Guest keep fit. Posted 4 October , 2003 Share Posted 4 October , 2003 Do any of you know if anyone ever brought back the dead body of a Son or Husband from the country they were killed, or if anyone i.e went to france after the war and had the body exumed and bought home for re-burial. I know this is a strange question. Susan xxx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 4 October , 2003 Share Posted 4 October , 2003 Susan Lt Vernon James Austin, son of car manufacturer Herbert Austin, was killed in action in France serving with the Royal Field Artillery on 26 January 1915. His bodywas was brought home and interred in Canterbury (St Martin) Churchyard a short while later Terry Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest keep fit. Posted 4 October , 2003 Share Posted 4 October , 2003 Terry thanks for the reply. Do any of you know if anyone has RECENTLY or say 60 years after the war ended Had the body of a relative exumed and bought home for re-burial. Susan xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 4 October , 2003 Share Posted 4 October , 2003 The only repatriations in the recent past have been the two Unknown Soldiers for Australia and Canada. New Zealand will shortly have their own. There were also the three Irish mutineers returned from India. Repatriations were banned from early 1915 and only a handful had taken place up to then. A few are known after that date involving Canadians. This subject was recently discussed on another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Lines Posted 4 October , 2003 Share Posted 4 October , 2003 Susan I didn't see the other thread on this subject so apologies if you already now know this but I seem to remember reading the story of the Canadians in one of Norm Christie's books, probably the one on Ypres/Passchendaele. It's a fascinating read. I'm sure I have it somewhere but can't at present find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 5 October , 2003 Share Posted 5 October , 2003 The other thread was entitled Repatriation of the Fallen. A search should find it under Cemeteries and Memorials. It contains a lot of comment and info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest keep fit. Posted 5 October , 2003 Share Posted 5 October , 2003 Thanks for the replies i will have a search for the other thread on this subject as i did not see it. Susan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Douglas Geater Childs Posted 20 September , 2006 Share Posted 20 September , 2006 Susan Lt Vernon James Austin, son of car manufacturer Herbert Austin, was killed in action in France serving with the Royal Field Artillery on 26 January 1915. His bodywas was brought home and interred in Canterbury (St Martin) Churchyard a short while later Terry Reeves I am trying to locate any surviving relatives of the above person as I have a Memorial Tablet I would Like to give back to the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 20 September , 2006 Share Posted 20 September , 2006 I am trying to locate any surviving relatives of the above person as I have a Memorial Tablet I would Like to give back to the family. I suspect that any descendents are going to be well scattered. The closest would be any descendents of Herbert Austin's daughters - Irene and Zita (assuming that they had children). John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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