mysterious letters

[bernardmcilwaine]

has anyone encountered mysterious letters on any war memorials.ray westlake encountered one on a memorial in gwent,at the bottom of the list was a name that appeared to have been erased,but the first initial still remained which was a W,on the knaresborough war memorial,yorks there is also a W at the bottom of the list,does anyone know what they could be,are they men who were put on by mistake or are they executed men,any ideas,bernard

[keith]

I have come across this on a couple of memorials in Rutland,also on the roll of honour in the church. the W next to a name is to say that they where wounded. and an + next to it the man was killed. you can just see this on the Stoke Dry memorial .first two killed and a W in front of the sixth man down .

keith

[bernardmcilwaine]

hiya keith,these letters look like they were either going to engrave another name or the name was added then erased,bernard

[chris.wight]

Keith, were the two Neilsons on the Roll of Honour related?

Here's Captain (Acting Major it seems) Malcolm Neilson's attestation paper, link and the after action report from the Vimy Battle detailing how he met his death, link.

[bernardmcilwaine]

chris,they were brothers,they had 2 younger sisters,joan+margaret,parents w

william+elden,think that should be ellen,their father was a bank manager,bernard

dont know who h v neilson is

[chris.wight]

Thanks Bernard!

[keith]

In the book Rutland and the great war there is a big wright up on both of them. They are also on the war memorial at Lyddington chuch. see picture.

[keith]

In the book Rutland and the great war there is a big wright up on both of them. They are also on the war memorial at Lyddington chuch. see picture.

keith

[keith]

And here is a picture of both of them from the same book.

[chris.wight]

Thank-you very much, Keith, for posting the two photos!