Will O'Brien Posted 26 April , 2005 Share Posted 26 April , 2005 The casualties who have been missed are: Pte Charles LOCKWOOD 18606 2 Bn, York & Lancaster Regt, who died on 21.04.16. Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium (ironic as we were there a couple of days later) Pte Charles Thomas Walter McKINLAY 63390 Wellington Regt, who died aged 30 on 22.04.18. Corozal American Military Cemetery, Panama Burgher Willem Adriaan LAUBSCHER 290 Clanwilliam Commando, who died aged 28 on 23.04.15. Spitsberg Farm Cemetery, South Africa S/Sjt Charles Robert William PEAKE T/909 Army Ordnance Corps, who died aged 24 on 24.04.18. Borre British Cemetery, France Capt George Robert THORPE 1 Bn, Honourable Artillery Company, who died aged 30 on 25.04.17. Duisans British Cemetery, France. As ever, my thanks to Terry Denham for providing this selection of names drawn randomly from CWGC records. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 21.4.05 - As per the CWGC Name: LOCKWOOD Initials: C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 21/04/1916 Service No: 18606 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. N. 11. Cemetery: ESSEX FARM CEMETERY & the cemetery info Cemetery: ESSEX FARM CEMETERY Country: Belgium Locality: Ieper, West-Vlaanderen Location Information: Boezinge is a village in the province of West Flanders, north of Ieper on the Diksmuidseweg road (N369). From the station turn left into M.Fochlaan and go to the roundabout, then turn right and continue to the next roundabout. Turn left and drive to the next roundabout and then turn right into Oude Veurnestraat. Take the 2nd turning on the left, which is the Diksmuidseweg, and follow the road under the motorway bridge; the Cemetery will be found on the right hand side of the road. Historical Information: The land south of Essex Farm was used as a dressing station cemetery from April 1915 to August 1917. The burials were made without definite plan and some of the divisions which occupied this sector may be traced in almost every part of the cemetery, but the 49th (West Riding) Division buried their dead of 1915 in Plot I, and the 38th (Welsh) Division used Plot III in the autumn of 1916. There are 1,199 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 102 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 19 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. It was in Essex Farm Cemetery that Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae of the Canadian Army Medical Corps wrote the poem ' In Flanders Fields' in May 1915. The 49th Division Memorial is immediately behind the cemetery, on the canal bank. No. of Identified Casualties: 1100 Charles Lockwood's online MIC index entry can be seen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 26 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 26 April , 2005 22.4.05 - As per CWGC Name: McKINLAY, CHARLES THOMAS WALTER Initials: C T W Nationality: New Zealand Rank: Private Regiment: Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Age: 30 Date of Death: 22/04/1918 Service No: 63390 Additional information: Son of Mrs. F. B. Thomas (formerly McKinlay), of Cumberland St., Dunedin; husband of Isabella McKinlay, of 54, Murray St., Caversham, Dunedin. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sect. C. Row 2. Grave 14. Cemetery: COROZAL AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY & the cemetery info Cemetery: COROZAL AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY Country: Panama Location Information: Corozal American Military Cemetery is located approximately 5 kilometres north of Panama City, just off the Gaillard Highway between the Corozal Railway Station and Fort Clayton. To reach the cemetery follow the Guillard Highway north from the city and turn right on Rybicki Road. The cemetery is approximately 800 metres along here on the left side. Historical Information: The cemetery is near the South end of the Panama Canal, on United States territory. It contains the graves of two New Zealand soldiers and one from Australia who died of wounds on Hospital Ships. No. of Identified Casualties: 15 The CWGC info indicates that Charles McKinley died of wounds on board a hospital ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 26 April , 2005 Share Posted 26 April , 2005 SDGW Charles Lockwood Born: Barnsley En: Attercliffe, Sheffield Res: Barnsley KiA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 26 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 26 April , 2005 23.4.05 - As per CWGC Name: LAUBSCHER, WILLEM ADRIAAN Initials: W A Nationality: South African Rank: Burgher Regiment: Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces Unit Text: Clanwilliam Commando. Age: 28 Date of Death: 23/04/1915 Service No: 290 Additional information: Son of Dirk Jacobus Laubscher and the late Maria Laubscher (nee Lombard). Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Cemetery: SPITSBERG FARM CEMETERY, LOERIESFONTEIN Willem Laubscher is the only burial with war graves status in Spitsberg Farm cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 26 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 26 April , 2005 24.4.05 - As per CWGC Name: PEAKE, CHARLES ROBERT WILLIAM Initials: C R W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Staff Serjeant (Artificer) Regiment: Royal Army Ordnance Corps Age: 24 Date of Death: 24/04/1918 Service No: T/909 Additional information: Son of Charles and Grace Elizabeth Peake, of 270, Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 11. Cemetery: BORRE BRITISH CEMETERY & the cemetery info Cemetery: BORRE BRITISH CEMETERY Country: France Locality: Nord Location Information: Borre is a village 3 kilometres east of Hazebrouck on the N42. On reaching the village, turn right just before the church on the road signposted Sec Bois. The cemetery is 500 metres from the junction on the right hand side. Historical Information: The cemetery was used from May to September 1918 by field ambulances and fighting Units, particularly those of the 1st Australian Division, during the interval between the German and Allied offensives of that year. The cemetery now contains 367 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and three German war graves. There are also five burials of the Second World War. