23-08-2008 - 12:42
I would like to say many thanks for your care of my great uncle George Preece's grave.

He was Private Geroge Preece 4339574, 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, who died aged 36 on the 30th May 1940.

It is a great comfort to me and my family that someone is looking after his last resting place, god bless and thank you


Ann Elcoat

10-08-2008 - 11:26
What marvelous work you are doing - we would like to work with you in any way we can and are seeking relatives of WW2 aircrew to contact us in order that we can produce a page of remembrance for them.
Well done
Kelvin

07-08-2008 - 18:28
Thank you so much for such a wonderful website and for your dedication and kindness in taking photographs of Howard Phipps' grave at Quievy Cemetery in France.

My Great Uncle, Howard Phipps, was a Private in the Devonshire Regiment when he was killed on 21st October 1918 at 18 years of age. My Grandmother had always tried to find her little brother's grave but never managed to in her lifetime. Finally he is found, after all this time, and my mother and I have photographs of his grave that have meant so much to us - thank you!!

Merci Beaucoup

Lorna Hodgetts.

01-08-2008 - 04:45
Have just returned from a tour of the Western Front, and a visit to my Uncle's grave in the New Bouchoir Cemetry. Arthur Buckingham Fish was killed in the Battle of Amien on 11 August 1918 aged 20 years Thank you for all your good work

29-07-2008 - 12:35
When I was a young girl my grandfather gave me the medals and memorial plaque for his brother Matthew Hepple aged 19 killed 20 July at Fromelles but never found - Memorial at VC Corner. I treasure them and still hope to visit one day. Merci beaucoup.

27-07-2008 - 18:18
Thank you for taking the time to put Rookery Cemetery on the net.I believe I am the only family member to have attended my great uncle's graveside.Each time I pass through the area I pop in to say hello,put something on the grave,and say farewll again.

22-07-2008 - 21:29
I am overwhelmed by all the info I am finding on my Great Uncle Leonard Harry Lockley, I also have his memorial plaque that was sent to my nan (Leonards sister) as she was his next of kin. I have just found out that he has a stone in the Langemark German Military Cemetery.

19-07-2008 - 02:25
I have de photo-picture postcard witm me from private Frederick Browning,burried in Gijzelbrechteghem.My grandmother found it next to him,she kept it als these years.NOw I have him and I wonder if his family would be pleased if I send it to them?Don't have the adresses.Can somebody help me?

18-07-2008 - 19:46
Thank you for your wonderful web site
My great uncle Samuel Ferris, a private in The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was killed in action on 4th November1918. He is buried in Mazinghein Communal Cemetery. As a small child I would see his photgraph in my beloved Aunt Grace,s House( his sister).The deep love and affection he was held in was second to none. Many members of my family have visited his grave and I intend to make a pilgrimage this autumn with my son and partner.I was deeply moved to see the photographs of Mazinghienn Cemetery and all the fallen. May I express my gratitude for all the dedication you have givern to your site.
Kind regards
Jill McMullen

18-07-2008 - 17:13
Very pleased to see the photograph of my great uncle's grave at Noyelles Godault. Visited the grave 18 years ago and was made hugely welcome by the people of N-G.

16-07-2008 - 20:48
bonjour messieur mon arrière grand-père Francis Marticotte est mort sur le champs de bataille le 28 aout 1918 si vous avez des renseignement ou photo merci beaucoup

15-07-2008 - 09:04
Have just discovered my great grandad Thomas Francis Bell died on 23 August 1918, he's in grave VI. A. 27. I don't think anyone from the family has ever been to see him so I really hope to get over soon to pay my respects. The pictures look beautiful - thank you for looking after him so well.

15-07-2008 - 06:45
My sister visited our uncles grave in 2001. I thank everybody responsable for it's up keep.

14-07-2008 - 20:33
thankyou for a lovely site,my great uncle
c s carpenter died on the 8/8/1916 age 23.The family also lost another son two years later.Hope to visit their graves very
soon

13-07-2008 - 23:59
I am the granddaughter of H Chipchase in grave V 6. I hope to visit very soon to see his grave. Several of my family have already been.

10-07-2008 - 05:56
visit to see where uncle Peter Millane is resting

09-07-2008 - 14:15
Amazing site. I am a very patriotic and thankful Canadian who likes to pay homage to all those who died for my freedom. To see this site brings emotion to me and makes me appreciate what I have today even more.

08-07-2008 - 09:10
can you help me contact any living relativefor 3446868 fusilier john worsley.i have an interisting story.
mobile,07794386424.
many thanks,andrew elcock,
llanelli south wales.uk.

07-07-2008 - 20:29
I am trying to find the cemetary that my great uncle, Ambrose Perkins is buried in and where it is located. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme on the 4th of July 1916.

07-07-2008 - 20:23
Woesten Churchyard. My relation buried there..Quigley Samuel Haslett..Grave 6. I have photo of him.

