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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: misstinkerbell77 on Friday 15 July 16 14:27 BST (UK)
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I wonder if anyone can help me? My uncle, Alfred Henry William Clark B.1900 D. 11.03.1941, was a civilian who died as a result of bombing his address (32 Garnier Street, Portsmouth). He is listed on CWGC. I have found this website http://www.memorialsinportsmouth.co.uk/cemeteries/kingston-westside.htm and am wondering why my uncles name isn't on the memorial. Any ideas?
Thank you for any assistance you can give!
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Write to the City Council or to the British legion. And ask them
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I see there is an email contact for Tim Backhouse where you can inform him of any omissions:
http://www.memorialsinportsmouth.co.uk/contact.htm
Imber
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I see that the memorial was erected in November 2011 as a replacement for one that was vandalised, it could be possible that his name was missed off. As Imber says the best thing would be to contact that site - click on contact at the top as they ask if there are any omissions.
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The site has a lengthy explanation of how they identified some of the missing names for the replacement plaque.
I also noticed that the inscription on both this memorial and the east-side memorial says :
"Erected to the memory of those men, women and children both known and unknown who died as a result of enemy bombing on this city and whose last resting place is near this spot."
(my emphasis)
Perhaps he was not buried there but somewhere else?
Nell
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Thank you all very much for your input. I shall email the contact, as suggested. It would be lovely if my uncles name could be added to the actual monument, but I suspect this is unlikely to happen.
Again, many thanks!
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I'm afraid Tim Backhouse died last year. His website is still available in memory of his hard work, but I'm not sure it is being maintained.