wanted - photos nationwide

[Jim Strawbridge]

11 hours ago, PaulC78 said:

Jim, who were you looking for in Kirkburton a few years ago?

I was looking for a photograph of the grave of Sarah Earnshaw, VAD, who died 22nd February 1919, aged 56. This has now been obtained.

[PaulC78]

3 minutes ago, Jim Strawbridge said:

I was looking for a photograph of the grave of Sarah Earnshaw, VAD, who died 22nd February 1919, aged 56. This has now been obtained.

I'll look for it anyway, my grandparents are buried in that churchyard so I visit on a fairly regular basis.

[Jim Strawbridge]

1 minute ago, PaulC78 said:

I'll look for it anyway, my grandparents are buried in that churchyard so I visit on a fairly regular basis.

You will probably have difficulty in finding it.  To help, it is grave 1527, section XIX, All Hallows churchyard. The marker is a in a row of kerbstones.

[PaulC78]

11 minutes ago, Jim Strawbridge said:

You will probably have difficulty in finding it.  To help, it is grave 1527, section XIX, All Hallows churchyard. The marker is a in a row of kerbstones.

Thanks. Do you have much information about her? There's a Facebook group for Kirkburton that might be able to help. I do know that's she's listed on the VAD memorial at Kirkburton Library: https://mindlabs.media/ww1-the-silence-of-the-guns

[bostonwayne]

Kirkburton is very easy. All grave locations are on this website

 

https://kirkburton.burialgrounds.co.uk/mapmanagement/#/memorialmanagement/1d1f4fd5-5333-48a6-9939-7879fd738924/grave_kerb/o/persons/e3287f6f-3452-46a1-8036-0c96637cdc34/f4777774-5219-4048-be77-c628bdc98d0b

[Jim Strawbridge]

About time for an update.  I am working on French female casualties at present.

 

UNITED KINGDOM

 

ABERDEENSHIRE, Kirton, Peterhead

BEDFORDSHIRE, Houghton Regis

BERKSHIRE, Sunninghill

BRECKNOCKSHIRE, Beaufort

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Radclive,

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Caldecote, Cottenham, Mepal

CARDIGANSHIRE, Cardigan, Lampeter, New Quay

CARMARTHENSHIRE, Abergwili, Ammanford, Carmarthen, Llandovery,

CHANNEL ISLANDS, Jersey (St. Saviour)

CLWYD, Gwersyllt (see Denbighshire, below)

CHESHIRE, Chester

DENBIGHSHIRE, Gwersyllt, Gwyddelwern, Llangwyfan, Llanrwst, Wrexham

DERBYSHIRE, Chesterfield, Croxall cum Oakley, Shirebrook, Tibshelf
DEVONSHIRE, Dawlish, Plymouth, St. Budeaux

DORSETSHIRE, Southbourne

DURHAM, Chester-le-Street, Jarrow, Sunderland (Grangetown),

ESSEX, East Ham, Moulsham, Southend

GLAMORGANSHIRE, Aberdare, Cardiff, Crynant, Ebbw Vale, Llandough, Llanharry, Neath, Newport, Pontypridd, Southerdown, Swansea, Ton Petre, Ystalyfera, Ystrd Mynach

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Lydney,

GWENT, Ebww Vale

HUNTINGDONSHIRE, Brampton, Kimbolton

IRELAND, NORTH, Co. Antrim (Belfast), Co. Fermanagh (Derrybrusk, Killadeas), Co. Longford (Kenagh), Co. Londonderry (Coleraine, Londonderry), Co. Tyrone (Edenderry, Strabane, Tullanisken),

ISLE OF LEWIS, Tolsta Chaolais

ISLE OF MAN, Marown

KENT, Ashford, Beckenham, Cheriton, Dover, Eltham, Erith, Folkestone, Goudhurst, Hawkinge, Hythe, Lewisham, Margate, Sidcup, Swanscombe, Sydenham, Tunbridge Wells

