asdarley Posted 20 May , 2020 Share Posted 20 May , 2020 Hoping someone might be able to help. A neighbour recently unearthed these name plates from their attic. I have checked our village records and none of these men appear on the lists that exist for men either recorded as KIA or returned home. They are a heavy cast metal,slightly curved and look as though they were once attached to something wooden. The house they came from was a parsonage in the WW1 period. Anyone seen anything similar? I have to say the design is new to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 20 May , 2020 Share Posted 20 May , 2020 (edited) PrivateANNISON, ROBERT STUART Service Number 12301 Died 07/10/1917 Aged 26 1st/5th Bn.Lincolnshire Regiment Son of Thomas and Eliza Beatrice Annison, of Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. PrivateHEALEY, GILBERT JOHN Service Number 27146 Died 23/10/1916 Aged 27 1st Bn.King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Son of Annie A. Healey, of Gedney Drove End, Lincs., and the late Harry Healey. Lincs links? Edited 20 May , 2020 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 20 May , 2020 Share Posted 20 May , 2020 (edited) The last plate is: THE UNKNOWN 1914 1918 May have been attached to a wooden object such as a lectern, given in memory by a member of the church the parsonage was linked to. Edited 20 May , 2020 by Kath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 20 May , 2020 Share Posted 20 May , 2020 At first glance, the connection appears to be the Dawsmere/Holbeach area of Lincolnshire. Could be wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 20 May , 2020 Share Posted 20 May , 2020 Healey is commemorated on Gedney Parish Church WW1 & WW2 Tablets (WMR 20450) Gedney Lincolnshire But not White nor Annison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmsk212 Posted 20 May , 2020 Share Posted 20 May , 2020 May have even been attached to a tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J T Gray Posted 21 May , 2020 Share Posted 21 May , 2020 My immediate thought was the Avenue of Remembrance at Colchester, but Gedney Drove End (which I can assure you is a long way from almost everywhere) is a long way from Colchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdarley Posted 23 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 23 May , 2020 Gentlemen. I am humbled by your knowledge and capacity to inform!. Many thanks to all who contributed. I have since discovered that the Parsonage was occupied post WW1 by a curate who had served as a military chaplain. I suspect this may be the way these artifacts have ended up in a tiny village deep in Dorset! How strange that the person who discovered these and told me about them is Canadian!! Life is indeed stranger than fiction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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