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maggie_4_7
04-10-09, 08:17
I am probably being very thick here but...

On the War Graves Photographs site I have located someone.

http://www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=917014

On the Cemetary bit it says Ypres Menin Gate memorial does that mean that he doesn't actually have a grave just his name on Panel 52.

I am assuming thats the case can someone verify this. :o

I've answered my own question that that is the case.

Lynn the Forest Fan
04-10-09, 08:27
If men are named on the Menin Gate or other such memorials, then there is no known grave for them. :)

maggie_4_7
04-10-09, 08:41
If men are named on the Menin Gate or other such memorials, then there is no known grave for them. :)

Yes I realise that now, I was being daft.

Thank you.

Lynn the Forest Fan
04-10-09, 08:53
Thats ok, it makes a change to know the answer to a question. :)

maggie_4_7
04-10-09, 09:15
I do have another question.

How can I tell which battle he was killed in?

16th August 1917 obviously in Ypres area.

I think I've answered this question again myself sorry to be such a pain.

Third Battle of Ypres... Battle of Langemarck possibly.