chrisharley9 Posted 22 September , 2011 Share Posted 22 September , 2011 One of the joys of browsing through the Times is actually being able to find evidence of burials of people that you thought that nobody would be able to find. From The Times of 7th Feb 1916 Name: DAWSON, THOMAS REGINALD Initials: T R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: London Regiment Unit Text: 19th Bn. Date of Death: 04/02/1916 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Bay 9 or 10. Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL It has been confirmed today that he is buried at Beckenham Cemetery (formerly Elmer's End) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fair Posted 24 September , 2011 Share Posted 24 September , 2011 Chris - that's a brilliant discovery. He is one of my 19th London officers and joined up the same time as my grandfather. I may have a photograph of him somewhere, but he is definitely on Arras. attended Westminster School where he served in the OTC enlisted in the 2/19th 3 October 1914 arrived in France w 1/19th on 18 June 1915 He is also listed in the Oxford University roll of honour. He must have been awarded a place, but I don't know whether he matriculated or not. His service record is: WO 374/18787 I will have to go along to Beckenham and find his grave. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 25 September , 2011 Author Share Posted 25 September , 2011 Charles Judy has already been to the cemetery to get IFCP photos of the grave Hopefully in due course CWGC should move his place of commemoration Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River97 Posted 25 September , 2011 Share Posted 25 September , 2011 Chris, That is an awesome find. How did his name end up on the Arras Memorial? Some paperwork got lost there and it must have been a terrible four and a half months for him. Cheers Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 25 September , 2011 Share Posted 25 September , 2011 He is also commemorated on the memorial at St Philip The Apostle, Sydenham. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fair Posted 26 September , 2011 Share Posted 26 September , 2011 Chris - Thanks, thats great work. It looks very overgrown. Do you think CWGC will take over responsibility for his grave, or commemorate him with a CWGC headstone or elsewhere in the cemetery? I must confess that was an anomaly in my database that I had meant to resolve one day. The regimental roll of honour had him as died at home, yet CWGC had him on the Arras memorial. Charkes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 27 September , 2011 Author Share Posted 27 September , 2011 Cannot really say what CWGC will do, but his name should now be removed from the Arras Memorial Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Wright Posted 27 September , 2011 Share Posted 27 September , 2011 May take a long time--I know of man who is on Arras Memorial, but his body was found in 1938 and buried in one of the cemetries beside Vimy Ridge. His name is still on Arras Memorial. Wesley Wright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majors Batman Posted 28 September , 2011 Share Posted 28 September , 2011 May take a long time--I know of man who is on Arras Memorial, but his body was found in 1938 and buried in one of the cemetries beside Vimy Ridge. His name is still on Arras Memorial. Wesley Wright Hence the term "Carved in Stone" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 28 September , 2011 Author Share Posted 28 September , 2011 Should really have made my self a bit clearer. On the database his name will be removed from the Arras Memorial; only when the panels are replaced will his name actually be removed from the memorial Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Wright Posted 20 September , 2016 Share Posted 20 September , 2016 On 9/27/2011 at 22:39, Wesley Wright said: May take a long time--I know of man who is on Arras Memorial, but his body was found in 1938 and buried in one of the cemetries beside Vimy Ridge. His name is still on Arras Memorial. Wesley Wright His name is still on Memorial, but his name has been removed from database stored in cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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