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Lanarkshire / Patrick Tierney
« on: Wednesday 31 January 24 15:56 GMT (UK)  »
Wasn't sure whether to post this on Lanarkshire or Kildare - might be best to link with Kildare.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=879957.new#new

Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for relatives of Pte Patrick Tierney -Labour  Corps- died 27/2/1921 -  buried Hartwood Cemetery North Lanarkshire
518632 Private, Labour Corps. (Formerly Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, No.43805).

Patrick Tierney 08/10/1880 in Kildare to Edward Tierney and Annie Connelly

birth -    Patrick Tierney - 8 October 1880 Birth Place   Kildare, Ireland
Father    Edward Tierney - Mother    Anne Conley Tierney

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75467614/patrick-tierney/

FIND A GRAVE


Hartwood Asylum Cemetery
Hartwood, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
PLOT Lair 317

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259927986/patrick-tierney

UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923

Pte Patrick Tierney
Record Type   Military
Residence Place   Robertstown, Naas Co Kildare Ireland
Military Country   Ireland
Service Number   518632
Corps, Regiment or Unit Labour  Corps

If you are related or can help, CWGC would like to hear from you.

Sandra




29
Berkshire / Wilfred James Taylor
« on: Wednesday 31 January 24 14:17 GMT (UK)  »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for relatives of Yeoman of Signals Wilfred James Taylor- died 24/12/1939 -  P/210349 - Royhal Navy -buried All Saints Churchyard. Faringdon.
The private memorial marking the grave of Yeoman of Signals Taylor no longer provides adequate commemoration.  The Commission are in the process of producing a hew headstone to mark his grave.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2436340/wilfred-james-taylor/

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69000165/wilfred-james-taylor

In Memory of
Yeoman of Signals WILFRED JAMES TAYLOR
P/210349, H.M.S. Royal Arthur, Royal Navy
who died, age 55, on 24 December 1939
Son of Edward and Clara Taylor;
Husband of Ella Maria Taylor, of
Faringdon, Berkshire.
Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-18 War.
Remembered with honour
Faringdon War Memorial and Faringdon All Saints Churchyard

The inscription reads: In loving memory of my dear husband Wilfred James Taylor late RN
who died Dec 24th 1939 'At Rest'
Also of Ella Maria Taylor died 19th Dec 1959 Aged 92 years
HMS Royal Arthur (shore establishment) was a training centre established near Skegness
between 1939 and 1946.

https://www.faringdon.org/uploads/1/4/7/6/14765418/taylor_wj.pdf

https://www.faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WW2-standard.pdf

UK & Ireland Obituary Index

Wilfred James Taylor - 1884 - 24 December 1939  (aged 55 years)
Parents   Edward Taylor -Clara Taylor
Spouse   Ella Maria Taylor

If you are related or can help, CWGC wold like to hear from you.

Sandra

30
Surrey / Adrian Beatson Stokes
« on: Monday 29 January 24 18:51 GMT (UK)  »
CWGC have been searching for relatives for 4 years.

Commonwealth War Graves Commissions are appealing for blood relatives  of Lance Corporal Adrian Beatson Stokes - died 25/12/1915 -  AGED 48 YEARS -Royal Sussex Regiment.
Research shows Lance Corporal Stokes is buried Old Cemetery, Hove.

TF/591 Lance Corporal, Royal Sussex Regiment,

Lance Corporal Beatson has been remembered on the Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial

Son of James J. and Agnes Stokes; husband of the late Vera Stokes.

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56634460/adrian-beatson-stokes

If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.

Sandra

31
Lincolnshire / Joseph Sidney Starbrook (Starbuck)
« on: Sunday 28 January 24 16:56 GMT (UK)  »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Pt Joseph Sidney Starbuck served as Starbrook  - reg no : 21328 - Lincolnshire Regiment
3rd Battalion died 12 November 1918 - aged 27 years - buried St Edith Churchyard - Anwick

The private memorial marking the grave of Pte Starbrook no longer provides adequate commemoration.  The Commission are in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75464077/joseph-sydney-starbrook/

Joseph S Starbrook - 1891 - 1918 (aged 27 years)

Registration Quarter   Oct-Nov-Dec   Doncaster Yorkshire West Riding
Volume   9c Page   2073

Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Starbuck - husband of Dora Starbuck, of Manor Cottages, Anwick, Sleaford, Lincs. Born at Anwick, Sleaford.

spouse Dora -

Joseph S Starbuck - Registration Date   Jan 1917 Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district   Sleaford   Lincolnshire
Spouse   Dora Craven
Volume Number   7a Page number   657

FIND A GRAVE

St Edith's Church Anwick, North Kesteven District, Lincolnshire.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80583874/joseph-sydney-starbuck

If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.

