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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: anpefa1 on Saturday 21 February 15 19:50 GMT (UK)
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taking photo's today in Paddington old cemetery I came across headstones that indicated a name, rank and service number, serving as, and a different name! what is the reason for this?
tony
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A number of young men joined up under assumed names, perhaps because they were under age!
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ta BB, that would make it very difficult to trace a person, how would their real name be discovered for say pension purposes?
tony
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taking photo's today in Paddington old cemetery I came across headstones that indicated a name, rank and service number, serving as, and a different name! what is the reason for this?
tony
Were they Commonwealth War Graves? Have you tried looking for them in war records to see what they say?
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hi groom,
yes, they are cwgc graves, some of them dated between 1919 & 1923, not sure what conflict they might refer to though.
tony
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hi again groom,
have not searched cwgc records as i was not looking for anyone in particular just taking photo's with the intention of uploading them to the sub photo project associated to cwgc.
tony
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hi groom,
yes, they are cwgc graves, some of them dated between 1919 & 1923, not sure what conflict they might refer to though.
tony
My gt.grandfather has a CWGC grave and he died in 1919 as a result of being gassed in WW1; I'm sure there would be others dying from their injuries long after the war was over.
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I think the dates for inclusion are 4 August 1914 to 31 August 1921.
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I think the dates for inclusion are 4 August 1914 to 31 August 1921.
The 31st August 1921 being the official end of WW1.
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A friends great uncle died 13/07/1921. He was a POW and spent the time after his release in hospital. He is buried in Highgate Cemetery.