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Re: Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery :
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 05 November 25 09:16 GMT (UK) »
Amazing Dawn…, thank you. 
I was aware of Charles Jude from a previous post…, however, ‘Google-walk’ doesn’t allow any close-ups of the area. 

Just between ‘you and I,’ (lol) I am adding the final touches to a screenplay taken from my book, where Old-Comrades attend the funeral of a former Scots Guards Sergeant. (Sgt Ralph Fraser)  The Friends of Brompton Cemetery have since de-turfed his 160-year-old stone, and now has him in their data-banks. (Robert will probably join him)   Fraser was quite a Waterloo Hero, as was Robert in relation to the defense of Hougoumont. (being a probable reason why he was accepted as a servant at Aspley House)   
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Re: Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery :
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 05 November 25 09:47 GMT (UK) »
It's good to see the effort that has been made to tidy up the plot.

I was at Brompton last week, walking around with a fellow FindAGrave volunteer over from the USA. She was a little unhappy that so much is overgrown because the Royal Parks have determined it being good for the local wildlife. Don't get me wrong, it is full of birds and insects, but the plots just look messy and unkempt.

On the subject of old soldiers, there are lots of Chelsea Pensioners at Brompton before the move to Brookwood was made. The majority are in common plots. I've been working on the burial registers for a couple of years now, adding the missing plot numbers. I bet there were some stories they could have told.

Good luck with your project.

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Re: Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery :
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 05 November 25 12:29 GMT (UK) »
Wow..., thanks Dawn. 
McArthur - Campbeltown and Tiree Scotland
Black - Campbeltown Scotland - Rathlin Ireland
MacFarlane - Tiree
Wood / Boorman / Gimber / Lee... KENT
Dennett / Mase / Varrier /  Over... KENT