Mystery Soldier - Pilsley Memorial Lychgate

Discussion in 'War Cemeteries & War Memorial Research' started by Tiegan Jones, Dec 28, 2021.

  1. Tiegan Jones

    Tiegan Jones Member

    I am in need of help. I found a photo of a lychgate memorial in Pilsley where my Faulks relatives are from. My two great great great Faulks uncles Henry and James are mentioned in the 1914-1918 section and my great great uncles Henry and Albert are in the 1939-1945 section. All soldiers mentioned in the memorial "gave their lives" meaning that they did not survive the wars they contributed to. But there is a T Faulks mentioned in the 1939-1945 section, just above Henry and Albert. Another Faulks, from Pilsley? While my other known military Faulks relatives, are also from Pilsley and are on it too? I seem to think that maybe there is a relation to them and to T Faulks. But the question is, who is he? Maybe another brother? But the problem is, I cannot find ANYTHING. Military records, birth records or anything that mentions a T Faulks in the military or that could tell me anything at all about a relation. If anyone can maybe find any leads and find out about this mystery Faulks and if there is SOME kind of relation, I'd really appreciate the help. PS: the parents of Henry and Albert is Thomas and Martha and the parents of James and Henry is Charles and Eliza if this will help at all
     

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  3. Tiegan Jones

    Tiegan Jones Member

    Thank you, unfortunately it isn't any of these men
     
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    Tiegan Jones Member

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  6. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

    Is this Albert?
    Faulks A.jpg

    Parents Thomas (10/5/1898) & Martha Hayter (22/2/1900) married 1919?

    Quick look indicates children are:
    Albert 1919
    Henry 1920
    Laura 1923
    Joan 1924
    Constance 1925

    Didn't find a T, you will need to branch out to brothers, cousins I think.
     
  7. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery Patron

    Have you contacted the persons responsible for the memorial?

    We have often come across memorials with names that are not on CWGC.
    Either a typo on the memorial or the person survived a conflict and was included for whateveer reason.
    Also they might have used a middle name initial on the memorial because the named person used it in preference to their first name.

    perhaps one of our members with ancestry subscription could add further
     
  8. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Have you tried contacting the church? Perhaps they have original records.

    Looks like the link for the image used
    Pilsley Memorial Lychgate

    The use of "Originally" for the dedication at the bottom of the plaque strikes me as a bit odd. Is it a replacement, could there be a typo as a result.

    There have been other cases of individuals names being mistakenly included on memorial when in fact they survived.
     
  9. Tiegan Jones

    Tiegan Jones Member

    Yes that is Albert. I really hope to find out who this person is. But thank you for the quick search
     
  10. Tiegan Jones

    Tiegan Jones Member

    I seem to think it's possible that there's a typo or the person somehow survived. I originally thought it might have been my great great grandfather as his name is Thomas but I don't think he joined the military and also the memorial mentions that all the men mentioned basically sacrificed themselves
     
  11. Tiegan Jones

    Tiegan Jones Member

    Yes it's the same image used there and I believe the original memorial was stolen although I'm not sure when, so perhaps this has something to do with the "originally"
     
  12. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery Patron

    As we suggested contact the person/community responsible for the memorial they may well have records of the names
     
  13. Tiegan Jones

    Tiegan Jones Member

    Thank you, I'll see what I can do
     

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