LANCASHIRE, Ainsdale, Bolton, Healey, Manchester, Turton, Tyldesley

LEICESTERSHIRE, Leicester,

LINCOLNSHIRE, Lincoln, Mumby, Sausthorpe, Walcot, Well, Willoughby
LONDON/MIDDLESEX, Abney Park, Brompton, Camberwell, Camden, Chingford, Cowley, Ealing, East Ham, East Sheen, Erith, Fulham, Hampstead, Hampton, Havering (Romford), Highgate (including unmarked plot), Islington (unmarked plot), Kensal Green, Kensington, King's Cross, Lambeth, Mile End, Newham, Norwood x 2, Plaistow, Poplar, St. Pancras, Wandsworth (Earlsfield), West Ham, West Norwood, Willesden

LOTHIAN Edinburgh x 2,

MONMOUTHSHIRE, Abersychan, Govilon, Monmouth

MONTYGOMERYSHIRE, Welshpool

NORFOLK, Caistor, Norwich

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Deene

NORTHUMBERLAND, Haydon Bridge, Jesmond

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Nottingham

POWYS, Llanllwchaiarn, Newtown
SHROPSHIRE, Edgmond

STAFFORDSHIRE, Bradeley, Chasetown, Dudley, Eccleshall, Longdon, Ocker Hill, Ogley Hay, Stoke -on-Trent, Tettenhall, Tipton, Walsall, Walton-on-the-Hill, West Bromwich

SUFFOLK, Foxearth, Kessingland, Saxtead
SURREY, Bramley, Brookwood, Camberwell, Caterham, Chessington, Cobham, Esher, Farnham, Kingswood, Shirley, Sunbury on Thames, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge,
SUSSEX, Arlington, Hastings, Horsham, Warnham

WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry

YORKSHIRE, Bridlington, Colton, Ingleton, Kingston upon Hull, Kippax, Malton, Redcar, Sheffield, Staithes
 

WORLD
 

ARMENIA, Erivan
AUSTRALIA, Western Australia (Albany, Denmark x 2), New South Wales (Kogarah, Manley, Millthorpe, Milton x 2, Rockwood, Rookwood, Waverley x 2), South Australia (Terowie), Tasmania (Holbart), Victoria (Castlemaine, Langley, Swanwater)
BELGIUM, Brussels, Froyennes, Ghent, Poperinghe
CANADA, Alberta (Cereal, Edmonton), British Columbia (Summerland), New Brunswick (Sackville), Newfoundland (Brigus, St. Johns), Nova Scotia (Bridgewater, Fox River, +12, Yarmouth), Ontario (Athens, Brantford, Carleton, Galt, Kingstone, London, Paris, Sherbrooke, Teeswater, Toronto), Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, Souris), Quebec (Gatineau, Hull)

EGYPT, Alexandria

FRANCE, Arcachon, Arles, Arras, Bergerac, Béziers, Calais, Chaumard (Nievre), Chaumont, Châlons-en-Champagne, Cherbourg-Octeville (Manche), Choloy-Ménillot, Combres sous les Cotes (Meuse), Compiègne, Cosnes-et-Romain, Courgent (Yveslines), Dennevy (Saône-et-Loire), Dompierre (Oise), Dugny-sur-Meuse, Ecrouves (Muerthe-et-Moselle), Épinay-sur-Orge (Isle de France), Escaudœuvres (Nord), Fère-Champenoise, Garennes-sur-Eure, Gironde, Gorges (Loire-Atlantique), Gravelines, Gray (Haute-Saône), (Hemévez (Normandy),Ivry-sur-Seine, Issy-les-Moulineaux (Paris), Jarville, La Fare-les-Oliviers  (Bouches-du-Rhône department), La Ferrière (Côtes-d'Armor), Lamalou, L'Isle-en-Rigault (Meuse), Lyon, Melun, Menton, Meximieux, Montendre (Charente-Maritime), Montmartre (Paris), Montourtier (Mayenne), Moosch (Haut-Rhin), Mouleydier (Dordogne), Mouzens (Dordogne), Nancy, Nogent-sur-Marne (Isle de France), Nomaine (Nord), Noyen-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe), Ornan (Doubs department), Paris (Montparnasse), Pau, Pierrefonds (Oise), Pompertuzat (Haute-Garonne), Préaux (Mayonne), Pys, Quemperven (Britanny), Quiberon (Britanny), Recloses (Seine-et-Marne), Reims (Marne), Réméréville (Meurthe-et-Moselle), Rocabey (Ille-et-Vilaine), Rouen ((Saint-Maritime), Saint Amand les Aux, Saint-Germer-de-Fly (Oise), Saint Quentin (Aisne), Saint-Jean-le-Priche (Saône-et-Loire), Saint-Just-en- Chaussée (Oise), Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Saint-Servan-sur-Mer, Sallanches, Santenay (Loir-et-Cher), Sennecé.lès-Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire), Septeuil (Yvelines), Solosmes, Steenwerck, Strasbourg, Sus (Pyrenees-Atlantiques), Susmiou (Pyrenees-Atlantiques), Thonon-les-Baines, Toulouse (Haute Garonne), Vendôme (Loire-et-Cher)
GREECE, Salonika

