Sarahc5 Posted 5 February , 2020 Share Posted 5 February , 2020 Hello These are my Great Grandfather's details and I am hoping to find out where he was buried or where his memorial is please. Many thanks in advance First name(s) Robert Last name Thatcher Service number G/10637 Rank Private Regiment Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) Battalion 4th Battalion. Battalion details - Residence Marylebone Birth place- Enlistment place Marylebone Death year 1916 Death day 14 Death month 7 Cause of death Killed in action Death place France & Flanders Theatre of warWestern European Theatre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 5 February , 2020 Share Posted 5 February , 2020 https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/548428/thatcher,-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahc5 Posted 5 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2020 2 minutes ago, horatio2 said: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/548428/thatcher,-/ Thank you so much. I can't believe I didn't look there but I haven't been on that website for a few years and forgot about it. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 6 February , 2020 Share Posted 6 February , 2020 there is a pension leger card for Robert but under the WFA records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 6 February , 2020 Share Posted 6 February , 2020 Hi Sarah, in 1919 six bodies were exhumed from the field south of Caterpillar Wood, including your grandfather. The LHS pin shows the exact location, the Street View image (and lat/lon) is from the road looking north with Caterpillar Wood in the distance and the RHS has a trench map from 21 July 1916. Courtesy National Library of Scotland and tMapper preview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughton Posted 14 February , 2020 Share Posted 14 February , 2020 War Diary Page 167 of 503 On 13 July 1916 the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (see - 3rd Division, 9th Brigade) moved into position at 9:30 pm south of Marlborough Wood 57c.S.20.d.8.9, where they dug in and formed the Brigade Reserve. The following day, 14 July 1916, the Brigade attacked Bazentin-Le-Grand 57c.S.15.a.95.15 at 3:25 am. The Brigade reached all their objectives by 12 noon. During this time the battalion furnished working parties and carrying parties for the remainder of the 9th Brigade. Casualties were 5 Officers Wounded and 41 Other Ranks killed and wounded. Three (3) companies did move up in support to the front line. The remains were recovered from 57c.S.26.b.8.10, s0 about 500 yards behind their location on the 13th. It may have been a battalion or brigade burial ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahc5 Posted 14 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 14 February , 2020 On 06/02/2020 at 13:02, WhiteStarLine said: Hi Sarah, in 1919 six bodies were exhumed from the field south of Caterpillar Wood, including your grandfather. The LHS pin shows the exact location, the Street View image (and lat/lon) is from the road looking north with Caterpillar Wood in the distance and the RHS has a trench map from 21 July 1916. Courtesy National Library of Scotland and tMapper preview Wow, thank you so much! What a find. Sorry, I somehow missed the notification and have only just seen this. How did you find this out? So was he exhumed from Caterpillar Wood and then buried at Dantzig Alley Cemetary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahc5 Posted 14 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 14 February , 2020 7 hours ago, laughton said: War Diary Page 167 of 503 On 13 July 1916 the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (see - 3rd Division, 9th Brigade) moved into position at 9:30 pm south of Marlborough Wood 57c.S.20.d.8.9, where they dug in and formed the Brigade Reserve. The following day, 14 July 1916, the Brigade attacked Bazentin-Le-Grand 57c.S.15.a.95.15 at 3:25 am. The Brigade reached all their objectives by 12 noon. During this time the battalion furnished working parties and carrying parties for the remainder of the 9th Brigade. Casualties were 5 Officers Wounded and 41 Other Ranks killed and wounded. Three (3) companies did move up in support to the front line. The remains were recovered from 57c.S.26.b.8.10, s0 about 500 yards behind their location on the 13th. It may have been a battalion or brigade burial ground. Thank you ever so much. I don't know how you guys manage to find all of this. I am so grateful for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 15 February , 2020 Share Posted 15 February , 2020 Hi Sarah, I should have explained more thoroughly what I did. First I followed the link to CWGC gven by Horatio in post #2. On 06/02/2020 at 09:16, horatio2 said: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/548428/thatcher,-/ From there click on https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/548428/thatcher,-/#&gid=null&pid=1 and this will give the Concentration tab (centre tab). This page gives you the 2 things you want - the Reburial cemetery at the top (Danzig Alley) and the approximate map reference where the body was found (Sheet 57c S.28.b.8.10). As you correctly surmised, the exhumation was the approximate place where the body was recovered. Then go to a site that converts this grid to a modern reference, such as http://preview.tmapper.com. You can either copy and paste 57c.S.28.8.1 or use the wizard to guide you step by step: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 15 February , 2020 Share Posted 15 February , 2020 Photo of his CWGC headstone at The War Graves Photographic Project https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/view/3173817 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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