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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: GuyMassey on Tuesday 06 February 18 16:33 GMT (UK)
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My grandparents Ronald and Therese Massey lived in Surrey after WW1 and visited the Ypres area at some point in the 1920's. This would I think have been a pilgrimage as Ronald's younger brother Kenneth was killed at Passhendaele on 29th October 1917. Is there any record existing that would date their visit? I have tried passenger lists but with no success.
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Perhaps the Royal Britisb Legion can help you.
I found this on their website:-
"Remembrance Travel has been arranging visits to battlefields, war cemeteries and memorials since 1927. Everyone is welcome to join our tours, whether that be an ex-service veteran, or a family wishing to do more research into their past."
http://www.remembrancetravel.org.uk/about-us
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I don't think that there are any passengers list for Channel crossings, so I doubt if there will be any records I'm afraid.
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A long shot but there might have been an item in a local newspaper or something like a parish magazine.