GUAM
INDIA, Bombay (3), Chennai, Deolali, Peshewar, Quetta, Trimulgherry
IRAQ, Amara, Baghdad (2), Basra (3)
IRELAND, Co. Clare (Ennistymon, Quin), Co. Donegal (Letterkenny), Dublin (Drumcondra, Glasnevin and Dublin), Co. Leinster (Kenagh), Co. Limerick,
ITALY, Rome

MACEDONIA, Bitola, Skopje
MALAWI, Blantyre

NEW ZEALAND, Oamaru
PAKISTAN, Karachi, Rawlpindi

POLAND, Warsaw
ROMANIA, Jassy

SERBIA, Belgrade, Kragujevac
SIBERIA, Tomsk

SRI LANKA, Kanatte

TURKEY, Izmir

U.S.A. California (Fairfield, Los Angeles, Oakland, Pacheco, Redlands, San Andreas, San Francisco), Colorado (Pueblo, Wheat Ridge), Columbia, District of (Washington x 2), Florida (Palatka), Georgia (Atlanta), Harvard, Connecticut (Windsor), Illinois (Beardstown, Cairo, Chicago, Evanston, Kewanee, Marion, Norway, Shelby County), Indiana (Argos, Ellwood, Farmersburg, Lafayette, Lebanon, Livonia, Roanoke), Iowa (Ames, Anamosa, West Liberty), Kansas (Peabody), Maine (East Stoneham, Old Town), Maryland (Baltimore), Massachusetts (Arlington, Boston x 2, Foxborough, Malden, Middleboro), Minnesota (Mankato), Mississippi (Natchez), Missouri (Jefferson City), Michigan (Detroit), Montana (Butte), New Hampshire (Concord), New Jersey (Cresskill, Swedesboro, Totowa, Trenton), New York (Bellevue, Brooklyn, LeRoy, Oneonta, Poughkeepsie, Rockland, Schenectady, Suffern), Ohio (Chardon, Cleveland, Kent,), Oklahoma (Mountain View), Pennsylvania (Allentown, Bedford, Fallsington, Forty Fort, Newtown, Philadelphia, Pottstown, Reading, Ridgway, Rockledge, Scranton, Wilkes-Barr, Williamsport, Yeadon), Rhode Island (Providence), Texas (El Campo, San Antonio), Utah (Salt Lake City), Vermont (Bradford), Virginia (Arlington, Fredericksburg), Washington (Washington), Wisconsin (Fox Lake, Milwaukee, Stevens Point, Superior)

