British Soldiers Graves, Austria - Photographs...plus www.wargraves.org.uk info

[alllegs]

I have just returned from holiday in Austria, where we took my granddad to see his brothers grave, whilst I was there I took photos of all the British soldiers headstones. 

If anyone recognises/knows of any of the names below please feel free to email or PM me and I will send you a copy of the relevant photograph.

Best Wishes
Legs
xxx

Here are the names....

14093111 Signalman B.O. Grandison of the Royal Corps of Signals died 12/1/1948 age 23

T/14455420 Driver C. Cook of the Royal Army Service Corps died 2/5/1948 age 21

14912784 Private F.H. Hughes of The East Yorkshire Regiment died 11/1/1948 age 21

14446975 L/Corporal L.G. Salisbury of The Royal Scots died 16/6/1948 age 21

14059202 Signalman H. Carson of the Royal Corps of Signals died 8/2/1948 age 20

14183654 Private R.H. Tynan of the Army Catering Corps died 24/6/1848 age 20

14053548 Sapper A.E.H. Leonard of the Royal Engineers died 26/2/1948 age 20

19027651 Signalman W.K. Birch of the Royal Corps of Signals died 25/7/1948 age 19

10577780 Sergeant C.A. Marvin of R.E.M.E died 17/1/1948 age 32

21040705 Signalman D.A. Gough of the Royal Corps of Signals died 25/7/1948 age 19

19180952 Private A.G. Sheppard of The Royal Hampshire Regiment died 11/3/1948 age 19

T/14468756 Driver C.E.F. Tearse of the Royal Army Service Corps died 27/7/1948 age 20

21038166 Private A. Warnes of The West Yorkshire Regiment died 16/4/1948 age 18

5331982 Coms K.E. Wye of The Royal Berkshire Regiment died 27/8/1948 age 37

Lieutenant J.E. Burke of the Royal Army Service Corps died 25/4/1948 age 28

Lieutenant E. Slater of The York and Lancaster Regiment died 25/9/1948 age 33

22109963 Private H.V. Harrison of The Northamptonshire Regiment died 25/9/1848 age 18

22034608 Private M. Thompson of The Northamptonshire Regiment died 26/9/1948 age 18

19104145 Private E.W. Taylor of The Northamptonshire Regiment died 18/11/1948 age 20

22036451 Private S.J. Kirwin of the Intelligence Corps died 19/3/1949 age 19

21004016 Sapper T.S. Vann of the Royal Engineers died 23/8/1948 age 25

2323021 WO.11 (ROMS) M.C.V. Williams of the Royal Corps of SIgnals died 4/7/1949 age 34

2108620 Signalman R. Telfer of the Royal Corps of Signals died 16/9/1949 age 20

2879161 Corporal G.D. Forbes of the Army Catering Corps died 27/1/1950 age 25

22450776 Private M. Spendlow of the Royal Army Medical Corps died 11/8/1951 age 18

22346723 Sergeant L.D. Killeya of the Royal Army Educational Corps died 13/7/1951 age 20

154126 Sergeant J.F. Allen of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps died 12/6/1951 age 38

22226889 Sergeant T.F. Griffiths of the R.E.M.E died 12/4/1951 age 27

14184982 Private J. Allen of The West Yorkshire Regiment died 9/4/1950 age 22

22162709 Craftsman A.L. Goodwin of the R.E.M.E died 25/6/1950 age 19

19045199 Private K. Binns of the West Yorkshire Regiment died 9/4/1950 age 20

22180294 Private N. Hutchinson of the Army Catering Corps died 7/9/1950 age 19

22327126 Private K.E. Mitchelmore of The Dorset Regiment died 1/10/1950 age 19

14444957 Corporal D. Marsden of The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry died 24/3/1951 age 24

23082912 Private A.J. Severn of The Middlesex Regiment died 11/3/1955 age 18

22815999 L/Corporal E. Brunton of The Middlesex Regiment died 12/9/1955 age 19

22927965 Private E.H. Tippetts of The Middlesex Regiment died 11/3/1955 age 20

Major F.I.D. Priest of the R.E.M.E died 10/4/1955 age 38

23056981 Private G. Simpson of The Middlesex Regiment died 3/11/1955 age 18

Captain H.D.T Groom of the Royal Army Pay Corps died 12/10/1955 age 50 (I'm really sorry but this one is a bit blurry)

