Yes, it was so sad,his daughter was so close but we did not know that when we met her,just a chance visit to the tiny cemetery on our way to Ypres for a memorial service when we found him.
There were several little “ battlefield cemeteries,”in a cluster.
We parked the car at one very close to the road,most likely,Potizje Chateau Wood,but very close by but not immediately at the roadside as the one we visited was are Potijze Burial Ground, Potiijze ChateauGrounds cemetery, ,Potijze Chateau Lawns Cemetery.
It was the name Strachey,a politician whose scheme to grow peanuts in the wrong part of Africa was so ludicrous people remembered it for years
I may be. mistaken with the first name but not Strachey ,bud surely there would be more Stracheys than one Canadian?
I feel sure also he was killed 1917.
We had not seen the name of the coach company,there were very many there that day ,secondary roads only to Tyne Cot in 1967,so no way of contacting his daughter.
My daughter was born the next month November 22nd .
Thank you for your interest and looking it up ,it has bugged me for all these
almost 56 years.
If I am wrong I will be pleased to know ,but honestly I feel so sure ,given the link with the politician’s surname.
Many thanks .
Viktoria.
