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Hi SaraPaton

Another suggestion would be to wait for a couple of days to see if they return to the forum. They should receive a notification that you have posted.

If not, you could try sending a personal message in the hopes that their email address hasn't changed in the 5 years since they were last online.

Fingers crossed.

Dawn

Hi Janet

Welcome to Rootschat 

As you have discovered, old topics posted here are never deleted and contacts are made many years after the initial post.

sirsimon, who started this topic, and robbiesmum  have both been online here recently and should receive notifications that you have posted, just as I did. Hopefully they will come back soon and reply.

Dawn

Welcome to Rootschat 

I'll answer your last sentence first.

If the headstone is an official Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial, then the CWGC take responsibility for their maintenance. Please contact them if you feel his memorial is neglected.

Cause of death should be given on the death certificate, see reply 24, the cost since gone up
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/faq.asp

The burial at High Halden may have been to do with his place of death.

I looked at the previous posters and the main ones have not been online here since 2014.
However, as long as their email addresses haven't been changed, they may still get an email notification to let them know you have posted and may come back.

Good luck with further research.

Dawn

Topics merged to keep information together.

New eyes looking again would be appreciated.

Hi Neil

There are 2 approaches for finding burials in general:

Look at cemeteries closer/closest to home or

look at cemeteries closer/closest to the hospital.

Unfortunately there is no guarantee that the baby will be in either so you'll have to extend the search. Many hospitals had a contract with a local funeral director for arrangements for the burials of still-born & premature babies or sickly children.

I don't know what religious persuasion the family follows but also consider Catholic cemeteries.

There's a list of council run cemeteries here

https://www.reading.gov.uk/life-events/deaths/crematorium-and-cemeteries/opening-hours-directions-and-facilities/

A phone call or email to the office requesting help locating a still-birth burial can be useful. Staff in cemetery offices tend to know where the most likely places are based on the hospital or home address.

Not any easy task but I wish you well in your search.

Dawn