Three Mystery British Soldiers

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  1. Simon_Fielding

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    This is a message I'm cross posting on behalf of Damian - and I'll add my reply too - suggestions on how to proceed very welcome!

    Simon

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    Dear my friends,

    I am Damien, I am French student, I am deep deaf !

    Excuse me for my English words !

    I am lost in the Internet, in Google, I don't know how to search the informations, where to find in the Web, to know the records of the military and know where they died or not !!!

    where I search the informations on the three military were accommodating in the house of my great grandmother in August 1944, in Normandy.

    Because my grand mother was injured her feet and the military help her. Her mother thanks them in exchange for their assistance and rest in the house !

    According to my grandmother, The military were spent in the war in the East of France, She had a small souvenir gift of the three military.

    She talk me that she think that three military were killed by the germans in October 1944 in the Ardennes but I have not find more informations.
    Perhalps my grandmother did a mistake ???

    the name of three military, but the name is in the bad writing. I was searching the names, two of three names that I can't to give an exact name phonetically

    Because I want search more informations in the but to meet their families, to speak the stories of the military to their families in live !!


    Thomas John NEWTON

    Walter O' GIEV ? GIEN ? GIER ? GIE..

    Chris TOWN, JOWN, LOWN, SOWN ? OWN


    Thanks very much for help !!

    Damien
     
  2. Simon_Fielding

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    Hello Damien
    The best place to start to research British war casualties is the database of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
    :: CWGC ::
    However, the same database can be searched with partial data here:
    http://www.********.c...search39-47.php
    I wonder if the surname of one of your soldiers could be OGILVY? If so might this be him?
    http://www.cwgc.org/...asualty=2040792
    His unit certainly served in Normandy and the Ardennes, and he was killed in the Rhine crossing:
    http://www.pegasusar...nit_8thBatt.htm
    Is this a help? Perhaps I could suggest some other forums you could try?

    Best wishes

    Simon

    Le meilleur endroit pour commencer à la recherche de victimes de guerre britannique est la base de données de la Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
    Toutefois, la même base de données peuvent être recherchées avec des données partielles ici:
    Je me demande si le nom de l'un de vos soldats pourraient être OGILVY? Si c'est le cas cela pourrait-il lui?
    Son unité a certainement servi en Normandie et les Ardennes, et il a été tué dans la traversée du Rhin:
    Est-ce une aide? Peut-être que je pourrais suggérer d'autres forums, vous pouvez essayer?
    Meilleurs vœux
     
  3. Mike L

    Mike L Very Senior Member

    Nice reply Simon. I talk a bit of French but buggered if I could write it corrctly these days!

    Mike
     
  4. Simon_Fielding

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    The wonders of Google Translate and CSE grade 1!! :)
     
  5. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Where does he live in Normandy?

    They could have been American or Canadian.

    What is the souvenir-Hopefully it might ID the unit.
     

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