IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth War Cemeteries, Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

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Nom Commentaires Hayley Ward  ian_ward261@hotmail.com 22-07-2008 - 21:29 I am overwhelmed by all the info I am finding on my Great Uncle Leonard Harry Lockley, I also have his memorial plaque that was sent to my nan (Leonards sister) as she was his next of kin. I have just found out that he has a stone in the Langemark German Military Cemetery. demulder petra  demulderpetra@hotmail.com  http://www.inmemories.com/guestbook 19-07-2008 - 02:25 I have de photo-picture postcard witm me from private Frederick Browning,burried in Gijzelbrechteghem.My grandmother found it next to him,she kept it als these years.NOw I have him and I wonder if his family would be pleased if I send it to them?Don't have the adresses.Can somebody help me? Jill McMullen  jillm@handbag.com 18-07-2008 - 19:46 Thank you for your wonderful web site My great uncle Samuel Ferris, a private in The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was killed in action on 4th November1918. He is buried in Mazinghein Communal Cemetery. As a small child I would see his photgraph in my beloved Aunt Grace,s House( his sister).The deep love and affection he was held in was second to none. Many members of my family have visited his grave and I intend to make a pilgrimage this autumn with my son and partner.I was deeply moved to see the photographs of Mazinghienn Cemetery and all the fallen. May I express my gratitude for all the dedication you have givern to your site. Kind regards Jill McMullen Ian Bates  kernyck@aol.com  http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/noyellesgodault.htm 18-07-2008 - 17:13 Very pleased to see the photograph of my great uncle's grave at Noyelles Godault. Visited the grave 18 years ago and was made hugely welcome by the people of N-G. Noreau  styxworld32@hotmail.com 16-07-2008 - 20:48 bonjour messieur mon arrière grand-père Francis Marticotte est mort sur le champs de bataille le 28 aout 1918 si vous avez des renseignement ou photo merci beaucoup Kate Wood  katevwood@hotmail.com 15-07-2008 - 09:04 Have just discovered my great grandad Thomas Francis Bell died on 23 August 1918, he's in grave VI. A. 27. I don't think anyone from the family has ever been to see him so I really hope to get over soon to pay my respects. The pictures look beautiful - thank you for looking after him so well. David Brand  dbjb@southernphone.com.au 15-07-2008 - 06:45 My sister visited our uncles grave in 2001. I thank everybody responsable for it's up keep. michael carpenter  michael.carpenter1@btinternet.com  http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/essexfarm4.htm 14-07-2008 - 20:33 thankyou for a lovely site,my great uncle c s carpenter died on the 8/8/1916 age 23.The family also lost another son two years later.Hope to visit their graves very soon Susan Grimes (nee Chipchase)  sue_grimes@ntlworld.com 13-07-2008 - 23:59 I am the granddaughter of H Chipchase in grave V 6. I hope to visit very soon to see his grave. Several of my family have already been. Ross Jackson  rossajackson@hotmail.com 10-07-2008 - 05:56 visit to see where uncle Peter Millane is resting Joe  josephangelini@hotmail.com 09-07-2008 - 14:15 Amazing site. I am a very patriotic and thankful Canadian who likes to pay homage to all those who died for my freedom. To see this site brings emotion to me and makes me appreciate what I have today even more. andrew elcock  raelcock@btinternet.com 08-07-2008 - 09:10 can you help me contact any living relativefor 3446868 fusilier john worsley.i have an interisting story. mobile,07794386424. many thanks,andrew elcock, llanelli south wales.uk. Dianne Moores  dwmoores@rogers.com 07-07-2008 - 20:29 I am trying to find the cemetary that my great uncle, Ambrose Perkins is buried in and where it is located. He was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme on the 4th of July 1916. martin gormley  martin-gormley@sky.com 07-07-2008 - 20:23 Woesten Churchyard. My relation buried there..Quigley Samuel Haslett..Grave 6. I have photo of him. Jan Herivel  jherivel@hotmail.com 05-07-2008 - 00:11 I visited this cemetery in May 2008 as a distant relative Andrew Hugh Carrigan (AIF) is buried there. There was an official looking document attached to the main entrance which appeared to