Grave Adoption

Hi,

Just had a bit of time to check out one of your links. -- For the application form for Service Records.


The site quotes.....................................


Army service records are held by Service Number, Rank, Full Name and Date of Birth. It is important that as much of this information as possible is provided, together with the Regiment or Corps if known, to assist in locating the correct record.

Certificate of Kinship
Information from the personal record of a deceased Ex-serviceman/woman can be released only with the consent of the official Next of Kin. The Certificate of Kinship form aims to identify whose consent is required and the data you provide will be used only in connection with your enquiry. This form is retained for 2 years should you have subsequent queries.
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Unfortunately you will not be able to get these at the moment as you have to have the permission of the next of Kin... I don't know if you know that expression so forgive me if I am telling you something you know...But 'Next of Kin' is the closest living relative of the person who died.

If you were able to find the family they might allow you to have access.

There is a time limit on how long this will go on for and at some point in the future the files will be available for the public to view, but I don't know when that will be.

Will let you know anything else I can find.

Kind regards for now,
JJS.

 

Edmund Aubrey Miles married Bridget Donovan in 1939 in Swansea Registration District, County of Glamorganshire, Wales.

A son John was born in 1943

There is a marriage of a Bridget Miles to William Lynch in 1949 in Swansea, and this might be Edmund's widow getting married again.

A Bridget Lynch of Swansea b. 1915 died 2001 aged 86.

Edmund A Miles was born in the 2nd quarter of 1914 in Swansea Registration District.

his mother's maiden name was Dunlee.

Julia Dunlee and Ernest A Miles were married in 1911 in Swansea Reg. Dist.

They also had a daughter Margaret E Miles born in 1912 in Swansea Reg. Dist.
and a son Ernest Dunlee Miles born 20 January 1916 in Swansea Reg. Dist. and he died in June 1987 in Swansea.

Their father Ernest A Miles was killed in WW1 at Ypres and is buried there. So his mother must have had a very hard time raising 3 very young children without their father, only to then lose a son in WW2. Very tragic.

I have sent a message to a member of the Miles Family and hopefully they might be in contact through this website soon.

Edmund's father's death is on CWGC :: Casualty Details

He is buried at Essex Farm Cemetery Ieper, Belgium.




Hi again,

Just wanted to let you know that I think this is excellent information, I have looked it up and it all looks very promising. I could go further into it but I expect I would just be duplicating/copying the good work already done by 591 research.

I notice that 591 research has written to the family and I hope that they contact you directly to enable you to open up communication with them.

It might be worth contacting 591 research if you have not heard anything within a week or two, because there is no way of knowing if he/she is following this thread. And with all that information going through his/her hands I suspect they are very busy!


Note to 591 research................

I hope you don't mind 591 research! But since you have made contact with the family I think it best if I leave any further contact with you, but if I can be of any assistance please just let me know.



Sincere good wishes,
JJS.

 

Sidney Rawle aged 21 in 1945, there is only one birth in England or Wales that matches, so this is him, unless he was born in another country.

born 3rd Quarter of 1923 in Pontardawe Registration District, this is seven miles away from Swansea where Edmund was born.

He was the son of Walter John Rawle (1887-1972) and his wife Daisy Winifred Barnes (1889-1959). They were married in 1911 in Pontardawe, Wales.
He had 3 brothers Robert, Ernest and Albert
and 3 sisters Edith, Eva and Mary

His brother Albert passed away recently Albert RAWLE : Obituary - ThisIsAnnouncements

Again I have sent a message to someone I suspect is a relative and hope they might contact you through this website soon.


591 Research............

The same thing applies to this post Ed and Anita.


I hope you understand everything, but if anything is not clear please just say and I will try to explain it better. Good luck.

JJS

 

JJS,
Thank you for all the information, not all is clear to us, but most of it is.
We look into it but I am lucky that I can ask for help from an English woman who lives in our town.
So you hear from me.

Regards, Ed

 

Ed,

I believe Edmund Aubrey Miles was my first cousin once removed, his father was my father's uncle.

I have been to Ypres and seen his father's grave.

I'm delighted to hear you are adopting his grave.

Though I don't know that part of the family personally (the nature of the tragic early deaths and passing of time...) I would be delighted to help out with what I do know and perhaps get in contact with those who might be closer relatives than me.

Please feel free to contact me directly and I will be happy to help as best I can.

Kind Regards,
Jonathan Miles

 

We went to Brunssum War Cemetery a few weeks ago and visited the graves and brought flowers.
Here some photo's.

Best regards Ed and Anita

 

Although not related to this particular cemetery, Polish Guides have a day once a year where they go to graves of people killed during WW2. They clean the graves and bring flowers. Thought it was a lovely sentiment.

 

As you know we have adopted 2 graves from British soldiers in Brunssum, 4 from American soldiers and 2 names from soldiers on The Wall of the Missing.
We have a own homepage en since a few days a new section called Adopted Graves is online. The names, photo;s etc.
But not everything is finished, we are still searching for information.
We found and recieved many information, also from people on this website.
Thx for this
Also we have to translate any info we have recieved into English or Dutch.
We hope to finish it in the next weeks.
For those who is interested, this is the adress:
http://www.etiebax.n...e=adoptiegraven

Best regards, Ed and Anita