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Jim Strawbridge

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1 hour ago, Jim Strawbridge said:

 

They have not come through. Perhaps you were using an old email address so I have messaged through my current one.

Have sent again on new email address.

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The photo of the grave that I have is that provided by Steve as being the general area of unmarked graves where she is likely to be. I cannot see that the naming on the panel would be a mistake of the "artist" and I suspect that York Minster was provided with incorrect information. Out of interest the Yorkshire Herald published a full list of female casualties around 1920 and which I have compared with those names on the York Minster panels. There are many differences and I suspect that York Minster and the Yorkshire Herald were provided with lists separately but from the same source. Both the Yorkshire Herald and York Minsters have her as WHIDGETT so I supect the error was made by whoever provided the list to them. The panels are riddled with errors, mistakes, doubling up of names on different panels, etc. I think that correcting the name is likely to prove difficult without damaging the appearance of what is currently there. It would mean stripping back the varnish and it would be hard to match up afterwards. But she is your ancestor and, correctly, you should have the last say. There really are hundreds of mistakes on these panels. There is something rather human about that.

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An update of my photograph requirements

 

United Kingdom

ABERDEENSHIRE, Kirton, Peterhead

BEDFORDSHIRE, Houghton Regis

BERKSHIRE, Sunninghill

BRECKNOCKSHIRE, Beaufort

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Radclive,

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Caldecote, Mepal

CARDIGANSHIRE, Cardigan, Lampeter, New Quay

CARMARTHENSHIRE, Abergwili, Ammanford, Carmarthen, Llandovery,

CLWYD, Gwersyllt (see Denbighshire, below)

CORNWALL, Isles of Scilly,

CUMBRIA, Winster

DENBIGHSHIRE, Gwersyllt, Gwyddelwern, Llangwyfan, Llanrwst

DERBYSHIRE, Croxall cum Oakley, Marston on Dove, Shirebrook, Taxal, Tibshelf
DEVONSHIRE, Dawlish, Plymouth, St. Budeaux

DORSETSHIRE, Holt, Langton Long

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

ESSEX, East Ham, Moulsham, Southend

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

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Berkeley, Cheltenham, Charlton Kings, Coleford, Leckhampton, Lydney, Oakridge Lynch

GWENT, Ebww Vale

HAMPSHIRE, Southampton (Old Cemetery)

HUNTINGDONSHIRE, Brampton, Kimbolton

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

ISLE OF LEWIS, Tolsta Chaolais

ISLE OF MAN, Marown

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

LANCASHIRE, Ainsdale, Blackburn, Bolton, Chadderton, Healey, Liverpool x 2 (Ford Cemetery and Kirkdale), Manchester, Ormskirk, Rainhill, St. Helens, Turton, Tyldesley, Wigan, Withington

LEICESTERSHIRE, Barrow upon Soar, Leicester, Loughborough

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, Harrow, Havering (Romford), Highgate (including unmarked plot), Islington (unmarked plot), Kensal Green, Kensington, King's Cross, Lambeth, Newham, Norwood x 2, Plaistow, Poplar, St. Pancras, Wandsworth (Earlsfield), West Ham, West Norwood, Willesden

LOTHIAN Edinburgh x 2,

MONMOUTHSHIRE, Abersychan, Govilon

MONTYGOMERYSHIRE, Welshpool

NORFOLK, Caistor

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Deene, Northampton (Dallington)

NORTHUMBERLAND, Haydon Bridge

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Cuckney, Nottingham

OXFORDSHIRE, Ardington
PERTHSHIRE, Dunblane

POWYS, Llanllwchaiarn, Newtown
SHROPSHIRE, Edgmond

STAFFORDSHIRE, Bradley, Brindley Ford, Chasetown, Newchapel, Ocker Hill, Ogley Hay, Stoke -on-Trent, Tettenhall, Tipton, Uttoxeter, Walsall, Walton-on-the-Hill, West Bromwich