be something to do with redevelopment. Does anyone know anything about any changes planned for this cemetery? Thanks Jan Herivel Australia Drabbé Jean-Michel  http://www.everyoneweb.be/calonne 22-06-2008 - 20:33 Félicitation pour votre site. Il y a là un travail énorme. Au cimetière de Calonne ne sont-ils pas 71 soldats anglais ? Cordialement JM Alison Peach  alisonpeach@talktalk.net  http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/bancourt.htm 17-06-2008 - 19:17 Back in February 2008 I took my two sons to the Imperial War Museum, London SE1. My youngest found a touch screen computer which could trace war graves. From there we discovered the name of the cemetery where my great uncle was buried by the Germans in 1916 - he was a pilot in the RFC and was shot down behind enemy lines. My search continued from home and very quickly I was lucky enough to find Pierre's amazing website. Pierre has been absolutely fantastic in helping me to identify the grave of Lt E C Lansdale and has very kindly included the photos that we had at home. Thank you Pierre for your commitment to this very worthwhile cause, it is greatly appreciated. john gristey  john.gristey@btinternet.com  http://grisling1 04-06-2008 - 15:08 can you please tell me how i can see photo of grave g. gristey thank you JOHN GRISTEY  john.gristey@btinternet.com  http://grisling1 04-06-2008 - 15:01 can you please tell me how i can see photo of the single grave for this person thank you Dr Ninian Peckitt  peckitt@maxfac.com  http://www.maxfac.com 02-06-2008 - 13:09 PECKITT WALTER United Kingdom Private 204836 The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Missing in Action reported 27/05/1918 I am Walter Peckitt's Grandson. Walter worked in the Family business in York (making boots for the army) and joined the 4th Batt LN Lancs Reg in 1917. I have his army training notes at the West Lancs TA Reserve Brigade Range Firing School No 10 Course from Sept 10- Sept 29 1917. He stayed in No 19 Hut 3 West Park Hall Camp Owestry. He was very musical and sang in York Minster as a chorister. He Married Sarah Beattie in 1913 and my father Dr Kenneth Ivan Peckitt (only child) was born 4th June 1914. A typed report from the war office "9 Loyal North Lancashire Regt May 25-31 1918" states that the 9 LN Lancs took part in desparate fighting in Flanders April 1918. They were sent to the French line between Soissons and Reimsfor recurperation and were hit with the full force of the German push on 27th May 1918 on the Chemin des Dames. Little information was available about casualties but we have heard of them near Berry-au-Bac, at Romain and between Maizy on the River Aisme and Fismes. All reports agree in the secerity of machine gun fire and that many casualties were caused by aeroplanes. Merci beaucoup pour la rememberance et le Livre d'Or Most sincerely Ninian Peckitt Maxillofacial Surgeon - New Zealand Bob Balint  bbalint2@cogeco.ca 31-05-2008 - 22:53 Merci milles fois for the amazing work that you are doing. My wife and her father were very pleased to be able to view the grave of John Morrow, a Canadian who was killed in 1942. Thank you so much for the caring you have that means so much to many people all of these years later. Clearly, these men and women are not forgotten! Dieu vous bénissent! Cy Pirie  cypirie@tiscali.co.uk 16-05-2008 - 18:50 Dear Pierre I found your site today. Thankyou for making this day 'special'. Your site is a labour of love. My Grand Uncle George 'Dod' Morrison of the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, died on the 2nd day of September, 1918. He was 24 years old. He is buried at Eterpigny, Pas de Calais. He was the second and beloved son of John and Annie Morrison. He was born at Birchwood, Boyndie, near Whitehills. His older brother John, emigrated to Detroit but enlisted and he too fought in France. John survived. Dod "was killed instantly by a shell near the village of Eterpigny" in 'The Battle of Drocourt-Quent'. Dod was a baker to trade and he is as close to me this moment, as the very air I breathe. I hope to visit his grave later this year, to lay a flower for the only surviving member of his wider Morrison family, a Mrs Margaret Stirton who is 83 this summer. God Bless your site. Cy Pirie Richard Szwed  r.szwed@virgin.net 15-05-2008 - 20:02 A million words in just two THANK YOU Olivia Whitcomb nee Carter  olivia@akela323.co.uk 11-05-2008 - 21:01 