stubriscoe Posted 14 June , 2007 Share Posted 14 June , 2007 Possible CWGC on line database error. Two entries for this cemetery appear to give the wrong year of death: William RAMPTON, Pte., 378306, labour Corps, DoD 09/04/1916 G.A. PICKERING, Pte., 51449, Northumberland Fusiliers, DoD 10/04/1916 HAVERSKERQUE BRITISH CEMETERY Haverskerque remained in British hands from October, 1914, to the end of the War, but from April to August, 1918, it was within 5 kilometres of the front line. The Cemetery was begun in March, 1918, by the 33rd and 54th Casualty Clearing Stations, and carried on by fighting units during the Battles of the Lys. After the Armistice a small number of graves were brought in from isolated positions, and two Portuguese graves were removed. SDGW gives year of death at 1918 for both, and tallies with the cemetery description. Regards, Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 14 June , 2007 Share Posted 14 June , 2007 Both are simple scanning error. They are in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubriscoe Posted 14 June , 2007 Author Share Posted 14 June , 2007 Both are simple scanning error. They are in hand. Terry, that was quick! Thanks, this was the first CWG I visited, 24 years ago. I still find the memories moving after all this time. Regards, Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 15 June , 2007 Share Posted 15 June , 2007 Stuart Both the DoDs have now been amended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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