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Very useful information above for which I am grateful.  There were some aspects (my uncle being badly burnt or disfigured, my surviving uncle not being able to carry his brother etc.) which I had not thought about.

I will take up the suggestion of contacting the MOD team to see if there is any new information available.

Thank you!

Useful replies and sort of what I had thought but just wanted another opinion.

I think it most likely my uncle's body was buried locally but not able to be marked or retrieved at a later date.  I believe my surviving uncle told a story to the family that would be easy for them to hear rather than any unpleasant reality.

Thank you!

This is a bit grim and I apologise.

Two of my maternal uncles were in El Alamein in WWII.  They were on patrol and one was killed.  The survivor told a story of how his brother died to the family that they were together in a lorry when they came under attack.  When I had the chance to visit El Alamein I enquired about visiting his grave and was told he had no known grave and was referred to the CWGC where he was commemorated.  After some thought on the matter I began to think it odd that the surviving brother would not have returned his wounded brother or the body to base for treatment or burial.

I know there is much confusion in war but I know from other research that soldiers buried were later exhumed and re-buried in CWGCs.  So, this raises the question as to how soldiers were buried to be exhumed some time (years?) later.

Does anyone know the answer to this please?



Audrey

When my uncle was going to be 100 years old I organised a card from The Queen for him.  When his daughter (my godmother) was celebrating her Golden (50) Wedding Anniversary I organised a commemorative marriage certificate for her - I was her bridesmaid all those years ago and her younger sister had remarked that the original certificate was probably getting a bit dog-eared!

So, my godmother is celebrating her Diamond (60th) wedding anniversary this year and I know she can have a card from The King.  I cannot apply until five weeks before the anniversary and can download the form and organise here from home (France) but does anyone know if I have to provide a marriage certificate as I will need a few weeks to order and receive one.

Thanks for any advice/knowledge of this.



Gillian

A good idea to link the two threads - thank you.

Advice has been that without a name for the obituary it is hard (impossible) to search.   I have looked at my father-in-law's memories and although he talks about his time as air sea rescue in Tenby in 1942 (which my brother-in-law says was a feature of the obituary) he doesn't mention any names.  I have looked at his military service records which I have and, again, no names of commanding officers etc. mentioned.

So frustrating!