CWGC Headstone/Memorial Error Reports and results.

Letters missing

HILLIARD, GEORGE WILLIAM HENRY

Rank:

Sapper

Service No:

14379217

Date of Death:

12/01/1944

Age:

34

Regiment/Service:

Royal Engineers

Grave Reference

Sec. 14. Grave 2179.

Cemetery

HARROW CEMETERY

Additional Information:
Son of Frederick and Jane Hilliard; husband of Lilian Nelly Hilliard, of Harrow.

CWGC reply
I will of course pass on your comments about the lettering on the private memorial to Sapper Hilliard. The Regional Supervisor will inspect the grave when he is next in the area and will be able to decide on the most appropriate course of action.

 

Grave is lost and covered in debris in a corner of the cemetery
WOOLFORD, JAMES ALFRED Rank: Gunner Service No: 6853635 Date of Death: 21/06/1942 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery Grave Reference Sec. 39. Grave 6177. Cemetery HARROW CEMETERY Additional Information:
Son of William Francis and Caroline Woolford. of Harrow.

CWGC reply
Thank you for your emails concerning three casualties at Harrow Cemetery.
I am able to advise you that the Regional Supervisor has noted work to be done to clear the area around the graves of Ordinary Seaman Hatton and Gunner Woolford. I do not have a date for this work at the current time but please be assured this issue will be resolved.

 

HATTON, DENNIS F.

Rank:

Ordinary Seaman

Service No:

P/JX380530

Date of Death:

24/06/1943

Age:

19

Regiment/Service:

Royal Navy



H.M.S. Southdown

Grave Reference

Sec. 37. Grave 5870.

Cemetery

HARROW CEMETERY

Additional Information:
Son of Frank Henry and Kate Hatton, of Harrow.

from CWGC

Thank you for your emails concerning three casualties at Harrow Cemetery.
I am able to advise you that the Regional Supervisor has noted work to be done to clear the area around the graves of Ordinary Seaman Hatton and Gunner Woolford. I do not have a date for this work at the current time but please be assured this issue will be resolved.

 

Thank you for your email concerning the grave of Private John Calvert at Harrow ( Harrow Weald) Cemetery.
I am able to advise you that following an inspection in August by our Regional Supervisor a replacement headstone is on order for Private Calvert. At present I do not have a date when the replacement Headstone will be in situ but please be assured that this is in hand.

 

Query placed with CWGC over 2 years ago re broken headstone

Headstone now renewed

 

E-mail sent to CWGC on 19 November 2013:-

"Dear Sir/Madam,

The following casualty is buried at Leopoldsburg War Cemetery in Belgium and his unit is shown on your website as the 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. The 6th Battalion was fighting in Italy when this man died, so I believe that he served with either the 2nd or the 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment at the time of his death. Please can you investigate and advise me of your findings in due course.

Name: LONGHURST, RONALD ARTHUR Rank: Private Service No: 14507683 Date of Death: 19/09/1944 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment Unit: 6th Bn. Grave Reference: IV. E. 12. Cemetery: LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Longhurst, of Swanscombe, Kent. Many thanks."

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29/1/2014

No response received from CWGC, but the battalion of this man has been changed to the 2nd Lincolns.

 

Email to CWGC

Sent: 06 December 2013 17:47
To: Casualty Enquiries
Subject: Query re Battalion number



Dear Sir/Madam,




The following casualty has the 1st Battalion (Lincolnshire Regt) shown against his name and that he is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery in Germany. The 1st Battalion were in Burma at the time that he died.









Name: KIME, BERNARD OATES


Rank: Captain


Trade: & Qmr


Service No: 118098


Date of Death: 25/04/1945


Age: 41


Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment


Unit: 1st Bn.


Awards:: Mentioned in Despatches


Grave Reference: 4. B. 1A.


Cemetery: BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Ethel Kime, of Dover.






I attach the history of the 2nd Battalion History which has him listed in their Roll of Honour. If this is insufficient evidence, I will be copying the 2nd Battalion War Diary at the end of this month.





Reply from CWGC



Our Ref: 90612
Date: 11 December 2013

Thank you for your email of 6 December 2013.

I am writing to inform you that our Records Department will amend Captain B O Kime’s unit to 2nd Bn.

I hope this is satisfactory and thank for bringing this matter to our attention.