 

within past six months (temporary 12 months due to Covid) -

On :- CHANNEL ISLANDS, Jersey (St. Saviour) 12/21, DORSETSHIRE, Southbourne (11/21), GLAMORGANSHIRE (Newport 3/21), KENT (Goudhurst 12/20), LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow (Cambuslang) 6/21, LANCASHIRE (Anfield 6/21), Monmouthshire (Monmouth 3/21), NORTHUMBERLAND (Jesmond 12/20), STAFFORDSHIRE Longdon (12/21), SUFFOLK (Foxearth 12/20), SURREY (Camberwell 9/21), YORKSHIRE (Bridlington 3/21), BELGIUM (Ghent 11/20), Poperinghe (10/21), MACEDONIA Bitola (3/21), FRANCE Arcachon 1/21, Arles (2/21), Bergerac (2/21), Béziers (2/21), Calais (10/21), Châlons-en-Champagne (2/21), Chaumard (Nievre) 10/21, Cherbourg-Octeville (Manche) 8/21, Choloy-Ménillot (2/21), Combres sous les Cotes (Meuse) (12/21), Compiègne (2/21), Cosnes-et-Romain (8/21), Courgent (Yveslines) 5/21, Dennevy (Saône-et-Loire) 5/21, Dompierre (Oise, 4/21), Dugny-sur-Meuse (2/21), Épinay-sur-Orge (2/21), Escaudœuvres (Nord 1/22), Fère-Champenoise (2/21), Garennes-sur-Eure (8/21), Gorges (Loire-Atlantique) (8/21), Gravelines (2/21), Gray (Haute-Saône) 4/21, Ivry-sur-Seine (2/21), Issy-les-Moulineaux (Paris 2/21), Jarville (1/21), La Fare-les-Oliviers (8/21), La Ferrière (Côtes-d'Armor) 4/21, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (2/21), L'Isle-en-Rigault (Meuse) (8/21), Lyon 10/21, Melun (2/21), Meximieux 2/21, Montendre (Charente-Maritime) 5/21, Montmartre (Paris) 11/21, Montourtier (Mayenne) 9/21, Moosch (Haut-Rhin) 10/21, Mouzens (Dordogne) 3/21, Nancy 1/21, Nogent-sur-Marne 2/21, Nomaine (Nord) 3/21, Noyen-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe) 5/21, Ornan (10/21), Paris (Montparnasse) 6/21, Pau 10/21, Pierrefonds (Oise 2/21), Pompertuzat (Haute-Garonne) 4/21, Préaux (Mayenne) 9/21, Quemperven (Britanny) 8/21, Quiberon (Britanny) 8/21, Recloses (Seine-et-Marne) 6/21, Reims (Marne) 10/21, Réméréville (Meurthe-et-Moselle) 8/21, Rocabey (Ille-et-Vilaine) 5/21, Rouen (Saint Maritime) 11/21, Saint-Germer-de-Fly church (Oise) 4/21, Saint Quentin (Aisne) 10/21, Saint-Jean-le-Priche (4/21), Saint-Just-en- Chaussée (Oise) 8/21, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (2/21), Saint-Servan-sur-Mer (3/21), Santenay (Loir-et-Cher) 4/21, Sennecé.lès-Mâcon (4/21), Septeuil (Yvelines) 5/21, Solosmes (2/21), Steenwerck 1/21, Strasbourg (2/21), Suchez 1/21), Thonon-les-Baines 1/21, Toulouse (Haute Garonne) 4/21, Vendôme (Loire-et-Cher) 8/21, GREECE Salonika 4/21, ROMANIA Jassy 5/21, TURKEY, Izmir (3/21), U.S.A. (Wisconsin, Fox Lake) 11/21

 

Off :- DORSETSHIRE, Holt (11/21), GLOUCESTERSHIRE (Berkeley 5/21, Cheltenham, 12/20, Charlton Kings 5/21, Leckhampton 12/20, Oakridge Lynch (5/21), LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow (Cambuslang) 8/21, SUSSEX (Angmering 9/21), FRANCE (Le Touquet-Paris-Plage 6/21), Souchez 1/21, Sus (Pyrenees-Atlantiques) 7/21, Susmiou (Pyrenees-Atlantiques) 7/21, Troyes 7/21),

Edited 1 January , 2022 by Jim Strawbridge

[temptage]

Jim, I was walking round Grimsby Scartho Road Cemetery the other day and noticed this grave.

As there is no mention of whether she died whilst serving, the epitaph could possibly mean she was Nursing, but dont quote me.

Just the fact that she was away from home during the War could mean she was serving, or could have just been a Servant etc. Was there a War Hospital in Bedford?

