Edward Bullwinkel - Wrexham Cemetery

[mathsmal]

Hello

I am trying to find out if the grave of Edward Bullwinkel in Wrexham Cemetery is a military grave.
He died on the 16 January 1948, and the grave number is 10186.
If anyone can help I would be grateful.

Many thanks
Matt

[wrjones]

Well Matt,the actual number for the grave is 10186A.I'm told by the caretaker at Wrexham Cemetery that though they were aware he was a POW,it is just a general grave.

Regards
William Russell Jones.

[mathsmal]

Many thanks - that is very interesting. I wonder why it was treated in that way?

He was on a list that I had, indicating that he was a German POW, but his name does not appear on an official German records - thanks for clarifying. 

[wilcoxon]

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[sugarbakers]

Bullwinkel (and its many variants) occurs often amongst the names of London's 19C sugar refiners and sugarbakers ... they came mosty from Lower Saxony in northern Germany.
Most worked in the sugarhouses in Whitechapel and St George's in the East as labourers, whilst one or two became partners in a firm or ran their own small scum boiling business.
Carsten Bulwinkle worked in London and then emigrated to Australia and eventually became a manager at CRS. John Bollwinckel/le was recruited from a Liverpool sugarhouse to the small party that travelled to Utah to set up the ill-fated first sugar refinery there.

My database at www.mawer.clara.net/sugarbbry.html lists those found to date, with many origins, ages and addresses, all with references/sources for further research.

The thought struck me that whilst Edward Bullwinkel was held as a POW, there were possibly descendants of those sugarbakers held in internment camps.