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

WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry

YORKSHIRE, Burley in Wharfdale, Colton, Danby Wiske, Halifax, Ingleton, Kingston upon Hull, Kippax, Low Moor, Redcar, Scarborough, Sheffield, Skipton, 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,
CANADA, Alberta (Cereal, Edmonton), British Columbia (Summerland), New Brunswick (Sackville), Newfoundland (B
rigus, St. Johns), Nova Scotia (Bridgewater, Fox River, +12, Yarmouth), Ontario (Brantford, Carleton, Galt, Kingstone, London, Paris, Sherbrooke), Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, Souris), Quebec (Gatineau, Hull)

EGYPT, Alexandria

FRANCE, Arras, Chaumont, Estaires (2), Ecrouves (Muerthe-et-Moselle), Gironde, Hemévez (Normandy), Lamalou, Le Havre, Mentone, Mouleydier (Dordogne), Pys, Saint Amand les Aux, Sallanches
GUAM

INDIA, Bombay (3), Chennai, Deolali, Peshewar, Quetta, Trimulgherry
IRAQ, Amara, Baghdad (2), Basra (3)
IRELAND, Co. Clare (Ennistymon, Quin), Co. Cork (Kinsale), Co. Donegal (Letterkenny), Dublin (Drumcondra, Glasnevin and Dublin),
Co. Kilkenny (Kilkenny), Co. Leinster (Kenagh), Co. Limerick,
MACEDONIA, Skopje
MALAWI, Blantyre

NEW ZEALAND, Oamaru
PAKISTAN, Karachi, Rawlpindi

POLAND, Warsaw
SERBIA, Belgrade, Kragujevac
SIBERIA, Tomsk

SRI LANKA, Kanatte

U.S.A. California (Fairfield, Pacheco, Redlands, San Andreas), Colorado (Pueblo, Wheat Ridge), Columbia, District of (Washington x 2), Harvard, Connecticut (Windsor), Illinois (Beardstown, Cairo, Evanston, Marion, Shelby County), Indiana (Argos, Farmersburg, Lafayette, Lebanon, Livonia, Roanoke), Iowa (Ames, Anamosa, Davenport), Kansas (Peabody), Massachusetts (Boston x 2, Foxborough), Mississippi (Natchez), Missouri (Jefferson City), New Jersey (Cresskill, Swedesboro, Trenton), New York (Bellevue, Brooklyn, Oneonta, Poughkeepsie, Rockland, Suffern), Ohio (Kent,), Pennsylvania (Allentown, Bedford, Fallsington, Newtown, Philadelphia, Pottstown, Reading, Ridgway, Rockledge, Scranton, Wilkes-Barr), Texas (El Campo, San Antonio), Virginia (Fredericksburg), Washington (Washington), Wisconsin (Superior)

 

within past six months -

On :- BEDFORDSHIRE (Houghton Regis 5/19), CAMBRIDGESHIRE (Mepal 7/19), CORNWALL (Isles of Scilly 3/19), DERBYSHIRE (Marston on Dove 4/19, Tibshelf 5/19), DURHAM (Sunderland (Grangetown)) 4/19, ESSEX (Moulsham 6/19), GLOUCESTERSHIRE (Coleford 5/19, Leckhampton 8/19, Lydney 8/19, Oakridge Lynch 7/19), KENT (Cheriton 6/19, Erith 7/19), LANCASHIRE (Rainhill 9/19, Withington 6/19), LINCOLNSHIRE (Belton 5/19, Walcot 4/19),  OXFORDSHIRE (Ardington 7/19), STAFFORDSHIRE (Stoke-on-Trent 8/19), SURREY (Weybridge 5/19), WARWICKSHIRE (Coventry 5/19), CANADA British Columbia (Summerland 4/19), Nova Scotia (Bridgewater 5/19, Yarmouth 5/19), Ontario (Carleton 4/19), FRANCE (Arras 9/19), IRELAND, South (Co. Clare, Quin 7/19)

