Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery and Memorial, Sierra Leone

Good find.

One possibility--and the paperwork I have may shed more light on this--is that a small-ish contingent was sent to Jamaica to act as guards for PWs and internees. He could have died there or in transit to or from there.

 

Got him: a D-Coy man.

He died in Mount Aureol Hospital (51st General Hospital) 'After a lengthy illness'.

I wonder why and how he was subsequently moved?

 

I would be interested in what you find out

TD

 

Confusion reigns. Temptage mentioned in an earlier post in this thread that he needed photos from various countries in Africa one of which was South Africa. I offered to help and Dido Valley Cemetery is in Simon's Town South Africa
Diane

 

TD - It's that dodgy Satnav of your's!!

Tim

 

George Anderson Boswell died on 17 September 1942 at Freetown, and was buried in King Tom Cemetery. He was a master mariner.
Would love to be able to see a photo of his headstone

 

UK, Merchant Seamen Deaths, 1939 -1953
Name: George Anderson Boswell
Age: 56
Birth Date: abt 1886
Birth Place: British
Death Date: 17 Sep 1942
Death Place: Freetown


Unfortunately no photo, but there are other certificates on Ancestry

TD

Forgot to add that there are 5 family trees on Ancestry that include his details

 

Many thanks

Tony

 

You can order a photograph of his headstone from this site:

Photograph of the final resting place of Boswell, George Anderson - The War Graves Photographic Project

 

Hi Tony,
If your contact is still willing...

I'm looking for a photo of the headstone of:
Private Jack Tomlyn
Service Number CH/20989

Died 14/09/1918

H.M.S. "Africa."
Royal Marine Light Infantry


Buried at FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY

Cemetery/memorial reference: 1. D. 16.

Many thanks
Karen

 

Unfortunately my original offer was 6 years ago, as you may have read a few posts later, Sierra Leone was hit by the Ebola virus around that time and I never did hear back from him. There was another offer back in January this year from someone who was visiting Freetown, but again I have never heard back from him either.

 

A photo is available for a small fee from the WGPP:


Photograph of the final resting place of Tomlyn, J - The War Graves Photographic Project

 

I did see that the post was a few years old and knew it would be a bit of a long shot. I've heard that the cemetery was used for the Ebola victims so wasn't sure if this was possible now.
Many thanks for getting back to me