Your website is a great comfort to those who have lost a relative during the war. It is good to know that these brave men are remembered in this way. Wouldn't they be amazed to know that they live on through this wonderful technology. My relative is Jack Fuller who died 25/08/1941. We have visited his grave at Chievres Communal Cemetery and were so impressed with the way that the graves are maintained. We thank those responsible for this. Kenneth William Hughes  kenna.hughes@bigpond.com  http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/beaumetzcrossroads.htm 01-05-2008 - 03:49 Thank you Pierre, your site is wonderful. Leslie Firman FAULDER was my Great Grandmother's brother. He grew up near the small village of Wee Jasper in New South Wales. His death resulted in sorrow in the family up until his sister died in 1959. His father Frederick died 5 months after Leslie was killed - he was only 62 years old. Dean Martin Brown  deanbrownis@hotmail.co.uk 28-04-2008 - 16:45 Fabulous site many thanks for all your attention. My Great Grandfather Martin Honan of the Liverpool Kings Regiment. Colour Sgt Age 23 Mary Roy  john.roy@sympatico.ca  http://www.inmemories.com/guestbook.htm 28-04-2008 - 00:10 I just found my great uncle, Charles Bernard Lamplugh Hervey. He died April 19, 1916. He was a courier in Ypres. He grew up in Round Hill Nova Scotia. My father, Bernard Burgess, was named after him. Great site, thank you. Mark Abbott  mabbott11@btinternet.com  http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/vlamertinghemil.htm 25-04-2008 - 16:04 Pierre, A wonderful site! Thank you for posting the photo of Albert Llewellyn Parry 1/6th Liverpool Reiment. Mark Aida Benarbi  abenarbi@gmail.com 24-04-2008 - 18:31 Dear Pierre, Thank u for this interesting site. In fact I m doing research on WWII and Cemeteries in Tunisia and we have many of them which I have visited. this topic fascinates me a lot. God's help Jeremy Lynn 20-04-2008 - 21:18 Excellent site, Pierre. Just got back from trip to Poperinge/Kemmel/Ploegsteert etc. and was very pleased to continue my research on your website. Kind regards Jeremy Lynn Jane Weaver  pw828098@bigpond.net.au 20-04-2008 - 06:26 Your site enables visitors to put faces to names. Thank you for the opportunity to post the photographs of my Great Uncles, Charles William Shone and Richard Clarence Shone on it, instead of relegating them to the pages of the family photo album. Jane David Giddings  dg@email.it 11-04-2008 - 23:18 Thank you for this labour of love. My grandfather - Elbert Edward Smith - of the Northamptonshire Regiment was killed at 'High Wood', leaving 4 daughters, the youngest being my mother who died recently. All their lives were blighted as a result but I have no knowledge of my grandfather's resting place. Thank you for keeping their memories alive. There can be no better reason for l'Europe Unie. Alison Briant  Aj_Briant@Bigfoot.com 01-04-2008 - 15:43 Thank you for creating such a wonderful site. We visited Enc 3 last weekend to remember Private William J. Lane 26849, my late Grandfather's brother. As a keen family historian, it has now prompted me to find out about the men who died along side that day (04 Sep 1918) Any info very gratefully received. Keep up the great work. Kindest regards Alison. Raina Petruse  Sunnypetruse@btinternet.com 28-03-2008 - 15:14 Pierre, Thank you for a great site. I'm looking for anybody regarding info about Pte Charles Ernest Marshall 5770074 Royal Norfolk Regiment. we are trying to locat present day family of his wife Kathleen. Thank You once again Doug Hearns  doug.hearns@sympatico.ca 26-03-2008 - 12:03 Hello Pierre; I have visited the Battlefields twice and hope to go again next year. Your wonderful site has given me a better insight into what I may have missed and will greatly help us in planning out next trip. I do not know where you are located but if near Varlet Farm, we always stay with Charlotte. Alinda Morrison  Alinda24@sympatico.ca 25-03-2008 - 04:17 I am very pleased with the great job you have done. I have always wanted to know who all was buried in the St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery with my great uncle Private Charles Trevyllian Constant and now can read all of the names. Thank you very very much. Mandy Palmer  richard@palmer19331.freeserve.co.uk 24-03-2008 - 16:04 I have just found my Great Great Grandfather Jame Plaskett and im so