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. No. of Identified Casualties: 370 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 26 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 26 April , 2005 25.4.05 - As per CWGC Name: THORPE, GEORGE ROBERT Initials: G R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Captain Regiment: Honourable Artillery Company Unit Text: 1st. Bn. Age: 30 Date of Death: 25/04/1917 Additional information: Husband of Agnes M. Thorpe, of 32, Ashurst Rd., North Finchley, London. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. F. 12. Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN & the cemetery info Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Location Information: Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The Cemetery lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes. Historical Information: The area around Duisans was occupied by Commonwealth forces from March 1916, but it was not until February 1917 that the site of this cemetery was selected for the 8th Casualty Clearing Station. The first burials took place in March and from the beginning of April the cemetery grew very quickly, with burials being made from the 8th Casualty Clearing Station (until April 1918), the 19th (until March 1918), and the 41st (until July 1917). Most of the graves relate to the Battles of Arras in 1917, and the trench warfare that followed. From May to August 1918, the cemetery was used by divisions and smaller fighting units for burials from the front line. In the Autumn of 1918 the 23rd, 1st Canadian and 4th Canadian Clearing Stations remained at Duisans for two months, and the 7th was there from November 1918 to November 1920. There are now 3,205 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated at Duisans British Cemetery. There are also 88 German war graves. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. No. of Identified Casualties: 3285 George Thorpe's online MIC index entry can be seen here This shows George started off in the ranks & was a Lance Corporal when he was first drafted overseas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 26 April , 2005 Share Posted 26 April , 2005 24.4.05 - As per CWGC Name: PEAKE, CHARLES ROBERT WILLIAM Initials: C R W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Staff Serjeant (Artificer) Regiment: Royal Army Ordnance Corps Age: 24 Date of Death: 24/04/1918 Service No: T/909 Additional information: Son of Charles and Grace Elizabeth Peake, of 270, Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. B. 11. Cemetery: BORRE BRITISH CEMETERY & the cemetery info Cemetery: BORRE BRITISH CEMETERY Country: France Locality: Nord Location Information: Borre is a village 3 kilometres east of Hazebrouck on the N42. On reaching the village, turn right just before the church on the road signposted Sec Bois. The cemetery is 500 metres from the junction on the right hand side. Historical Information: The cemetery was used from May to September 1918 by field ambulances and fighting Units, particularly those of the 1st Australian Division, during the interval between the German and Allied offensives of that year. The cemetery now contains 367 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and three German war graves. There are also five burials of the Second World War. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. No. of Identified Casualties: 370 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> SDGW has this man listed as William Peake. Born: Longton, Staffs En: Woolwich, Kent KiA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 26 April , 2005 Share Posted 26 April , 2005 Captain George Robert Thorpe is listed on ODGW as: Died of Wounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 26 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 26 April , 2005 SDGW has this man listed as William Peake. Born: Longton, Staffs En: Woolwich, Kent KiA <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Which is why I couldn't find his MIC index entry.............Nice shout Myrtle .....Here is Charles Peake's MIC online MIC entry. As with the SDGW he is listed under the forename William Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 26 April , 2005 Share Posted 26 April , 2005 1901 census has Charles Robert William Peake listed as C. Peake living in Minsterworth Entire Gloucester aged 7 years old. His father Charles born in Madely Staffordshire 32 years old was Living on Own Means and his mother Grace, 31 years old, born in Whitehaven, Cumberland was a National School Mistress. There are probably some school photographs out there somewhere showing Mrs. Peake and young C. Peake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 27 April , 2005 Share Posted 27 April , 2005 22.4.05 - As per CWGC Name: McKINLAY, CHARLES THOMAS WALTER Initials: C T W Nationality: New Zealand Rank: Private Regiment: Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Age: 30 Date of Death: 22/04/1918 Service No: 63390 Additional information: Son of Mrs. F. B. Thomas (formerly McKinlay), of Cumberland St., Dunedin; husband of Isabella McKinlay, of 54, Murray St., Caversham, Dunedin. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sect. C. Row 2. Grave 14. Cemetery: COROZAL AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY & the cemetery info Cemetery: COROZAL AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY Country: Panama Location Information: Corozal American Military Cemetery is located approximately 5 kilometres north of Panama City, just off the Gaillard Highway between the Corozal Railway Station and Fort Clayton. To reach the cemetery follow the Guillard Highway north from the city and turn right on Rybicki Road. The cemetery is approximately 800 metres along here on the left side. Historical Information: The cemetery is near the South end of the Panama Canal, on United States territory. It contains the graves of two New Zealand soldiers and one from Australia who died of wounds on Hospital Ships. No. of Identified Casualties: 15 The CWGC info indicates that Charles McKinley died of wounds on board a hospital ship. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> WW1 CD Surname MCKINLAY Given Name Charles Thomas Walter Category Nominal Roll Vol. 3 Regimental Number 63390 Rank Private Next of Kin Title Mrs I M E Next of Kin Surname MCKINLAY Next of Kin Relationship Wife Next of Kin Address 41 Bradshaw Street South Dunedin Roll 75 Page 30 Occupation Painter Probate record Dunedin Archives DAAC 9075 D239 4774 filed date 11 june 1918- will married 1915 08373 Isabella Margaret Emily Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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