22857725 Private J.N. Bainbridge of The Green Howards died 30/10/1953 age 21 (My great uncle)

22611537 L/Corporal K. Lowe of The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders died 18/9/1953 age 20

2/Lieutenant R.M.M Heming of The Middlesex Regiment died 11/3/1855 age 20

22267187 Private F. Cockerham of The Green Howards died 30/9/1953 age 21

22827299 Private J.W. Tyson of The Green Howards died 30/10/1953 age 18

22857776 Private K. Buckle of The Green Howards died 30/10/1953 age 19

22857735 Private J.K. Creighton of The Green Howards died 30/10/1953 age 18

22859631 Private K. Coupland of The Green Howards died 30/10/1953 age 19

T/61559 Corporal G.H. Townsend of the Royal Army Service Corps died 19/2/1954 age 40

22561083 Private W.H. Andrews of The West Yorkshire Regiment died 29/12/1951 age 18

22562403 Private R.A. Steel of The Royal Warwickshire Regiment died 20/3/1952 age 29

22428758 Private M.G. Taylor of The Royal Warwickshire Regiment died 11/8/1952 age 20

22574139 L/Corporal R.C.Collinson of the Royal Military Police died 8/10/1952, unfortunately a leaf is covering his age

T/22788826 Driver C. Young of the Royal Army Service Corps died 18/11/1952 age 18

22830691 Private T.R. Downey of The Green Howards died 18/7/1953 age 25

2756320 Private J. Paton of The Black Watch died 6/9/1951 age 33

5772103 Corporal P.J. McDowell of The Northamptonshire Regiment died 13/7/1951 age 30

Thats all of them.  

[manmack]

hiya legs,not many people go out of their way to take a bit of time out from their hols to do what you have done,there are a lot of folks who cant get to see their loved ones graves,and there are some who charge as much as £25 for a photo,you are a nice person,mack

[alllegs]

Thank you!

I just hope thats the families of these soldiers find this message.  Seeing how much my granddad benefitted from being able to see his brothers grave and saying a proper goodbye made me want to allow those who cannot get to Austria to be able to have a similar experience through one of my photographs.

Best Wishes
Legs
xxxxx

[alllegs]

The Cemetery is in Klagenfurt which is the capital of the Austrian province of Carinthia.  Klagenfurt Cemetery is situated in Annabichl, a suburb of Klagenfurt and can be found about 2.5km north of the city centre on the way to Vienna.  The British military plot is numbered 17 and is located behind the Austrian National Memorial rotunda (babylon) all within this large town cemetery.  Klagenfurt Cemetery contains 57 non-war service burials and 2 German civillians are also buried in the same plot.

Plot 17 can be found by turning directly left as you enter the cemetery and following the path round through the Austrian graves until you see a green and the rotunda, the graves are directly behind. 

Many also have messages from family engraved on the base of the headstone.  I also took a (kind of) 3 photo panoramic view of the graves, so you can have a better view of the surrounding area.

If anyone does ever get the chance visit please do so as it is an amazing (although quite sad) experience. 

Many visitors may be elderly, there are plenty of seats within the cemetery and a coffee shop just across the road.  Also opposite is a flower shop which sells candles as well which can be planted/left at the graves.

The cemetery is a beautiful, peaceful place, surrounded by trees and flowers, habitated by red squirrels and hundreds of birds.  It is a truely spectacular place, the graves are meticulously cared for by the many staff and by the families of the Austrians buried there. 

I hope the families of these soliders can take peace in my photos and and know that their loved ones are in a beautiful place and well cared for.

Legs
xxxxx

[Berlin-Bob]

On alllegs request I am making this "sticky" for a while, to give everybody a chance to see it.

Please pass this information on to anybody who might be interested, because, as she said,

        "I don't what my photo's to go to waste."

[Bob2399]

what a nice thing to do! Well done
Bob

[alllegs]

Just a quick update everyone....

My photo's are now also available at www.wargraves.org.uk please check out this website as it has holds hundreds of war grave photographs from all around the world.

A quick synopsis of the website........

British War Memorial Project – A volunteer based organisation photographing the war graves and individual memorials to every service person from WW1 to present day. The team of 500 volunteers is growing weekly and the project has now over 100,000 images of graves that are  available to genealogists, families and anyone else interested in finding a war grave of a known casualty. All for free!!

I hope you can all find your loved ones through wargraves.

Happy Hunting
Love
Legs
xxxxx