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Title: Look-up...OLDHAM (GREENACRES) CEMETERY
Post by: majones79 on Saturday 08 December 12 16:20 GMT (UK)
Hello,

I'm looking for a grave look-up and a photo if possible. Its of a relative of mine who i think is burried in the Oldham Greenacres Cemetary. The details are as follows....

TRAVIS, JOHN WILLIAM
Rank:Private
Service No:7606525
Date of Death:30/04/1940
Age:37
Regiment/Service:Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Grave Reference Sec: A.C. Row 10. Grave 197.
Cemetery: OLDHAM (GREENACRES) CEMETERY

Many Thanks to anyone that can help,
Mark
Title: Re: Look-up...OLDHAM (GREENACRES) CEMETERY
Post by: heatherjulie on Saturday 08 December 12 20:20 GMT (UK)
Hi
There are alot of images of the burial registers on familysearch but unfortunately, the Greenacres ones go up to 1939 and then there is a big gap. There are grave registers on the site but you would need to look through them all to see who bought the grave.

I can't find him or his parents on the www.oldham.gov website. There is an Annie Travis - possibly his wife buried in Greenacres but she is alone in a new grave.

Heather
Title: Re: Look-up...OLDHAM (GREENACRES) CEMETERY
Post by: Gibel on Saturday 08 December 12 20:26 GMT (UK)
If you go to www.twgpp.org The War Graves Photgraphic Project and then search for John William Travis you will find they have a photo of the grave and you can then order a copy.
Title: Re: Look-up...OLDHAM (GREENACRES) CEMETERY
Post by: heatherjulie on Sunday 09 December 12 11:50 GMT (UK)
Thanks for the information on that website Gibel.

Heather
Title: Re: Look-up...OLDHAM (GREENACRES) CEMETERY
Post by: MancsMan. on Sunday 16 December 12 17:43 GMT (UK)
This grave was purchased by Margaret Travis - 5th April 1939 - address is blanked out

and contains 4 burials

Sorry no names, have not been wrote into the books

1/ 5th April 1939 aged 82
2/ 4th May 1940 aged 37
3/ 6th June 1950 aged 85
4/ 25th Feb 1956 aged 66 

From Jan 1939 to April 1993 all the registers are missing - as for the grave location it should not be to hard to find as it is running against a boundary wall next to Clarksefield Street according to the plot plan, if any Oldhamers feel the need to help Mark
Title: Re: Look-up...OLDHAM (GREENACRES) CEMETERY
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 16 December 12 19:46 GMT (UK)
If it helps at all

4th May 1940 aged 37 - your John William Travis

6th June 1950 aged 85 - Mary H Travis

25th Feb 1956 aged 66  - William M Travis

5th April 1939 aged 82 - can't link this age to a Travis death entry in the March or June qtr 1939