Yours sincerely

Argyro Francis (Mrs)
Enquiries Administrator

 

Reported to CWGC who are dealing with it incluing a few others within the same churchyard.Private Headstone broken and letters missing.




BIGG, PETER

Rank:

Sergeant

Trade:

Flt. Engr.

Service No:

577845

Date of Death:

21/04/1943

Age:

19

Regiment/Service:

Royal Air Force



57 Sqdn.

Grave Reference



Cemetery

RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

Additional Information:
Son of Frank Leslie and Nora Gladys Bigg, of Ruislip.

 

E-mail to CWGC on 8 January 2014:-

"Dear Sir/Madam,

The following East Yorks Regt officer was serving with the 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment when he was killed in action. I attach a copy of the Field Return of Officers from the war diary of the 6th Lincolns as evidence. His secondary regiment should therefore be amended, along with his headstone.


Name: BENNETT, ALEC FREDERICK
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 240277
Date of Death: 11/09/1943
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: East Yorkshire Regiment
Grave Reference: V. E. 7.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Frederick William and Mary Susan Bennett; husband of Ursula Bennett, of Ecclesall, Sheffield.


I look forward to hearing from you in due course."

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Response from CWGC on 12 February 2014:-

"Our Ref: 92621

Date: 12 February 2014

Dear Mr

[SIZE=12pt]Please find below a link to our website with the amended details of Lieutenant A F Bennett.[/SIZE]

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/207820/BENNETT,%20ALEC%20FREDERICK

Please note that arrangements are now in hand to add the secondary regiment to his headstone however I am unable to provide timescale for the completion of this work.

I trust this is satisfactory and thank you for bring this matter to our attention."

Successful conclusion to this enquiry.

 

CWGC have cleared the tree/undergrowth.


EMERSON, JOHN

Rank:

Signalman

Service No:

2356077

Date of Death:

21/01/1945

Age:

34

Regiment/Service:

Royal Corps of Signals

Grave Reference

Sec. J.2. Grave 56788.

Cemetery

HENDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM

Additional Information:
Son of John and Bella Emerson; husband of Elizabeth Newcombe Emerson, who was killed in the same incident.

 

Photos showing the timeline effect of the elements on a Private Headstone
First reported 2011 with a tree growing through the grave.
Re reported 2013 Headstone pushed over
As is 2014 re reported


LINCOLN, JOHN ALFRED
Rank:
Flying Officer
Trade:
Pilot
Service No:
70400
Date of Death:
10/07/1940
Age:
33
Regiment/Service:
Royal Air Force
Grave Reference
Sec. J.3. Grave 49894.
Cemetery
HENDON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM
Additional Information:
Son of Alfred Ernest and Teresa Catherine Lincoln, of Edgware; husband of Phyllis Mary Lincoln, of Canterbury.

 

Email sent to CWGC on 14 February 2014:-

Dear Sir/Madam,

The following casualty was awarded a Mention in despatches in the London Gazette of 9 May 1946. I attach a pdf file from the London Gazette (see at bottom of page under Lincoln R) as evidence and shall be grateful if you will add the details of the award to his records.


Lieutenant P.J. Brennan
Service No: 281995
Died of Wounds
Date of Death: 20/03/1945
Age: 31
Unit: Lincolnshire Regiment
Secondary Unit: attached. 2nd Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Grave Reference: 17. D. 2.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Patrick and Elizabeth Brennan; husband of Agnes Brennan, of High Clarence, Yorkshire.


Many thanks

 

E-mail to CWGC dated 12 March 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have an interesting query in relation to the following casualty.


Name: THREADGOLD, JOHN

Rank: Gunner
Service No: 4807797
Date of Death: 08/03/1945
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery
Unit: 146 Bty., 91 (5th Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regt.
Grave Reference: 19. B. 7.
Cemetery: JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Elizabeth Threadgold; husband of Minnie Eleanor Threadgold, of Leyton, Essex.


J Threadgold was called up to the Lincolnshire Regiment and served in the 8th Battalion Lincolns until 21-12-1942. They were then converted to 101 Anti-Tank Regt RA. 101 A/Tk Regt itself was disbanded soon after in August 1943 and Threadgold must have been posted to 91 A/Tk Regt.