pleased, you have done a wonderful job creating this site, which is a brilliant resource for family historians. WELL DONE Mike  granpatheman@aol.com 15-03-2008 - 19:10 Pierre what a wonderful thing you have done. A fantastic resource for those of us tracing our family history at Hooge and all other sites. Many thanks Tim Prestage  enquiries@timprestageltd.fsnet.co.uk 14-03-2008 - 22:17 Thank you Pierre for your excellent site. I am the nephew of Walter Prestage who was killed with 18 colleagues on the 23rd May 1940 they are buried at Audruicq and Zutkerque. Tommorrow I am going to meet one of the survivors Grenville Davies now aged 88. Who has Written a new Book called "Came the Day". regards Tim Prestage William Marr  may4ever@hotmail.co.uk 13-03-2008 - 23:29 What a wonderful site,my grandfather was killed in France 1917 and is buried at Bray Military Cemetery,I was lucky enough to be able to visit his grave in May 2007,I was the first and only member of the family to have made the visit,mostly because the widows would never have been able to afford to go in those dark terrible days,I was so proud to have done it.good luck with this site,it is so good of you to have set it up..Billy Joan Hilderbrand  jenny2@westnet.com.au 12-03-2008 - 22:58 I visited this peaceful place to meet my Uncle, in 2001. It is so good to see that it has been refurbished, I wanted to bring him home. So many navy personal. My Grandfather was at Gallipoli in the navy. Thank you for setting up this site. Patrick Tierney  paddytierney56@yahoo.co.uk 22-02-2008 - 15:23 " On The Fields of Sacrifice The Heroes paid the price Young men dying in old men' s wars Gone to paradise". Patrick Tierney  paddytierney56@yahoo.co.uk 22-02-2008 - 15:16 My Grand Uncle Pte P.(Patrick) Tierney is buried here. He served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.He was killed on the 29th March 1915 the Germans had fired 57 shells in the position of C Company and the parapet of his trench collapsed. He lived in Dublin beside Christ Church Cathedral. I'm the first Tierney back in that area. Irene Domeisen  ikdom@att.net 18-02-2008 - 04:29 One does not forget and you are reminding me of my brother, Francis de Labouchere-Sparling. He was actually 19 years old when shot down on his 13th flight. Not a lucky number. He was the pilot of a Wellington bomber, but his hope was to fly Spitfires. How do I send you a photo of him to post? Irene Domeisen Labouchere-Sparling Robert Tholl  avioncub@aol.com 17-02-2008 - 03:59 Thank you Pierre for providing this wonderful website. The photos and data give so much more dimension to tragic losses of the "Great War". I am pleased to have found the LARCH WOOD cemetary and grave of Lt. Ralph Pool Turner, No. 1 Sqd. RFC. He was killed in combat on March 9, 1916 by Groschler and Patheiger of Artillerie Flieger Abteilung 213 based near Menin. Turner was flying a Morane N monoplane. The victors were flying an LVG CII biplane. Chris Carr  chris@ncarr.wanadoo.co.uk 10-02-2008 - 13:35 Many thanks Pierre for this wonderful site. My uncle Ronald GEORGE was in the 3rd bn Grenadier Guards and died of wounds received at Warneton on 28 May 1940 age 23. I would love to know more about the action in which he was wondered if any one out there can help. Carol & Jo  catjoke@dsl.pipex.com 03-02-2008 - 00:05 Thank you for this wonderful site. We are taking my father in May to visit Romeries Cemetary. and will send photographs for the site. david ferguson  davidf0406@hotmail.com 30-01-2008 - 02:17 thank you pierre for all youhave done.here is my new address,davidf0406@hotmail.com sara coyle  cdix509@btinternet.com 29-01-2008 - 19:20 i was very astonished to see the name of my husbands great uncle lance corpral r brydson on a grave in france we sit and look at his medals that we have and often wonder what happened to him. it is nice to see that his grave and that of so many others are placed in a peaceful place along with there comrades who fought so bravly for our country. it would be nice to here from anyone who knows anything about what happened to the 2nd battilion of the gordon highlanders as we know so little about him our his part in the war fred maynard  fred_maynard@hotmail.com 29-01-2008 - 12:22 what a great site you must have spent hours building it ,it is a great tribute to all those fallen young men many thanks for your efforts

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