the Cubs and Scouts at Brownhill Road. If you want any info I may have on George, feel free to get in touch. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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