Going to Ramla CWC this Sunday-would take photos

[wroclaw]

I'll be attending the Ramla (Ramleh) cemetery and ceremony this Sunday, and would later take some pictures of the NZ MR section of the Ayun Kara action casualties. If the weather would be anything then rainy (which it should) I'll have about an hour of "spare" time. For any special requests of photos of any other help just tell me.

There's a little chance of me getting also to the ceremony in Jerusalem mt. Scopus the day before – if I'll get there I could take pictures on request there too.

regards

[bobpike]

I'd be most grateful if you could get any of these, please?

Many thanks,

Bob Pike

Stammers Pte. Wm. 4Ex 15.7.18 - Ramleh War Cem AA30

Clark(e) Pte. Arthur Wm. 5Beds 19.9.18 - Ramleh War Cem E58

Coates Lce-Sgt. Alfred 5Ex 21.5.18 – Ramleh War Cem B19

Livermore Pte. Percy 4Ex 19.9.18 – Ramleh War Cem E75

[Peter Bennett]

Name: GRAY, HAROLD

Initials: H

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (S.Q.M.S.)

Regiment: Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Age: 30

Date of Death: 12/06/1943

Service No: 7586506

Additional information: Son of George and Emily Gray, of Birkby, Huddersfield.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. E. 13.

Cemetery: RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY

I would be grateful for a photo of the above headstone.

Thank you

Peter

[TD60]

Hello,

If you can take following pictures for me it would be very nice :

DOUGLAS, B Lieutenant 101st Indian Grenadiers

P. 16.

NELSON, JOHN BELL Captain 125th Napier's Rifles

R. 39.

KEITH, STEVEN DONALDSON Lieutenant 42nd Deoli Regiment

U. 14.

NEAVE, A L W Captain 110th Mahratta Light Infantry

U. 131.

GOLDING, HAROLD GORDON LANCELOT Lieutenant 35th Sikhs

V. 24.

CALDWELL, LINDSAY ROY Lieutenant 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry

AA. 80.

Many thanks in advance.

Kind regards and have a nice journey there.

[taddy]

Dear Wroclow.

I am currently researching details of men who gave their lives from my area for a i would be very gratefull if you could time permiting photo the resting places of the following.

Corporal Henry Yates Cundall

Ramleh War Cemetery

Grave / Memorial Number EE.21

and

Lance Bombardier John William Southern

Jerusalem War Cemetery

Grave /Memorial Number S. 62

Could you please possibly take a photo of the cemetery itself and with your permission i would like to publish these on my website.

Thank You

taddy

[wroclaw]

Dear Wroclow.

I am currently researching details of men who gave their lives from my area for a i would be very gratefull if you could time permiting photo the resting places of the following.

Corporal Henry Yates Cundall

Ramleh War Cemetery

Grave  / Memorial Number EE.21

and

Lance Bombardier John William Southern

Jerusalem War Cemetery

Grave /Memorial Number S. 62

Could you please possibly take a photo of the cemetery itself and with your permission i would like to publish these on my website.

Thank You

taddy

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No problem with all the Ramleh pictures, but it seems I wont be visiting Mt. Scopos tomorrow, since the ceremony would take place at 09:30 and its quite difficult to get there from where I live by public transportation...

[Peter Bennett]

If it is not asking too much may I please request one more from Ramleh:

Name: FARRINGTON, JOSEPH

Initials: J

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Able Seaman

Regiment: Royal Navy

Unit Text: H.M.S. St. Angelo.

Date of Death: 20/01/1946

Service No: D/JX650399

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: 7. D. 17.

Cemetery: RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY

Thank you

Peter Bennett

[Wiltshire]

wroclaw

Many thanks for your offer. If possible could you please take a photograph of the following grave:

2/Lt Harry John Anderson, Wiltshire Regiment, Grave S.61

Best wishes

Graham Grist

[PPCLI]

Hi wroclaw,

I am researching a battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers. There are almost 30 graves of interest to me at Ramleh, but I have tried to whittle them down. Most of the following men were with the original unit that landed at Gallipoli in June 1915 and took part and survived the charge on the 12th July:

Pte. Nelson Davidson, 240977 – P.26

L/Cpl. W. Chester, 240014 - Grave CC.72

Pte. J. Thorburn, 240147 – W.3

Pte. John Edgar, 240281 – P.28

Pte. J. Bissett, 240422 – R4

Sgt. Albert Walker, 240317 – O.20

Pte. Tom Ramsay, 240414 – O.47

Pte. A. Cook, 240583 – J.40

Pte. J. Smith, 240687 – K.29

Pte W. Affleck, 240936 – P.34

If you are in the vicinity of any of the above men's graves, I would appreciate any photos that you can fit in to your trip. Many thanks for your kind offer.

Stuart

[wroclaw]

Hi wroclaw,

I am researching a battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers. There are almost 30  graves of interest to me at Ramleh, but I have tried to whittle them down. Most of the following men were with the original unit that landed at Gallipoli in June 1915 and took part and survived the charge on the 12th July:

Pte. Nelson Davidson, 240977 – P.26

L/Cpl. W. Chester, 240014 - Grave CC.72

Pte. J. Thorburn, 240147 – W.3

Pte. John Edgar, 240281 – P.28

Pte. J. Bissett, 240422 – R4

Sgt. Albert Walker, 240317 – O.20

Pte. Tom Ramsay, 240414 – O.47

Pte. A. Cook, 240583 – J.40

Pte. J. Smith, 240687 – K.29

Pte W. Affleck, 240936 – P.34

If you are in the vicinity of any of the above men's graves, I would appreciate any photos that you can fit in to your trip. Many thanks for your kind offer.

