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... Also photographs taken at the time of the burial of the 11 airmen in 1946 clearly show crosses on the “vacant” graves, although there are no markers today...
I've just read somewhere that the practice was to reserve plots with (presumably blank) crosses and remove them later if the plots weren't used.

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World War Two / Re: Soldier's burial
« on: Friday 19 September 25 18:15 BST (UK)  »
This doesn't answer your question, but for the record, the CWGC site has a page explaining some of the abbreviations in their documents (scroll down), including those you can get from most casualty details pages:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/about-our-records/glossary

I think there used to be a link to this on each details page, but it's no longer there. The URL implies it should be mentioned on the About our Records page off Find Records, but it's not there either. I've been looking on the Wayback Machine, but so far can't see when it went.

Having said all that, CH isn't there, but my recollection is that the list was once longer.

You could ask the CWGC what CH means, and incidentally prompt them to make this useful page more visible. For example, some of the abbreviations give a clue as to whether to look for one of their distinctive headstones or whether it's more likely to be a private family monument, some of which are now in a parlous state, or even removed entirely in cemeteries' reuse of graves.

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The Common Room / Re: Findmypast subscription
« on: Thursday 18 September 25 23:16 BST (UK)  »
Extended to 30th September according to an e-mail from TNA just received. See here.

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Allen/ Allen nee Ellum
« on: Friday 12 September 25 18:07 BST (UK)  »
Just for the record.

From Thornton's 1885 & 1887 Beckenham Directory (the earliest I have which goes house-by-house):
Allen Albert Harry, 49 Eden Road, Elmers End

Also there in 1889 Strong's Bromley; gone in 1891 Strong's.

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Technical Help / Re: New Laptop
« on: Thursday 11 September 25 08:41 BST (UK)  »
According to some YouTube videos I've seen recently (sorry, no details to hand) it will be possible to sign up to receive security updates to Windows 10 *free* for a further year. This should be adequate for people with minimal requirements such as described by the OP. Some people will already have invites at Start/Settings/Update & Security, others may receive them shortly or may have to tweak their registry to receive them.

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The Common Room / Free Access to MyHeritage US & Canadian Censuses. Last Day
« on: Tuesday 02 September 25 07:54 BST (UK)  »
For U.S. Labor Day. Ends today (apologies for the short notice), presumably 11:59p.m. Mountain Time, which I think is 6:59a.m. BST tomorrow, Wednesday 3rd.

Introduction
US Census
Canadian Census

The US census collection includes federal census records as well as some state and county census records and special census records. The Canadian collection includes national census records as well as some more specialised or location-specific census records. It says it has millions of additions since last year. Some of this may be free elsewhere at all times, so check before spending too much time on a particular set.

You need an account (free) but don't have to sign up for a free trial of the whole site. No payment details are taken on registration.

As always with free periods, save anything you find on your own device, as you'll need a sub to see it after the offer closes.

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Cambridgeshire / Re: Non conformists
« on: Monday 01 September 25 20:42 BST (UK)  »
Quakers do not baptise children, though they do keep records of births, which family lore might call "baptisms". There were Congregational (aka Independent) Churches in Royston in 1831, in John St and Kneesworth St, probably now part of Royston (Melbourn) United Reformed Church. I don't know about other denominations, e.g. Methodists.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Message Boards
« on: Sunday 24 August 25 01:24 BST (UK)  »
The British Genealogy Forum is there and has some recent traffic. Ancestry would have aquired it as part of Forces War Records which they bought a few years back and merged into Fold3.

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The Common Room / Re: Help neede with Monumental Inscription
« on: Tuesday 19 August 25 23:41 BST (UK)  »
Working forward from 2003 on GRO, this looks like the only possibility for Vera/Veronica's death:

Name:   Year of Birth: 
   FERNANDES, VERONICA  MARIA     1929 
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q1/2012 in DARLINGTON  (436-1A)  Entry Number 506282863

in which case Billiongraves' transcription is incorrect, but their image quality is sometimes poor (not a problem unique to any one grave listing site -- some people snap away furiously to get as many graves entered as possible).

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