05-07-2008 - 00:11
I visited this cemetery in May 2008 as a distant relative Andrew Hugh Carrigan (AIF) is buried there. There was an official looking document attached to the main entrance which appeared to be something to do with redevelopment. Does anyone know anything about any changes planned for this cemetery?
Thanks
Jan Herivel
Australia

22-06-2008 - 20:33
Félicitation pour votre site. Il y a là un travail énorme.
Au cimetière de Calonne ne sont-ils pas 71 soldats anglais ?
Cordialement JM

17-06-2008 - 19:17
Back in February 2008 I took my two sons to the Imperial War Museum, London SE1. My youngest found a touch screen computer which could trace war graves. From there we discovered the name of the cemetery where my great uncle was buried by the Germans in 1916 - he was a pilot in the RFC and was shot down behind enemy lines. My search continued from home and very quickly I was lucky enough to find Pierre's amazing website. Pierre has been absolutely fantastic in helping me to identify the grave of Lt E C Lansdale and has very kindly included the photos that we had at home.
Thank you Pierre for your commitment to this very worthwhile cause, it is greatly appreciated.

04-06-2008 - 15:01
can you please tell me how i can see photo of the single grave of g. gristey thank you http://grisling1/

02-06-2008 - 13:09
PECKITT WALTER United Kingdom Private 204836 The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Missing in Action reported 27/05/1918
I am Walter Peckitt's Grandson. Walter worked in the Family business in York (making boots for the army) and joined the 4th Batt LN Lancs Reg in 1917. I have his army training notes at the West Lancs TA Reserve Brigade Range Firing School No 10 Course from Sept 10- Sept 29 1917. He stayed in No 19 Hut 3 West Park Hall Camp Owestry. He was very musical and sang in York Minster as a chorister. He Married Sarah Beattie in 1913 and my father Dr Kenneth Ivan Peckitt (only child) was born 4th June 1914. A typed report from the war office "9 Loyal North Lancashire Regt May 25-31 1918" states that the 9 LN Lancs took part in desparate fighting in Flanders April 1918. They were sent to the French line between Soissons and Reimsfor recurperation and were hit with the full force of the German push on 27th May 1918 on the Chemin des Dames. Little information was available about casualties but we have heard of them near Berry-au-Bac, at Romain and between Maizy on the River Aisme and Fismes. All reports agree in the secerity of machine gun fire and that many casualties were caused by aeroplanes.

Merci beaucoup pour la rememberance et le Livre d'Or

Most sincerely

Ninian Peckitt
Maxillofacial Surgeon - New Zealand

31-05-2008 - 22:53
Merci milles fois for the amazing work that you are doing. My wife and her father were very pleased to be able to view the grave of John Morrow, a Canadian who was killed in 1942. Thank you so much for the caring you have that means so much to many people all of these years later. Clearly, these men and women are not forgotten! Dieu vous bénissent!

16-05-2008 - 18:50
Dear Pierre
I found your site today.
Thankyou for making this day 'special'. Your site is a labour of love.
My Grand Uncle George 'Dod' Morrison of the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, died on the 2nd day of September, 1918. He was 24 years old. He is buried at Eterpigny, Pas de Calais. He was the second and beloved son of John and Annie Morrison. He was born at Birchwood, Boyndie, near Whitehills. His older brother John, emigrated to Detroit but enlisted and he too fought in France. John survived.
Dod "was killed instantly by a shell near the village of Eterpigny" in 'The Battle of Drocourt-Quent'.
Dod was a baker to trade and he is as close to me this moment, as the very air I breathe.
I hope to visit his grave later this year, to lay a flower for the only surviving member of his wider Morrison family, a Mrs Margaret Stirton who is 83 this summer.
God Bless your site.
Cy Pirie

15-05-2008 - 20:02
A million words in just two
THANK YOU

11-05-2008 - 21:01
Your website is a great comfort to those who have lost a relative during the war. It is good to know that these brave men are remembered in this way. Wouldn't they be amazed to know that they live on through this wonderful technology. My relative is Jack Fuller who died 25/08/1941. We have visited his grave at Chievres Communal Cemetery and were so impressed with the way that the graves are maintained. We thank those responsible for this.

01-05-2008 - 03:49
Thank you Pierre, your site is wonderful.
Leslie Firman FAULDER was my Great Grandmother's brother. He grew up near the small village of Wee Jasper in New South Wales. His death resulted in sorrow in the family up until his sister died in 1959. His father Frederick died 5 months after Leslie was killed - he was only 62 years old.

28-04-2008 - 16:45
Fabulous site many thanks for all your attention. My Great Grandfather Martin Honan of the Liverpool Kings Regiment.
Colour Sgt Age 23

28-04-2008 - 00:10
I just found my great uncle, Charles Bernard Lamplugh Hervey. He died April 19, 1916. He was a courier in Ypres. He grew up in Round Hill Nova Scotia. My father, Bernard Burgess, was named after him. Great site, thank you.