Stuart

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You could go ahead with all 30 names; I guess I could take them too if they are already in the sections mentioned above.

[PPCLI]

You could go ahead with all 30 names; I guess I could take them too if they are already in the sections mentioned above.

Very good of you to take the trouble (a bit of an understatement really!). I am posting the rest of the 1/5th Bn. KOSB burials, plus two from the 1/4th Bn. who were born near my home. If you can get them all that would be great (I'm not likely to ever get there myself), but please don't put yourself out. A lot of them do seem to be grouped in the one area.

Pte. Arthur Wilson, 201782 – J.15

2nd Lt. J. Kerr, O.10

Pte. J. Kirkpatrick, 241038 – O.21

Pte. J. Steele, 14515 – O.25

Pte. J. Maxwell, 23048 – O.30

Pte. R. Boyes, 201791 – O.32

Pte. J.McMillan, 241245 – O.35

Pte. Samuel Swift Thorpe, 28294, O.37

Pte. William Preacher, 201496 - O.43 (1/4th KOSB)

Pte. John Rain, 30916 – O.38 (1/4th KOSB)

Pte. Thomas Shepherd, 200364 – O.46

Pte. J.M. Neilson, 201747, P.27

Pte. R. Todd, 201703 – P.32

Pte. C. Devine, 201671 - P.33

Pte. C.B. Mitchell, 28313 – R.2

Pte. E. Dronsfield, 201705 – R.5

Pte. Thomas George Hunter, 241216 – T.7

Sgt. James Carson, 241115 - U.124

I hope you have a great day and I look forward to seeing the results of your efforts.

Thank you,

Stuart

[wroclaw]

Done…

It was a rather hot day and even those of us not wearing "Savil row" suites, had felt the impacts of the sun, so I need to have a good rest and refill my water reservoirs. It was an impressive ceremony, attendant by dozens of ambassadors, military attaches and old veterans. I took all photos requested and add them at night. Bye

[PPCLI]

Done… I took all photos requested and add them at night. Bye

I have sent you a PM with my email address and my thanks.

Stuart

[wroclaw]

The annual ceremony had taken place, Nov. the 13th at sunny morning. This is the main CWGC ceremony in Israel, and many ambassadors are attending. Religious figures of several churches were also present and also representatives of the IDF. Speeches by several figures were lasting about an hour, talking among other things, about the vanishing veterans of the great wars and hurrying us to keep listening to their story. Military and diplomatic representatives included all countries involved in the war (and nearly all European countries that were founded\refounded after the war).

[wroclaw]

Veterans

[wroclaw]

The cemetery in general.

[wroclaw]

I got a request for a photo of this tombstone, but it seems the post was deleted…

[wroclaw]

Finally a question:

Does anybody know what the meaning behind "MIZPAH" is?

[KONDOA]

Thankyou Wroclaw for looking for and photographing Private Patterson's grave. He joined up with my father who was more fortunate.

I believe Mizpah means home or at rest in a wide sense. Many villages have it as a prefix.

Roop

[TD60]

Hello

Many many thanks for your photos. A great success !

I have imaginad it will be very very hard to have gravestones photo from there

and with yoiur help it was possible.

Well done and thanks again

Nice also to share this event with us.

Why remembrance day is the 13th nov. and not the 11th there ?

I am impressed by the number of countries represented there .

I wonder if there are many ceremonies with so much countries.

And unexpected in this area !

Great job !

Mizpah was already discussed in a post some month ago. I have had the same question.

Here is the meaning extracted from the thread:

Meaning: watch-tower; the look-out

A place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this spot (Gen. 31:49) on his return to Palestine from Padan-aram. Here Jacob and Laban set up their memorial cairn of stones. It is the same as Ramath-mizpeh (Josh. 13:26).

RObbie

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Kind regards

TD60

[Wiltshire]

wroclaw

I have just seen your e-mail. Thank you very much for taking the photograph. My home e-mail address is grahamila@onetel.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes

Wiltshire (Graham)

[taddy]

Thank you for your email and taking the picture for me. I look forward to hearing from you.

E Mail brem1234@hotmail.com

Taddy ( Dave )

[Guest Gordon Maxwell]

Hi Could you tell me anyhting about Pte. J. Maxwell, 23048 – O.30 was he KOSB?

Regards Gordon Maxwell

Very good of you to take the trouble (a bit of an understatement really!). I am posting the rest of the 1/5th Bn. KOSB burials, plus two from the 1/4th Bn. who were born near my home. If you can get them all that would be great (I'm not likely to ever get there myself), but please don't put yourself out. A lot of them do seem to be grouped in the one area.

Pte. Arthur Wilson, 201782 – J.15

2nd Lt. J. Kerr, O.10

Pte. J. Kirkpatrick, 241038 – O.21

Pte. J. Steele, 14515 – O.25

Pte. J. Maxwell, 23048 – O.30

Pte. R. Boyes, 201791 – O.32

Pte. J.McMillan, 241245 – O.35

Pte. Samuel Swift Thorpe, 28294, O.37

Pte. William Preacher, 201496 - O.43 (1/4th KOSB)

Pte. John Rain, 30916 – O.38 (1/4th KOSB)

Pte. Thomas Shepherd, 200364 – O.46

Pte. J.M. Neilson, 201747, P.27

Pte. R. Todd, 201703 – P.32

Pte. C. Devine, 201671 - P.33

Pte. C.B. Mitchell, 28313 – R.2

Pte. E. Dronsfield, 201705 – R.5

Pte. Thomas George Hunter, 241216 – T.7

Sgt. James Carson, 241115 - U.124

I hope you have a great day and I look forward to seeing the results of your efforts.

Thank you,

Stuart