Glanford Brigg burial sites

[Jennie from Lincs]

I did find your answer a bit confusing when you said you still had to find where they were buried.  The information is from the actual grave but the details were taken from the gravestone in 2008 so may not still be there.  I will try and get to St Andrews later this week and if gravestone is still there I will take a photograph and send it to you.  Cannot go for a couple of days because of car being in the garage for repairs.

Jennie

[ReginaldJohn]

Jennie, you are wonderful.  Thank-you a zillion times.
Somebody did look a while ago but found nothing.  I now suspect that we were looking for the wrong thing.  Alfred was the local Baptist minister from 1902 to 1917 - but had long since moved on.  It made no sense for him to be buried in Glanford Brigg at all.  But that was what the records implied.  Then we found the plaque on the wall and assumed a red herring.
Alfred's only daughter, Etta, was killed in the bombardment in 1914 and I had never found her grave - another task for another day I thought.
Now you have supplied the missing piece of the puzzle.  She was buried in the churchyard where her father was minister.  When he died, he was buried next to her - so it is HER grave that we must find.  Bingo!
Kind of sad, because his wife is buried on the other side of the world.
Would you mind also taking a photo of the area around the grave so that we can find it more easily if we ever make it to the UK again?
Thanking you ever-so-very-much.
John Harris

[Jennie from Lincs]

Hi John,
Success.  I found the grave but am a bit mystified by what I've found.  The gravestone has the wording for the Rev. but doesn't mention Etta at all, but what is confusing is the first word on the stone says, "Also", implying that there has been someone else mentioned, and of course in 2008 the wording for Etta was somewhere on this grave.  I even looked on the back and found nothing.  Looking at the stone there is no evidence of any parts being broken off and there are no holes in the top of the stone where another part could have been fixed.  I have been trying unsuccessfully to attach a photo to this message but I keep getting 'Timed Out'.  If you message me privately and give me your email address I will send you the photos I took.

Jennie

[Jennie from Lincs]

Hi John

Just realised my photos were too big so have reduced them.  I hope this works and you get the photo.

Jennie

[Jennie from Lincs]

Hi again John

Here's another photo but I won't post any more because I don't want to take up any more space.  It is the small scroll-top stone.

Jennie

[David Miller]

ETTA HARRIS
You may all like to know that ETTA is remembered at her old school, Christ's Hospital, Horsham, Sussex, When she attended Christ's Hospital, the girls' school was at Hertford but it moved to join the boys's school in 1985. There was a plaque in memory of Etta at Hertford and it is now on the wall of the chapel at Horsham. The story at the school is that she was having breakfast when the bombardment started and she immediately jumped to her feet, said "I must go to my girls" and was half-way down the street when a shell landed, killing her instantly.
If anyone has a photograph of Etta we would dearly like a copy, please.
David

[ReginaldJohn]

G'day David
What an exciting message out of the blue!  I actually know very little about Etta, although there are unverified 'stories'.  She does seem to have been a 'good' person who did not leave a trail of destruction behind her.
Yes, I do happen to have a photo - which I shall dig out and send you next week. (I am unfortunately 110% committed until then I am afraid.)
Please do send pictures of the memorial and any other data that you might have on her.
I am happy to give you my email address if you wish.
Kind regards
John

[ReginaldJohn]

Hi David
A wee bit of confusion here.  I copied your exciting missive to my cousin in Canada - who thought that I was asking him for a photo and then emailed the school.  The perils of modern rapid (mis) communication.
My apologies for the confusion.

BTW, I also have a prize that was awarded to her by the school.  I shall send you details of that as well.  It may provide another clue.
Regards
John

[David Miller]

John,
Concerning pictures, just to save your time, we do have ONE pic. But, it is a 'happy snap' of a group of girls taking part in school play, taken with a poor camera, in poor lighting, and with Etta dressed as a pirate, heavily made up, with a bandanna and a rather tatty moustache. We have never used it, and, as I wrote earlier, would dearly love a better pic.
You may already know this, but the bombardment of Hartlepool is marked every year by a service at the memorial and I am sure they will be putting on a special event in 2014 to mark the centenary.
David