The date is obviously within the War years

[PaulC78]

According to the probate record she died at Shenstone Lodge in Bedford:

[Jim Strawbridge]

I  cannot see that she died serving her country or through the causes of the War.

[temptage]

1 hour ago, Jim Strawbridge said:

I  cannot see that she died serving her country or through the causes of the War.

Yes I agree now. It looks like she was in domestic service at the Lodge, working for a Military family.

[Jim Strawbridge]

For a nineteen year old in domestic service the estate at £1207 was quite a considerable sum in those days.

[temptage]

2 hours ago, Jim Strawbridge said:

For a nineteen year old in domestic service the estate at £1207 was quite a considerable sum in those days.

Yes but back in 1918,  her family lived on Bargate in Grimsby. For anyone to live on Bargate at that time must have been very wealthy as the houses are MASSIVE, many of which are still standing. Also the grave has that huge memorial on it. Not only does it have that big base, there is also an 8ft carved angel atop. Not something affordable to the common Johnny in Grimsby.

[Jim Strawbridge]

Which makes me think that she was either a friend of the Bedford family or a ladies companion (rather than a domestic servant). Family trees do not show a family relationship.

[temptage]

On 01/09/2021 at 00:19, PaulC78 said:

According to the probate record she died at Shenstone Lodge in Bedford:

Ive just noticed one little fact on the post above, the fact that her father was a Trawler owner. He would have been a wealthy man. Massive houses on Bargate, Welholme Road and Park View, all in one area of town, were all built on money from the fishing industry.

Ive just found her fathers Probate listing. He died in 1948 and left just over £7500. A pretty penny back then.

 

Im interested now. I might nip into the library to see if there is mention of her in the local papers of the time.

 

[temptage]

Spanish Flu and pneumonia. That puts that one to bed.

 

[bostonwayne]

I've just had a email from the CWGC. Apparently they are now allowed to erect headstones in Camberwell old cemetery. There are 2 woman who will have headstones made Edith Olive Williams WRAF and Bertha Vinter territorial force nursing service.

[Jim Strawbridge]

On 08/09/2021 at 15:02, bostonwayne said:

I've just had a email from the CWGC. Apparently they are now allowed to erect headstones in Camberwell old cemetery. There are 2 woman who will have headstones made Edith Olive Williams WRAF and Bertha Vinter territorial force nursing service.

That is good news.

[chaz]

Hi Jim

PM on way ref Holt Dorset

[Jim Strawbridge]

2 hours ago, chaz said:

Hi Jim

PM on way ref Holt Dorset

Received, thank you. It would seem that Angelina Mary Daccombe's grave, in Holt, Dorset, is lost. Thank you for looking.

[BJanman]

Hi Jim

Angmering, Sussex is just up the road from me, so if you still need the one from there I can look for you.

Barbara

 

[Jim Strawbridge]

3 hours ago, BJanman said:

Hi Jim

Angmering, Sussex is just up the road from me, so if you still need the one from there I can look for you.

Barbara

 

Thank you, Barbara.  ANGMERING - Janet Dixon Clare BALL, VAD, died December 1916. According to a newspaper report in a local newspaper she was buried on the 2nd January 1917 in Angmering. Amgmering, according to Wikipedia, is a large village but I am hoping that it only has one cemetery and that the graves are laid out in some sort of date order making the grave easy to find.           Good hunting.

[BJanman]

😀

Well I do love a mystery and will try my best to find her.  I’m in Angmering next Thursday so will start from there.

Barbara

[Dominion]

Hi Jim,

Another one from Minnesota - down in Mankato this time

 

 

[bostonwayne]

I see the CWGC are asking for relatives for Eliza Willis in Burngreave cemetery. Can't be long now before they put a headstone up for her. I'll keep an eye on it. 

Edited 20 October , 2021 by bostonwayne

[Jim Strawbridge]

21 hours ago, bostonwayne said:

I see the CWGC are asking for relatives for Eliza Willis in Burngreave cemetery. Can't be long now before they put a headstone up for her. I'll keep an eye on it. 

Thank you, bostonwayne. She had at least three children so there are probably direct descendants.