Boreenatra Posted 10 May , 2005 Share Posted 10 May , 2005 Got these for you today. Hope they are O.K.Regards Steve (Other to follow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreenatra Posted 10 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 10 May , 2005 Here's the other. Regards Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreenatra Posted 10 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 10 May , 2005 As a matter of interest can anyone tell me if putting two serving mens names on stones was common? Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 10 May , 2005 Share Posted 10 May , 2005 As a matter of interest can anyone tell me if putting two serving mens names on stones was common? Regards Steve <{POST_SNAPBACK}> On the recent Pals trip we also noticed this to be the case in some cemeteries. Was this due to limited space, or difficulties in distinguishing the two bodies, hence they were buried together? Robbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 10 May , 2005 Share Posted 10 May , 2005 Thanks for the photos, Steve. Maybe it was a matter of space, the double grave, since they both died in England of disease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD60 Posted 10 May , 2005 Share Posted 10 May , 2005 Hello There are some cemetery where it is common Hely Station for exemple. In this case there are two insignas if soldiers of different units. Exemple: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tanneguy.desplanqu...%20yeomanry.jpg I suppose the bodies were buried there very close maybe in the same hole during Somme battle and after war there was no interest to open the ground and move the bodies of few meters. In this cemetery I took this photo of a Maori soldier: The little stones coming from new zeland, from so far impressed me strongly. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tanneguy.desplanqu.../nz%20maori.jpg There was some words from the family at the gravestone foot. There are in other cemetery double graves but case par case. On the contrary I noticed one time two insignas for one soldier which is I think very uncommon. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 10 May , 2005 Share Posted 10 May , 2005 A All Blacks Captain apparently bit before my rugby knowledge regards Arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreenatra Posted 10 May , 2005 Author Share Posted 10 May , 2005 Interestingly: Vasau died 11th June buried 13th June Moki died 30th June buried July 3rd Taleva died 12th June no burial date. Filitoua died 19th June no burial date. Seems odd that the pairings were that way round bearing in mind the dates. I believe they died of pneumonia and it seems that Moki had seen service in Egypt and in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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