25-04-2008 - 16:04
Pierre,
A wonderful site!
Thank you for posting the photo of Albert Llewellyn Parry 1/6th Liverpool Reiment.
Mark

24-04-2008 - 18:31
Dear Pierre,
Thank u for this interesting site. In fact I m doing research on WWII and Cemeteries in Tunisia and we have many of them which I have visited. this topic fascinates me a lot.
God's help

20-04-2008 - 21:18
Excellent site, Pierre.
Just got back from trip to Poperinge/Kemmel/Ploegsteert etc. and was very pleased to continue my research on your website.
Kind regards
Jeremy Lynn

20-04-2008 - 06:26
Your site enables visitors to put faces to names. Thank you for the opportunity to post the photographs of my Great Uncles, Charles William Shone and Richard Clarence Shone on it, instead of relegating them to the pages of the family photo album. Jane

11-04-2008 - 23:18
Thank you for this labour of love. My grandfather - Elbert Edward Smith - of the Northamptonshire Regiment was killed at 'High Wood', leaving 4 daughters, the youngest being my mother who died recently. All their lives were blighted as a result but I have no knowledge of my grandfather's resting place. Thank you for keeping their memories alive.
There can be no better reason for l'Europe Unie.

01-04-2008 - 15:43
Thank you for creating such a wonderful site. We visited Enc 3 last weekend to remember Private William J. Lane 26849, my late Grandfather's brother. As a keen family historian, it has now prompted me to find out about the men who died along side that day (04 Sep 1918) Any info very gratefully received. Keep up the great work. Kindest regards Alison.

28-03-2008 - 15:14
Pierre, Thank you for a great site. I'm looking for anybody regarding info about Pte Charles Ernest Marshall 5770074 Royal Norfolk Regiment. we are trying to locat present day family of his wife Kathleen.
Thank You once again

26-03-2008 - 12:03
Hello Pierre; I have visited the Battlefields twice and hope to go again next year. Your wonderful site has given me a better insight into what I may have missed and will greatly help us in planning out next trip. I do not know where you are located but if near Varlet Farm, we always stay with Charlotte.

25-03-2008 - 04:17
I am very pleased with the great job you have done. I have always wanted to know who all was buried in the St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery with my great uncle Private Charles Trevyllian Constant and now can read all of the names. Thank you very very much.

24-03-2008 - 16:04
I have just found my Great Great Grandfather Jame Plaskett and im so pleased, you have done a wonderful job creating this site, which is a brilliant resource for family historians. WELL DONE

15-03-2008 - 19:10
Pierre what a wonderful thing you have done. A fantastic resource for those of us tracing our family history at Hooge and all other sites. Many thanks

14-03-2008 - 22:17
Thank you Pierre for your excellent site.
I am the nephew of Walter Prestage who was killed with 18 colleagues on the 23rd May 1940 they are buried at Audruicq and Zutkerque. Tommorrow I am going to meet one of the survivors Grenville Davies now aged 88. Who has Written a new Book called "Came the Day". regards Tim Prestage

13-03-2008 - 23:29
What a wonderful site,my grandfather was killed in France 1917 and is buried at Bray Military Cemetery,I was lucky enough to be able to visit his grave in May 2007,I was the first and only member of the family to have made the visit,mostly because the widows would never have been able to afford to go in those dark terrible days,I was so proud to have done it.good luck with this site,it is so good of you to have set it up..Billy

12-03-2008 - 22:58
I visited this peaceful place to meet my Uncle, in 2001. It is so good to see that it has been refurbished, I wanted to bring him home. So many navy personal. My Grandfather was at Gallipoli in the navy. Thank you for setting up this site.

22-02-2008 - 15:23
" On The Fields of Sacrifice
The Heroes paid the price
Young men dying in old men' s wars
Gone to paradise".

22-02-2008 - 15:16
My Grand Uncle Pte P.(Patrick) Tierney is buried here. He served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.He was killed on the 29th March 1915
the Germans had fired 57 shells in the position of C Company and the parapet of his trench collapsed. He lived in Dublin beside Christ Church Cathedral. I'm the first Tierney back in that area.

18-02-2008 - 04:29
One does not forget and you are reminding me of my brother, Francis de Labouchere-Sparling. He was actually 19 years old when shot down on his 13th flight. Not a lucky number. He was the pilot of a Wellington bomber, but his hope was to fly Spitfires. How do I send you a photo of him to post?
Irene Domeisen Labouchere-Sparling

17-02-2008 - 03:59
Thank you Pierre for providing this wonderful website. The photos and data give so much more dimension to tragic losses of the "Great War". I am pleased to have found the LARCH WOOD cemetary and grave of Lt. Ralph Pool Turner, No. 1 Sqd. RFC. He was killed in combat on March 9, 1916 by Groschler and Patheiger of Artillerie Flieger Abteilung 213 based near Menin. Turner was flying a Morane N monoplane. The victors were flying an LVG CII biplane.