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« on: Wednesday 11 November 15 14:20 GMT (UK) »
Dear Rootschatters,
There were many who returned and died within a few years as a result of wounds of the body and mind as a result of WW1.
My own Commoration is for:-
WILLIAM STUART LOVELL, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.
Born Reading, Berkshire, England on 28Th January 1886.
Died Bangour Military Hospital, Edinburgh on 11Th September 1927.
He signed up in 1904 and was in India at Lucknow where he was wounded.
Served for 7 years until 1911.
Rejoined in 1914 and was in the trenches in France where he was a victim of mustard gas which seriously damaged his health.
In 1919 William and his wife Mary fostered a 1year old baby girl whose mother had lost her fiancé
on 12Th January 1918 when HMS Narborough ran aground in Orkney.
Life was hard for them as work was difficult to get and he was not in the best of health.
By Spring of 1927 he was in Bangour Hospital very ill. (I am very lucky to have been able to get his Army Records online) Included in these records are letters he wrote regarding his Army Pension and he says that he hopes to be better when the weather improves. Unfortunately this was not to be and he passed away in the September. Primary cause of death was TB.
His funeral was a Military one - Black Plumed Horses, gun carriage and the funeral procession went through the streets of Leith to Rosebank Cemetery where he was laid to rest. His wife and 9 year old daughter walked behind the cortege.
The little girl was my mum and these were her memories of a dad she adored and missed for the rest of her long life (1918 - 2005).
Mum said he was a very gentle, kind, loving man who was lots of fun for those few short years.
War had taken away her two dads.
William Lovell is in my family tree as one of my grandfathers as this is where he belongs irrespective of not being related by blood.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Does anyone else have story they would like share about those who returned ?
Never Forgotten and Remembered with Love,
Dorrie
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