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Norfolk / Re: John Rowland Cuthbert of High Kelling
« on: Saturday 22 April 17 20:18 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for the information about the crash site. Unfortunately when I visited Strasbourg for a conference a few years ago I did not have details of the CWGC to pay a visit. I remember Mrs Cuthbert showing a picture of the graves when she visited with her husband, I think in the 1950's. A book on the history of Kelling Hospital published in 2000 entitled "Kelling Hospital Norfolk, The First Sanatorium for Working Men", contains a chapter on the young men lost during the war. I recall that there is also a picture in which Mr and Mrs Cuthbert appear (seated on a bench by one of the wards).

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Norfolk / Re: John Rowland Cuthbert of High Kelling
« on: Tuesday 11 April 17 23:25 BST (UK)  »
Hello,
My parents lived next door to John and Annie Cuthbert in High Kelling, and as a child I fondly remember them - Mrs Cuthbert was present at my birth! A picture of John in uniform displaying his stripes, was on display in their living room. His name is commemorated on the lectern in the chapel at Kelling Hospital, where his father was a carpenter for many years until his retirement. I know the family had relatives in the Scunthorpe area and that Mr Cuthbert was over 90 when he passed away in a local care home.   

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