Desmond7 Posted 20 August , 2005 Share Posted 20 August , 2005 (edited) Tried four times to find the man 'remembered today' on CWGC. Finally got him. Name: CHEEVERS, RICHARD Initials: R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Irish Fusiliers Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 20/08/1914 Service No: 11113 Additional information: Son of James and Maggie Cheevers, of Waterloo Place, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. (Buried Quetta Govt. Cem. 2166.). Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 23. Cemetery: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE Edited 20 August , 2005 by Desmond7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Robertson Posted 20 August , 2005 Share Posted 20 August , 2005 Des, Stay off the Bushmills mate................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 20 August , 2005 Author Share Posted 20 August , 2005 No such luck .... boo hoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Robertson Posted 20 August , 2005 Share Posted 20 August , 2005 Des, The only "real" whiskey is Scottish in origin anyway so you're not missing anything being Bushmills free. Take that as a blessing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 20 August , 2005 Share Posted 20 August , 2005 The only "real" whiskey is Scottish in origin anyway<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not wanting to sound picky, but that's not technically correct. You don't get any "whiskey" at all from Scotland! ("Whisky" in Scotland, and "whiskey" elsewhere) Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 20 August , 2005 Share Posted 20 August , 2005 Is Cheevers a name local to Co Tyrone or Cookstown? My wife's family name of McSloy certainly is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 20 August , 2005 Author Share Posted 20 August , 2005 Maybe his descendants? I think Cheevers is a 'southern' name orginally. A Cheevers Butchers 27 Millburn Street Cookstown County Tyrone BT80 8EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 20 August , 2005 Author Share Posted 20 August , 2005 I'd like to thank Dave for sorting out that uppity Jock .. 'real' whiskey indeed!? Ye cannae be serious ba the way ... youse crowd a' sup Buckfast onyroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 20 August , 2005 Share Posted 20 August , 2005 is it normal to have a man commerated on a memorial as well as buried? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mark It's not uncommon. Quite a lot of graves in India, Pakistan, etc are no longer maintained by CWGC and the guys are commemorated on a memorial. One of the guys I've researched has a commemoration on Kirkee Memorial, which is in Kirkee Cemetery... which is where he's buried. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Robertson Posted 20 August , 2005 Share Posted 20 August , 2005 Not wanting to sound picky, but that's not technically correct. You don't get any "whiskey" at all from Scotland! ("Whisky" in Scotland, and "whiskey" elsewhere) Dave. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dave, I typed in "whiskey" so that everyone south of God's country could understand what I was on about. Of course, up here, it is very much WHISKY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Robertson Posted 20 August , 2005 Share Posted 20 August , 2005 Mark It's not uncommon. Quite a lot of graves in India, Pakistan, etc are no longer maintained by CWGC and the guys are commemorated on a memorial. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> John, Just as a matter of interest - is there a reason why the CWGC has given up on the graves? I was under the impression that it was in their charter to maintain graves in perpituity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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