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Re: Does anyone recognise this war memorial?
« Reply #36 on: Monday 14 January 19 13:52 GMT (UK) »
Lizzie, if I were you, i would fire off an e-mail with the picture attached to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on a general enquiry to see if their people recognise it. You never know.

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Re: Does anyone recognise this war memorial?
« Reply #37 on: Monday 14 January 19 14:31 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Malky.  I'll contact my half cousin etc to see if she's got the original.  If so she can send an email to CWGC.  I also wondered if she just put it up on Facebook (if she's got an account) to see if anyone on there can recognise it.  Fortunately, the two ladies are deceased and there are no direct descendants.  I don't know about the children on the photo but I'm guessing if the photo was taken in the mid 1920s, if they are alive they will be very old and probably unrecognizable to anyone.

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Re: Does anyone recognise this war memorial?
« Reply #38 on: Monday 14 January 19 18:03 GMT (UK) »
Good evening,

Definately not Seaford, I know that one. War memorials, whether in a church yard or else where usually had the names irrespective of denomination or religous views. Many names appear on more than one memorial.

With the short list of names, unless there are more on the reverse, I would go for a smaller place than Leeds itself. Dates are definately 1914 1918.

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Re: Does anyone recognise this war memorial?
« Reply #39 on: Monday 14 January 19 18:36 GMT (UK) »
Anyone had any thoughts on whether that's a date starting the 17th or a regiment/battalion?
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Re: Does anyone recognise this war memorial?
« Reply #40 on: Monday 14 January 19 21:47 GMT (UK) »
Oh my god I've found it!! It's the original Queen Victoria's Rifles Memorial. It was on the top of hill 60 near ypres, but it was destroyed by the Germans in 1940.

Can't post photos from my iPad, but I can post the link.

http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/flanders/hill-60/

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Re: Does anyone recognise this war memorial?
« Reply #41 on: Monday 14 January 19 22:02 GMT (UK) »
Oh my god I've found it!! It's the original Queen Victoria's Rifles Memorial. It was on the top of hill 60 near ypres, but it was destroyed by the Germans in 1940.

Can't post photos from my iPad, but I can post the link.

http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/flanders/hill-60/


Great find Kevwood !!! Well done you  8) 8) 8)

So it was a "Rifles" badge................... (Reply number 30)


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Re: Does anyone recognise this war memorial?
« Reply #42 on: Monday 14 January 19 22:18 GMT (UK) »
I have been following this thread.

Well done Kevwood. What a great find - I share your excitement  :)

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Re: Does anyone recognise this war memorial?
« Reply #43 on: Tuesday 15 January 19 00:15 GMT (UK) »
Kevwood - that's a miracle, thank you very much. 

I have no idea why my ancestors would be photographed by that monument, Herbert Bailey certainly wasn't in the Queen Victoria Rifles and he only went to France in late 1917 with the 18th Reserve Battalion before going to Aden where he was shot.  Do you know if it was usual for people from the UK to go to France in the 1920s to look at graves, like we do today?

I'll have to research the Rifles to see if there are any names I recognise amongst the 180 casualties - I doubt there were any officers in my family.  The only thing I can think of at the moment is that the lady standing in the photograph married a widower and he had 5 sons, so I wonder if one of them is commemorated on the memorial.  I'll check on CWGC tomorrow (well later today) to see if any of their names are listed.

Thank you once again.

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Re: Does anyone recognise this war memorial?
« Reply #44 on: Tuesday 15 January 19 05:05 GMT (UK) »
Just glad I could help, there's some info here.

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/community/205

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