The nominal roll of the Lincolns, has him returning to the Lincolns (copies attached) and he was posted to the 2nd Battalion on 19-1-1945. When I checked, I discovered that 91 Anti-Tank Regt was disbanded in January 1945, so his transfer to another unit fits the date. The nominal roll has him recorded as Died of Wounds on 8-3-1945.

Please can you investigate and advise.


Many thanks

 

E-mail to CWGC 17 February 2014:-

Dear Sir/Madam,

The following casualty was awarded a Mention in despatches in the London Gazette of 20 December 1940. I attach a pdf file from the London Gazette (see under Lincoln Regiment) as evidence and shall be grateful if you will add the details of the award to his records.


Name: POWELL, EDWARD DUDLEY SAGAR
Rank: Captain
Service No: 39353
Date of Death: 02/06/1940
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Unit: 6th Bn.
Panel Reference: Column 45.
Memorial: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL


Many thanks

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Reply from CWGC dated 14 March 2014:-

Our Ref: 93729

Date: 14 March 2014
Dear Mr ----



Thank you for your letter of 17 February 2014, and the documentary evidence contained within, regarding the details we hold on Captain Edward Dudley Sagar Powell of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Let me also take this opportunity to apologise for the delay in our response to your enquiry. This is due to the large volume of correspondence we are currently receiving.
I am pleased to state that after examining the documentary evidence that you have provided there is sufficient evidence that Captain Powell was indeed Mentioned in Despatches.
I have passed on this information on to our Records department who will make the necessary arrangements to add this information onto our database in due course.
Thank you for your vigilance in this matter and for providing the relevant information.


Yours sincerely


David Royle (Mr)


Enquiries Administrator

 

Not sure if this chap has been mentioned, but a good result.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/dereham_woman_s_campaign_finally_succeeds_in_adding_her_uncle_s_name_to_wwii_memorial_1_3566542

 

Another prompt reply and satisfactory outcome.

The reply was received on the 14th April.

The last time this occurred, the RAAF lad was given this "Cap Badge"!

 

From CWGC

Dear Clive

Thank you for your email.

We have ordered a replacement headstone for Lawrence Henry Cook so it is possible that work will be undertaken to correct the sinkage at the time of erecting the new stone.


COOK, LAWRENCE HENRY

Rank:

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Service No:

1426426

Date of Death:

02/05/1942

Age:

36

Regiment/Service:

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve



85 Sqdn.

Grave Reference

Sec. U.C. Grave 187.

Cemetery

NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY

Additional Information:
Son of George and Alice Cook; husband of Helene Mary Josephine Cook, of Fulham.

 

from CWGC
May I explain that all such private memorials are inspected by our Regional Supervisors on a periodic basis and, if they are found to no longer provide adequate commemoration, then steps are taken to remedy the situation. I will therefore pass your e mail on to our United Kingdom Area Office for their information. Please be assured that we will not allow the name of Sapper Ellis to be forgotten and again, in closing, thank you for having brought this to our attention.


ELLIS, WILLIAM JAMES DIXON

Rank:
Sapper
Service No:
2156325
Date of Death:
09/11/1945
Age:
23
Regiment/Service:
Royal Engineers

21 Bomb Disposal Coy.
Grave Reference
Sec. A. Cons. Grave 99.
Cemetery
STEVENAGE CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Henry James Ellis and Grace Ellis; husband of Phillis May Ellis, of Stevenage.
Cemetery Name: Stevenage

 

from CWGC

Headstone weather worn


Dear Clive

Thank you for your information below which has been copied to the Regional Supervisor responsible for this site.

LOVELL, THOMAS JOHN
Rank:
Driver
Service No:
14877315
Date of Death:
08/06/1945
Regiment/Service:
Royal Engineers

261 Airborne PK. Sqn.
Grave Reference
Sec. E. Grave 2395.
Cemetery
WILLESDEN NEW CEMETERY

 

CWGC informed again.


HILLIARD, GEORGE WILLIAM HENRY

Rank:

Sapper

Service No:

14379217

Date of Death:

12/01/1944

Age:

34

Regiment/Service:

Royal Engineers

Grave Reference

Sec. 14. Grave 2179.

Cemetery

HARROW CEMETERY

Additional Information:
Son of Frederick and Jane Hilliard; husband of Lilian Nelly Hilliard, of Harrow.