WW1 CWGC Appeal For Relatives Dec. 2016

[*Sandra*]

Delighted to report that the family tree member has replied - doesn't know much about John Nixon Brown - I have asked would she or any other family member be interested in attending a service of commemoration/dedication at Lambhill Cemetery ?

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Delighted to report that the family tree member has replied - doesn't know much about John Nixon Brown - I have asked would she or any other family member be interested in attending a service of commemoration/dedication at Lambhill Cemetery ?

Sandra

Keeping everyone updated - The person that that I contacted lives in San Francisco but is going to mention this to other relatives who live in Glasgow.  It might still be possible to get a family representative to attend any dedication ceremony that CWGC have in mind. That would be fantastic.

Sandra

[dbree]

So fantastic Sandra.

I orginally posted this, with the hope that a google search would pick up the names for anyone
searching for these men. It has gone so much further with the enormous help of everyone. Thank
you so much all, for your time and effort.   

Cheers,
DB

[MonicaL]

DB and Sandra, any thoughts on what do with, if anything, the original BMD certs viewed (thinking here on my part on John Nixon Brown searches)?

A naive question. Thinking again on the searches for John Nixon Brown and Imber's comments:

...It was only recently that it was discovered that John Brown's grave was at Lambhill Cemetery, Glasgow, Scotland. Until then he had been commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, England. It is now intended to erect a CWGC headstone on his grave. It seems likely that the CWGC may wish to invite those with a family connection to attend a small dedication ceremony or similar once the headstone is erected.....

Is there a similar background to the other names on the list, or is it a variety of reasons why these names feature on the current list by the CWGC?

Monica

[IMBER]

Yes Monica, they all have a similar background.  Most such cases have been researched by military enthusiasts and then brought forward to the CWGC for consideration for war grave status. There are currently 1674 such cases under review. The actual location of Barr's grave within the churchyard is unknown so he will receive a special memorial headstone bearing the wording" Known to be buried in this churchyard" or similar. The two Sapwell cases will also receive Special Memorials for the same reason. The actual graves of Campbell, Cowan and Wyse will be marked. Christopher Sapwell's case is unusual in that it was not raised by researchers:

http://great-linford.gov.uk/commonwealth-war-graves-commission/

Imber

[*Sandra*]

http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/commonwealth-war-graves-commission.html

Relatives are asked to get in touch with the UKNA technical team, contactable at enquiries@cwgc.org


http://www.cwgc.org/contact-us/contact-form.aspx

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

I have also spoken to a lady at CWGC who wants me to email the information so far on John Nixon Brown and Henry Keith Barr.  This I have done and they have acknowledged those e-mails.

Sandra

Added Second confirmation of e-mal received at 17-13 to say they will contact relative of Henry Keith Barr direct.

[phenolphthalein]

This might not be the place to mention this.
An oddity -- my father was an Australian who served in the second world war. When he died we could have had his grave marker paid for by the govt -- however that meant we would not have been permitted any family information on that. So we had our own marker but had to pay extra for the AIF symbol on it.
phenolphthalein

[*Sandra*]

Just received the personal e-mail address for the family contact for John Nixon Brown in San Francisco and have passed this on to CWGC so that they can make contact direct.

Sandra