I have written to Graham and show you a copy of my mail
Hello again Graham
I know you will remember the Rootschat website where we located Robert W Stead s Grave in Your Churchyard.
We have started a new thread and have decided to have Roberts Gravestone turned over and we have asked Miss M rootschat member to price the turning of the stone
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Here's the quote from Welsbys for turning the stone over plus a further quote for actually getting it fixed so it stands upright.
"This is a four man lift and would cost £94.00 incl of VAT to turn it over. However a refix on safety anchor would cost £587.50"
We need to know Graham if we have the churches permission to go ahead and have it done
We would also like it if we could ask you to accept the donations from the Rootschat members as we all remain anonymous to each other so if we could send a donation to you to pay the Stonemason from it then perhaps anything over could go towards the church repairs fund.
I wrote to the Legion and to the War Graves Commission and it has taken this long to get the reply that they would not do it as it is outside of the remit of a War grave.
I have offered Michel and his wife Sabine accomodation in my home in Southport for Michel to visit the gravesite if it is turned over.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,271385.0.htmlYou may send me a message or you can reply on the thread if you wish but please let us know if it can be done and if so then if you will do us the honour of accepting the donations.
Edna