Off :- ANGLESEY (Holyhead 7/19), ARGYLLSHIRE (Appin 8/19, Kilmartin 8/19), BERKSHIRE (Wokingham), BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (Wycombe 9/19), CHESHIRE (Ashton upon Mersey 8/19, Handbridge 5/19), Cornwall (Phillack 7/19), DERBYSHIRE (Croxall cum Oakley 4/19), DEVONSHIRE (Withycombe 8/19), DUMFRIES-SHIRE  (Dumfries 4/19), DURHAM (Pelton 6/19, Willington 6/19), HAMPSHIRE (Alverstoke 7/19), KENT (Sheerness 4/19), LINCOLNSHIRE (Belton 9/19), Blyton 9/19), NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (Newark 9/19), SOMERSETSHIRE (Bridgwater 5/19), YORKSHIRE (Altofts 7/19, Bramham 7/19, Horsforth 7/19, Leeds (Beckett Street) 7/19), IRELAND (Dublin, Deansgrange 7/19).

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1 hour ago, CGM said:

Hello Jim,

 

Is your Moulsham grave in Essex St John's Churchyard, Moulsham Street ?

 

Juliana VELEY, V.A.D., died 14th July 1919 and is buried in St. John the Evangelist churchyard, Moulsham, Essex.

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Hello Jim,

 

Is your Moulsham grave in Essex St John's Churchyard, Moulsham Street ?

 

Thank you Jim. They are one and the same. I can easily take this one on.

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15 hours ago, CGM said:

Hello Jim,

 

Is your Moulsham grave in Essex St John's Churchyard, Moulsham Street ?

 

Thank you Jim. They are one and the same. I can easily take this one on.

 

Thank you.

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On 13/07/2019 at 12:39, monkstown said:

Have sent again on new email address.

 

Safely received. Thank you.

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18 hours ago, bostonwayne said:

BRENNAN, KATHLEEN ADELE

Hi Jim has this nurse got a headstone. She is buried in welford road cemetery Leicester.

 

The CWGC does not have the grave marked but, instead, have her recorded on a memorial wall. She was buried in a communal grave which is only marked by a numbered stone (hers is 3). I have photographs of the memorial wall and the numbered grave. I also have an early photograph of her grave showing soon after her burial which has a wooden cross with her name on it.

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18 hours ago, bostonwayne said:

Just found this list of memorials in Sheffield. It is a few years old now but is pretty comprehensive. Seems to be plenty of woman here as well

 

https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/10132-sheffields-great-war-rolls-of-honour/?tab=comments#comment-80151

 

I have had a scan through it. A lot of work has gone into preparing the list. I note that the Leicester Infirmary memorial isn't one that has made the list.

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Jim,

I have every CWGC photographed in Huntingdonshire including Brampton, Kimbolton, Also have Caistor in Norfolk, BEDFORDSHIRE, Houghton Regis, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Caldecote. Think I have all of Washington DC too. Drop me a line or reply here and I will upload which photographs you need.

Did the four in Chad last month, but there were all World War Two. Off to Niger next week, but no known CWGC graves.

John

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John, Thank you for the offer. My project reaches beyond CWGC graves and includes munition workers, VAD workers, memorials and those killed due to air-raids. But of the places you have mentioned here are my wants :-

 

BRAMPTON  - Constance Hilda HOWLAND, VAD, died 22nd November 1921, aged 20, is buried in Brampton cemetery. Photograph of headstone/grave required.

 

KIMBOLTON  -  Kathleen Mary HOLLIS, VAD, died 13th May 1919, is buried in plot S5 north, Kimbolton cemetery. A photograph of her grave/headstone required. Also her name on the Kimbolton War Memorial.  Also the name of Gladys Marguerite KIRKLAND, VAD, died 1918, is on the Kimbolton War Memorial (outside St. Andrews church) and on a Roll of Honour inside the church.

 

CAISTOR  -  Mary Ann SPARKS, civilian, died in a bombardment of Great Yarmouth on the 14th January 1918. She is buried in plot 289, section D, Caistor cemetery.

 

HOUGHTON REGIS  -  Lilian Gertrude HARRIS, munition worker, died 5th March 1918, aged 23. She is buried in the Baptist chapelyard, Houghton Regis.

 

CALDECOTE  -  Emma Mary DODD, VAD, died 1st April 1920. She is buried in St. Michael and all the Angels churchyard, Caldecote. Photograph of her headstone/grave required.

