IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France
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BARD COTTAGE Cemetery (Boezinge)(West Vlaanderen Belgium)
Page 1 The Pictures
Page 2 List of Casualties
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| Gnr Ernest Arthur Kent 16/09/1917 aged
20 Ernest was killed while on telephone duty a dug-out. Visited by his sister Emily Kent 23/06/1926 For his great nephew Patrick Tomsett and family |
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| Pte Walter Skirrow 25/10/1917 aged
28 for his great granddaughter Michelle Iddon |
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| Pte George Adamson Whyte 04/09/1917 George married Jeannie in 1915 and had a son, Thomas Wilson Whyte, born in 10/1916. for his grandsons, George, Norman and Iain Whyte and family |
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| L/Cpl William Noble 01/10/1917 aged
19 William was unmarried lost his parents when he was 7 years old and lived with a married sister. He died during the build up to the Battle of Poelkapelle on a night work party. for the Noble and Croft families |
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| Fitter Harry Hateley 17/10/1917 aged
20 A single man, Harry was employed by the Walsall Electrical Company in Bridge Street, Walsall when he enlisted in the Army at Darlaston in 03/1915. He was drafted to France on Wednesday 28/07/1915. Harry was killed by the explosion of a shell while in action near Ypres during the Third Battle of Ypres. for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall |
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| 2nd/Lt Ralph Oscar Gladstone 02/11/1917 aged 27 He resided at Crosshills, Keighley, West Yorks and served in the 421 (West Lancashire) Field Company, R.E. He was killed by a shell on the morning of 02/11/1917, while working alone on trench improvements in Eagle Trench. His body was discovered later that day lying near the 'A' Track and Eagle Trench, northeast of Langemark. Ralph was given a funeral by his unit on the afternoon of 04/11/1917. for Ralph Bennett |
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| Gnr Sydney Ronan 20/02/1889 - 06/08/1917 for his great nephew John Taylor More about Sydney here. |
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| Sjt John E. Williams 15/06/1917 For the Royal Welch fusiliers & Dr H.J. Krijnen |
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| Lt Stanley Jones 25/02/1917 aged 29 For the Royal Welch fusiliers & Dr H.J. Krijnen |
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| Pte Owen Thomas Williams 25/02/1917 aged 34 For the Royal Welch fusiliers & Dr H.J. Krijnen |
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| Pte George E. Taplin 16/06/1917 aged 26 For the Royal Welch fusiliers & Dr H.J. Krijnen |
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| 2nd/Lt John Howard Davies 04/07/1917 aged 22 For the Royal Welch fusiliers & Dr H.J. Krijnen |
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| Pte Marmaduke Frank Richards 1889 -
25/02/1917 He had never seen his son Leonard Frank born on 29/12/1916. His widow, Florence Richards and Leonard migrate to the USA in 05/1918. for his granddaughter Susan Richards (USA) |
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| Pte Robert William Price 30/03/1917 aged 42 | ||
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| Pte Benjamin Joseph Riding 25/10/1917 His Widow Olive Jane Riding (nee Clegg) with their son Benjamin Joseph Riding and his wife Alice Riding (nee Holland) migrated to Australia in 1926. for his great grandson Andrew Coustley |
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| Sgt Eugene Roland Grogan MM
17/10/1917 He was victim of the 3rd battle of Ypres. for Mark Fowler and family |
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| Pte Joseph Hague 16/02/1917 for Anthony Bagshaw (Mansfield Woodhouse U.K.) |
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| Pte James Harrington 07/08/1917 aged 21 for his Great Nephew Patrick Tomsett and family |
1600 casualties
IF You have a casualty picture, please send me a copy, I'll be glad to show it on this page.
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Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations
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