Louvain WW1

[ev]

hi all

have you seen this -

http://ww1cemeteries.com/In%20memory/In%20Memory%20Ext/roll_of_honour28.htm

ev

[Suziesmith37]

Hi Ev

Yes iI have, but bless you and thank you for trying.

Have to admit eyes get a bit teary each time I see it.

Had the honour of visiting the Memorial at Thiepval last year - so many names and each with its own story.

Spoke briefly to a lovely gentleman there and he came to see three brothers!

Are there any WW1 map experts out there who knew what the British Army were doing in Louvain at that date?

Cheers Su

[liverpool annie]

Can I ask a question ?  ..... why do you think your William Henry died in Louvain Belgium ?

The Battle of the Somme was fought in Picardy France ..... and as he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and the date of his death .... I would assume he died there ..... !

Annie 

[Suziesmith37]

Np Annie ask away.

The Theipval Monument is for people who died in WW1 but there are no known graves for them. 

It is a terrific reminder of the losses.

On an optimistic note, whilst we were visiting we noticed that some of thenames had been erased - due to the remains being found and at last laid to rest in a proper grave.

All I know re: Louvain is that my Great Grandmother Ethel was told that he had died there. 

Finding written records is a tad more difficult, but I have other threads of British soldiers who had died and were buried there around that time - so something was going on!

Su

[liverpool annie]

24th Battalion (2nd Sportsmans)

Raised in London by E. Cunliffe-Owen on 20.11.14. To Clipstone Camp June 1915, as part of 99th Brigade, 33rd Division. Taken over by War Office on 1.7.15. To Kandahar Barracks, Tidworth, August 1915.  Landed at Boulogne 17.11.15. Moved with 99th Brigade to 2nd Division on 25.11.15. To 5th Brigade, 2nd Division on 13.12.15. On 11.11.18 located north of Le Quesnoy, France.

http://www.1914-1918.net/royalfus.htm

If you scroll down to the 24th Battalion and follow the links ......you'll come to this .......

http://www.1914-1918.net/2div.htm

This will show you all the battles the 24th Battalion were engaged in ! check them out and see what you can find !

Annie 

The Thiepval Memorial - the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916.

[Suziesmith37]

Thanks again Annie

Families are such a mystery!

Btw who is the little darlin in the photo?

Su

[liverpool annie]

Sometimes family stories are right ... and sometimes ... not quite !! 

That's my son when he was a cheeky chappie !! !!

Annie 

[Suziesmith37]

All the more fun to solve the mystery

Very cheeky!

Thanks again

Su

[ev]

hi all

from westlakes "battalions of the somme"

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=92071&hl=24th+royal+fusiliers

one of the replies notes that they were at trones wood on 28th july
although he may have been wounded earlier and died on that day

ev