Sandra





32
Oxfordshire / George Edward Ryman
« on: Sunday 28 January 24 12:49 GMT (UK)  »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for relatives of Pt George Edward Ryman - died 30 January 1919 - buried All Saints Churchyard. Faringdon - Reg No 15376 Private, Reserve Cavalry Regiment, 5th.
Research as shown Pte Ryman is buried at All Saints, the Commission are in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.


Son of George Edward and Alice Ryman, of Coxwell Street,  Faringdon, Berks. Aged 30 years.

FIND A GRAVE

All Saints Churchyard
Faringdon, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire.
PLOT Grave 434.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263160861/george-edward-ryman

Faringdon Community Web-site

https://www.faringdon.org/uploads/1/4/7/6/14765418/george_edward_ryman.pdf

If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.

Sandra

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263160861/george-edward-ryman

33
Lancashire / James Isaac Pearson
« on: Saturday 27 January 24 14:45 GMT (UK)  »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Driver James Isaac Pearson - Royal Horse Artillery - died 31/8/1921 - buried Newington (St Nicholas) Churchyard.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.
Accepted as a casualty of war on 10 November 2022, following research by In From the Cold Project.

Husband of Elizabeth Susannah Pearson, of 9 Peene Cottages, Newington. Died age 41 from heart disease caused by war service.

FIND A GRAVE

St. Nicholas Churchyard
Newington, Shepway District, Kent, England
PLOT South of churchyard.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249550782/james-isaac-pearson

If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.

Sandra

34
London and Middlesex / Randolph Rudolph Julian Hennessy
« on: Saturday 27 January 24 12:04 GMT (UK)  »

Wasn't sure where to post this one.   :-\

Getting a 404 - not found for these two records...............

Ancestry have a 1901 census - Phoenix Park, Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland - residence date 31 March 1901 - Co. Tipperary which seems to have a list of boys.
Randolph R Hennessy is one of those.

and Web: Ireland, Wills of Irish Soldiers Who Died in the British Army, 1897-1922

Randolph Rudolph J Hennessy - Death Date   31 Aug 1920
Will Processing Date   7 Feb 1921 - War Office Number   E/793719/1
Service Number   S/23240

Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Sergeant Randolph Rudolph Julian Hennessy - Royal Army Service Corp - born 30 January 1891
30 Jan 1891 Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland and died 31/8/1920 - aged 29 years - buried New Brentford Cemetery. Served as a Sergeant in the Royal Army Service Corps in Cairo during the First World War (Service Number S/23440) In 1917, Staff Sergeant Major Julian Hennessy (Randolph) of the Royal Army Service Corps received the Meritorious Service Medal 'for his abilities in the field of action on the eastern front'   Posthumously Awarded the Sultan Sudan Medal in 1923

Recent research has shown Sgt Hennessy is buried at New Brentford Cemetery. The Commission are in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.

FIND A GRAVE with a photograph and bio

St Lawrence Churchyard
Brentford, London Borough of Hounslow, Greater London.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228284755/randolph_rudolph-julian-hennessy

There is a ancestry tree which gives the parents as Phillip Hennessy (with photograph) - 1837 - 24 June 1899  (Died from Congestion of the Lungs. Local Newspapers reported at the time that his funeral took place in Kilruane, located just outside Nenagh. It is assumed that he was also buried there) and mother Julia Kearney 1856 - 9 March 1914 Nenagh, Tipperary.

Could be 8 children - 6 sons and two daughters.

If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.

Sandra






35
Staffordshire / John Henry Hale
« on: Friday 26 January 24 16:38 GMT (UK)  »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Driver John Henry Hale - died 31/3/1917 - Reg No  69174 Driver, Royal Engineers, 35th Signal Coy.  Cemetery -

Research shows that Driver Hale is buried at Tipton. The Commission are in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.

John died on 31st March 1917 and he was buried in Tipton Cemetery on 8th April 1917. John's Pension Card record shows that his death was due to "Chronic Bright's disease, commencing on Active Service". He was not recorded on the CWGC online ‘Debt of Honour’ until the CWGC accepted that he was incorrectly omitted and included him on the "Debt of Honour" on 5th November 2022.

Husband of Mrs Ada Hale, of 5 Eagle Passage, New Road, Great Bridge, Tipton, Staffs.

FIND A GRAVE

Tipton Cemetery
Tipton, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England
PLOT
A. "C." 356.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263160658/john-henry-hale

If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.

Sandra


36
Staffordshire / Alfred Hale
« on: Friday 26 January 24 15:53 GMT (UK)  »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Pte Alfred Hale. died 11 July 1918 at home - South Staffordshire Regiment - reg no:- 18870 - buried Tipton Cemetery.
Research has shown Pte Hale is buried at Tipton Cemetery. The Commission are in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.

FIND A GRAVE

Tipton Cemetery
Tipton, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands.
PLOT C. "C." 113b.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263160618/alfred-hale

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75467522/alfred-hale/

If you are related or know of someone who is, CWGC would like to hear from you.

Sandra

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