jay dubaya Posted 3 January , 2021 Share Posted 3 January , 2021 Realising that the current pandemic restrictions may not allow this, but if possible and any kind soul is in the area it would be much appreciated, Gunner 94468 Samuel Davies - Plot 15, Row G, Grave 23 cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 3 January , 2021 Share Posted 3 January , 2021 (edited) Hi Jon, I have this but I cannot recall where I got it from so cannot vouch for any copyright etc. Regards, Graeme PS. He's on Bilston War Memorial. Edited 3 January , 2021 by GraemeClarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 3 January , 2021 Share Posted 3 January , 2021 couldnt possibly think where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 3 January , 2021 Share Posted 3 January , 2021 (edited) another view from the back oh, as for copyright, I took for Graeme so suppose its copyright free, unless you want to pay a donation to the skindles chocolate fountain fund Edited 3 January , 2021 by chaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 3 January , 2021 Share Posted 3 January , 2021 Hi Chaz, Cheers, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 3 January , 2021 Author Share Posted 3 January , 2021 (edited) Many thanks Greame... and by default Chaz... who gets extra thanks for the added images. Well that confirms the personal inscription doesn't appear on the headstone, CWGC note this as 'Ever in our thoughts' so may be it's in hand and will be added at a later date... Samuels wife had returned the verification form on 19th September 1922 with the added footnote 'I do not agree to pay the costs. He gave his life freely and if this cannot be put on freely leave it off'. The decision reached by the then IWGC was that this was a definate refusal to pay and the inscription should not be added. I suspect this wasn't an isolated incident. J Edited 3 January , 2021 by jay dubaya have the falseteeth been removed from the chocolate fountain yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 3 January , 2021 Share Posted 3 January , 2021 interesting that his grave report has Davis and G initial, normally the wife has a good look at the inscriptions at the bottom, more interest to her. there is no inscription on the headstone report so dont know where the "Ever in our thoughts" came from, it is a central row grave so would not have thought it would have been damaged either by the car crash or WW2 exploits, By the way its plot IV (or 4) not 15 in your first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 3 January , 2021 Author Share Posted 3 January , 2021 (edited) Thanks for the correction Chas... for whatever reason I'd written XV in my notes and not IV... image source CWGC online archive CWGC/8/1/4/1/1/170 Edited 8 January , 2021 by jay dubaya add image source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 4 January , 2021 Share Posted 4 January , 2021 nice to see, I didnt know there was a unable to pay form, being farm workers my 3 great uncles and their cousin all have blank inscriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lang Posted 8 January , 2021 Share Posted 8 January , 2021 On 03/01/2021 at 17:32, jay dubaya said: Thanks for the correction Chas... for whatever reason I'd written XV in my notes and not IV... I am interested to know where (or from whom) you acquired the letter from the (then) IWGC. I would also be interested to know the origin of any letters or forms relating to the "Final Verification Form" named in the letter. Your help or assistance would be greatly appreciated. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 8 January , 2021 Author Share Posted 8 January , 2021 Apologies... I thought I'd copied the image with its reference, now added above. There's not much to it other than highlighting an interesting issue and the official stance. The whole file can be found via the online CWGC archive here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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