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Unidentified funeral RAF 1942
« on: Tuesday 30 October 18 15:32 GMT (UK) »
This is an unidentified RAF funeral from 1942.  If I can read a name and a date from the gravestone in the foreground, I might be able to identify the location.  Can anyone perform a miracle?

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Re: Unidentified funeral RAF 1942
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 30 October 18 15:36 GMT (UK) »
Hello Elliven,

I had a try but it was showing blurred for me. Is it possible to just scan and crop the gravestone(s) ?

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Re: Unidentified funeral RAF 1942
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 30 October 18 15:45 GMT (UK) »
The name on the headstone with the flower pot in front possibly reads

Julian John Evans



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Re: Unidentified funeral RAF 1942
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 30 October 18 16:20 GMT (UK) »
I agree with Sarah...if you could just scan the headstone at 600-800dpi then we would have a better chance of reading the name and the date and age at death.
John is the middle name and the surname only appears to have four letters that could be Evan or similar.
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Re: Unidentified funeral RAF 1942
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 30 October 18 17:21 GMT (UK) »
First glance looks like 18th Nov 1936?

The other grave stone - looks like a surname with a double FF or double PP in the middle - Griffin, Coppin?
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Re: Unidentified funeral RAF 1942
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 30 October 18 20:19 GMT (UK) »
Thank you all for your efforts.  I have tried dozens of name combinations just to see if I could identify the graveyard from a named grave but with no success.  I think I am going to have to try identifying the church/chapel in the picture which is most likely in the Nottinghamshire or Lincolnshire areas.  I cannot even hope to identify anyone in the picture.  They are all in the Air Force so even if the youngest of them was alive today he/she would be at least 94 years old and probably nearer the 100+ mark.  I cannot get a better resolution scan either.

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Re: Unidentified funeral RAF 1942
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 30 October 18 20:21 GMT (UK) »
I had already tried the method suggested by Sarah but it just blurs

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Re: Unidentified funeral RAF 1942
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 30 October 18 21:16 GMT (UK) »
The name on the headstone with the flower pot in front possibly reads

Julian John Evans



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Didn't seem like enough letters for "Evans". Also where the H would be in "John" looks more rounded.

I read it as "Julian Jock Eves". What do you think?
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Re: Unidentified funeral RAF 1942
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 30 October 18 21:21 GMT (UK) »
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