Celtic Wood - Passchedale

[liverpool annie]

In Memory of
Lieutenant Frank John Scott

Mentioned in Despatches
10th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
who died age 23
on 08 October 1917
Son of James and Felicia Rosina Scott, of "Frankcleve," Church Hill, Gawler, South Australia. Native of Gawler, South Australia.
Remembered with honour
Ypres Menin Gate Memorial

http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=1600953

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Annie

The books mentioned above should be here this week so we should get some more very interesting information about them.

Glen

[liverpool annie]

Oh good Glen !! 

It'll be interesting to find out what you learn !! 

[liverpool annie]

I found the German regiment Glen ... 448th I.R. ! have you seen this before ?

Of 85 officers and men only 14 returned unwounded and the missing were never heard of again. Their names not on any list of prisoners and none of their bodies found after the war.

Stretcher bearers tried the next day to enter the wood and recover the wounded but were shot down - there had been shooting of stretcher bearers by both sides in a neighbouring trench shortly before.

as far as has been ascertained, the records of the 448th I.R., the German regiment which held the sector, contain no mention of the attack.

[itvol4part2]

I have just read Anatomy of a Raid. It seems so sad that we will never know who these missing 37 men were.
I wonder why so many just dissappeared?

[liverpool annie]

Hi  itvol4part2 and welcome to RootsChat !

So many of the soldiers were wounded and fell into the mud and drowned .... the other men  just couldn't get to them .... one of these days they will find their bones ... but in the meantime ... we just remember them !

I can't read stuff like this without my stomach being tied up in knots ....  and the tears start to flow !

http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/Passchendaele/Passchendaele_01.htm

Annie

[itvol4part2]

It does seem so strange that the names are not recorded on Menin Gate. I will get there to pay my respects one day.

[DeanneandTony]

Just come across this reference, Private Edward Louis Green was the brother of my great uncle, Leslie Clifford Green.  Nice to find this family reference.

Deanne

[Buzancy18]

It does seem so strange that the names are not recorded on Menin Gate. I will get there to pay my respects one day.

The names will probably be recorded at Tyne Cot as they ran out of space on the Menin Gate.

Buzancy18