paulgranger Posted 21 July , 2017 Share Posted 21 July , 2017 At least one person is carrying on the tradition http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40645645 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 7 August , 2017 Share Posted 7 August , 2017 Found one myself just now: GULSON, FRANK VERDUN (22), Able Seaman (no. C/SSX 21017), H.M.S. Duchess, †12/12/1939, Son of Herbert and Ellen Gulson, of Kirton, Lincolnshire, Memorial:Chatham Naval Memorial (the son of the only officer to survive the sinking of HMS DUCHESS is visiting me tomorrow). sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 8 August , 2017 Share Posted 8 August , 2017 Perhaps I should start "Named after Great War personalities"? George Frederick Joffre Hartree. Incidentally, the real name of actor Charles Hawtrey (1914-1988). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 29 September , 2017 Admin Share Posted 29 September , 2017 Found this today, his daughter was named Vermelles after the cemetery her father was buried in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan24 Posted 22 February Share Posted 22 February Came across this snippet in a 1916 newspaper...checked on FreeBMD, turns out to be true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 22 February Share Posted 22 February It's quite a common phenomenon. Some of the younger combatants have names with Boer War connotations, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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