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Title: Four soldiers
Post by: Radcliff on Friday 14 June 13 13:52 BST (UK)
I wondered if anyone had any information on these four soldiers and why they are buried together,did some thing happen in Liverpool in July 1918,
I do not need any research into their backgrounds as they are not related to me in any way,
I am just intrigued as to why they are all buried together in Toxteth,


William Dean aged 49 years of Vickers St
A soldier,buried 10th July 1918
William Henry Lane,aged 39 years,of 101 Toxteth Park,
a soldier buried 11th July 1918
Davis Lee,aged 37 years,of 108 Jordan St Toxteth,
a soldier,buried 15th July 1918
Thomas Sanders,aged 32 years,of 51 Barnett Street
a soldier,buried 5th July 1915,
Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: miriamkinga on Friday 14 June 13 14:03 BST (UK)
Flu Epidemic ?
Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: Radcliff on Friday 14 June 13 14:15 BST (UK)
Its an odd one isn't it all have home addresses ,not hospital and all soldiers,of an older age,
Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: heatherjulie on Friday 14 June 13 14:21 BST (UK)
Hi
Is the Grave number 8B 198?
There is a tree with William Henry Lane in it and it says that he died in france and is buried in Toxteth park

Heather
Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: heatherjulie on Friday 14 June 13 14:32 BST (UK)
Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Lane W H
Rank: Pioneer
Service No:125000
Date of Death:07/07/1918
Age:39
Regiment/Service:Royal Engineers
Grave ReferenceScreen Wall. O. C.E. 559.
CemeteryLIVERPOOL (TOXTETH PARK) CEMETERY

Thomas Sanders
Rank:Private
Service No:71273
Date of Death:30/06/1918
Age:33
Regiment/Service:Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Grave ReferenceScreen Wall. O. C.E. 559.
CemeteryLIVERPOOL (TOXTETH PARK) CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Husband of Mrs. A. J. Sanders, of 51, Barnett St., Edge Hill, Liverpool.

Davis lee
Rank:Private
Service No:M/345275
Date of Death:11/07/1918
Regiment/Service:Army Service Corps
Grave ReferenceScreen Wall. O. C.E. 559.
CemeteryLIVERPOOL (TOXTETH PARK) CEMETERY


William Dean

Rank:Stoker
Service No:624V
Date of Death:04/07/1918
Age:49
Regiment/Service:Royal Naval Reserve
 H.M.S. Imperieuse
Grave ReferenceScreen Wall. O. C.E. 559.
CemeteryLIVERPOOL (TOXTETH PARK) CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Thomas Winsford Dean and Margaret Dean, of Liverpool; husband of Julia Dean, of 33, Vickers St., Liverpool.

Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: miriamkinga on Friday 14 June 13 14:34 BST (UK)
Just checked the CWGC site & W H Lane's death is on there: -

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/371037/LANE,%20W%20H

will see if the others are too - beat me to it HJ  ;D
Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: miriamkinga on Friday 14 June 13 14:35 BST (UK)
still doesn't answer your original question Radcliff - why are they buried together? I must admit I am intrigued now too  :)
Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: heatherjulie on Friday 14 June 13 14:55 BST (UK)
A relative of mine died in hospital in this country from injuries received in WW1. There is a memorial to him and several other soldiers in a local graveyard

Heather
Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: Radcliff on Friday 14 June 13 16:13 BST (UK)
Thank you both very much,I would like to find why they are together if possible,
but thanks again for your efforts,without credits I cant look at the memorial William Dean was a stoker ,yes,and is mentioned on a panel in the cemetery as is Mr Lane,so perhaps they are not buried there at all,and its just a memorial,
Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: Barbara.H on Friday 14 June 13 16:15 BST (UK)
Toxteth Park Cemetery has a war grave plot, specifically for burial of the war dead
http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/warmemorials/toxpk/toxpk01.html

I think it means that the four names are recorded together on the monument (position on the Screen Wall), rather than all  four men buried in the one space

 :) Barbara

Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: Radcliff on Friday 14 June 13 16:19 BST (UK)
Thanks Barbara I was just adding to my reply and missed yours,thank you very much,
Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: manmack on Saturday 15 June 13 14:54 BST (UK)
hiya radcliffe.
these men are buried in soldiers plots,there are usually four to each small plot,within a larger soldiers plot,there are about 70 soldiers in toxteth cemetery buried this way,the rest of the war graves are scattered throughout the cemetery

mack 
Title: Re: Four soldiers
Post by: Radcliff on Saturday 15 June 13 15:21 BST (UK)
Thanks very much,