Pte. E. Cope of Penallt

[davidpatten1954]

Hi

Nehemiah and Treasure Miles were my great, great grandparents.  Treasure died Q4 1884 and Nehemiah died Q4 1900, so neither will appear ion the 1901 census.  Their son, Nehemiah b. Q3 1884, died of pneumonia on 13.03.1916 while serving (Service No: G/3368) with the 8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), and is buried (Ref: V.C. at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.  Happy to send on any other information on this family.

David

[warresearcher]

Those of you who have seen the marble plaque, posted earlier, known as Chapel Farm Plaque may be interested to know that we have just about finished working out who the names are. What is of great interest is that this plaque is a smaller copy of the war dead of St. Michael's, Mitchel Troy.
So the men o the parish must mean Mitchel Troy, but it is unlikely that both plaques would be displayed in the same church so the smaller one must have been displayed elsewhere.
We will continue with our research.
Our book is coming to a close soon and we are at the proof reading stage now.

Peter and Linda

[Lydart]

Good to hear that Peter.   

Sorry I missed you at the last parish records do ... but look forward to the book ! 

Lydart from Penallt !

[ScouseBoy]

Can you look up the 1911 Census of the village and its surrounding  districts  or alternatively search for his birth certifiacate.

[Lydart]

Sorry ... I don't have a subscription ... and we can't do them for each other anyway !   Agin the RootsChat rools !

Only until next year to wait ScouseBoy !!

[warresearcher]

Deciphering the smaller marble plaque has been a labour of love. We have found out an incredible amount and now know the plaque was originally at the Chapel at Chapel farm, it is now in Trelech Methodist Chapel.
As regards E. Cope we have come across a Hope family and this does need to be considered. I have come across a number of WWI and WWII plaques where the names were wrong but once engraved or cast these memorials were allowed to remain as they were.
Moulded or cast or engraved memorials were almost impossible to change without spoiling the original aspect to say nothing of the extra cost and the risk of damaging the memorial once again.
Our book is further delayed because we had the good fortune to come across a series of lists of men from the villages that enlisted. This has taken months to unravel. We have also spend considerable time and effort in researching Mitchel Troy, we did try contacting the vicar but had no reponse so it has been a bit uphill.

Ther are a number of other memorials in Mitchel Troy and we are intending to look at these as well while we are on that theme.
The book is taking shape but it is not a simple exercise indeed.

[Lydart]

Hello Peter.   

Pte Hope !!    That's a turn up for the book(s) !

I'm waiting eagerly for the book to finally come out ... so is our local quite elderly historian !   He's 91 ... so get a move on !!

[warresearcher]

There are days when I just have to stop and rest my brain. I never regret starting but wish I could finish!

[warresearcher]

By the way has Kim edited the remaining Penallt story yet?