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.  -  Mattie Virginia BUSHEE, US Army nurse, died 3rd October 1918. She is buried in plot R154/185 Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Photograph of her headstone/grave required. Also her name on the District of Columbia War Memorial in West Potomac Park, Washington. Also Grace Duryea COOMBS, US Navy yeoman, died 17th April 1919 and is buried in grave 293, plot R43, Congressional Cemetery, Washington. The name of Victoria R. GOOD, US Navy Nurse Corps, died in 1918 and her name is on the District of Columbia War Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington. Bertha Ryan HAYES, US Navy yeoman, died 8th October 1918 and is buried in plot 223, section 155, Congressional cemetery, Washington and on the District of Columbia War Memorial. The name of Beatrice Trevor MURPHY, US Navy yeoman, died January 1919, is on the District of Columbia War Memorial. Helen F. ORCHARD, US Navy Nurse Corps, died 20th March 1918 and her name is on the District of Columbia War Memorial. Blanche Eleanor PIERCE, US Navy yeoman, died 6th October 1918 and is buried in plot R 68/340, Congressional cemetery, Washington. Frances POOLE, US Army nurse, died 8th October 1918 and is buried in section B, Rock Creek cemetery, Washington. Lula May THRIFT, US Navy nurse, died 10th October 1918. Her name is on the District of Columbia War Memorial. Harriet Frances Carter VODERBERG, died 8th November 1918 and is buried in grave 2, block 13, Redmen cemetery, Port Townsend, Washington.

 

Jim

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17 hours ago, Radlad said:

Jim, I used to have a friend who emigrated to Port Townsend. It is in Washington state, about 3000 miles from Washington DC

 

Thank you. I negligently didn't check Harriet Voderburg out. State of Washington she is.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Also this lady has been accepted for commemoration yesterday.

GASKELL, Maggie Louisa
Sister
Territorial Force Nursing Service
Died 06.07.19 Age 43
Commemorated: United Kingdom Book of Remembrance

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Thank you Wayne. You are, of course, in my neck of the wood, so I should have taken you for a pint. Willey's headstone is new and I have been awaiting it's production. When I visited it was just a plot. Anyway, thank you. Jim

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  • 4 weeks later...

Brilliant, thank you.

 

Wigan - Lower Ince cemetery, plot A 329 - Margaret Ashurst, died 12th April 1918 (died in a zeppelin raid).

Wigan - Lower Ince cemetery, plot R.C. H.744  -  Margaret Silcock, munition worker, died 20th February 1917

Wigan - Lower Ince cemetery, plot CE. B.391 - Jane Tomlinson, died 12th April 1918 (died in zeppelin raid).

There are others but I do not know their final resting places. I have heard that Margaret Ashurst's grave may be a common one with others buried with her but a photograph still required if this is the case.

 

As for the other, how about Atherton, which is just off the M61 not far from Wigan ?  In Atherton cemetery is the grave of Bertha McIntosh who was a munition worker who died 13th May 1917. It should be fairly easy to find as the headstone is on the BillionGraves website but I cannot use that one for copyright reasons. Next over from Atherton is Tyldesley. Mary Alice Marsh is buried in grave 287, row CE, plot C, Tyldesley cemetery. She died 27th February 1919 and was a Voluntary Aid Detachment member.

 

I have needs in Rochdale but perhaps a little too built up and busy when you are trying to get elsewhere. There is a requirement at Healey which is just north of Rochdale and got at via the A58.

 

With three at Lower Ince cemetery you may not have time to look for any others. Football is far more important. Thank you for your ongoing interest in my project. Much appreciated,  Jim

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Had a look on the web. Atherton is a big cemetery so might not be easy to find the grave. I can't find a plot number from billion graves and the photo isn't clear as to where it is. I will give it 30 minutes there and then on to wigan 

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On 14/07/2019 at 18:54, CGM said:

Hello Jim,

 

Is your Moulsham grave in Essex St John's Churchyard, Moulsham Street ?

 

Thank you Jim. They are one and the same. I can easily take this one on.

 

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