Glenda Rodgers

GLENDA RODGERS · 24-07-2008, 01:29 PM

Hi
My Name Is Glenda Rodgers And I Come From Bushmills, Co.antrim.
I Have Ben Interested In Ww2 For Many Years And I Have Just Published My First Book. It Is A Compilation Of Stories Abou The Men On Our War Memorial In Bushmills Who Gave Their Lives In Ww2.

I Have Been To Many Ww2 Battlefield Sites And Visited Many Commonwealth War Graves.

My Ambition Is To Record All The Men And Women From The Following Places

Coleraine, Portrush, Portstewart, Ballycastle, Kilrea And Garvagh.

Can Anyone Help ???

Glenda

von Poop · 24-07-2008, 01:34 PM

Hi Glenda,
Welcome aboard.

If you begin to list exactly what you're looking for in the
War Cemeteries/Memorials & War Grave Photographs areas It's likely people will come to your aid.

Cheers, (and good luck).
Adam.

GLENDA RODGERS · 24-07-2008, 01:39 PM

Thank You For The Welcome Adam
Hope I Will Be Able To Get Some Help

Glenda

Paul Reed · 24-07-2008, 01:41 PM

Welcome Glenda - is there anywhere people can buy your book online?

spidge · 24-07-2008, 02:09 PM

Hi Glenda and welcome to the forum.

Congratulations on your efforts with Twentyman & Pither last Sunday. That was a wonderful tribute and all the efforts resulted in a lovely memorial. I will forward the photos to the archivists at the Point Cook RAAF Museum near me in Melbourne. They will be thrilled.

What type of information are you looking for?

I have 39 Australians buried in 10 cemeteries in Ireland however my main aim is to collect photos of the headstones. I have not had time to research individuals however I have some details but not as detailed as your efforts with Twentyman & Pither.

I only have 3 of the 10 cemeteries completed.

BELFAST CITY CEMETERY - Completed
KILLEAD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHYARD - Not completed
KILLEAD (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD - Not Completed
LISBURN CEMETERY - Not Completed
BALLYHALBERT (ST. ANDREW) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD - Not Completed
EGLANTINE CHURCH OF IRELAND CEMETERY - Completed
IRVINESTOWN (SACRED HEART) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD - Completed
DRUMACHOSE (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD - Not Completed
LIMAVADY (ST. MARY) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH CEMETERY - Not Completed
TAMLAGHT FINLAGAN CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD - Not Completed

Cheers

Geoff

Gotthard Heinrici · 24-07-2008, 02:28 PM

Hi Glenda and welcome to the forums. I have no doubt that you'll have no trouble getting help but I also suspect you may also be able to help some people here!!!

Slipdigit · 24-07-2008, 02:44 PM

Welcome Glenda. I can't be of much help to ya, but I will be cheering you on.

Gage · 24-07-2008, 06:33 PM

Hi and welcome, Glenda.

marcus69x · 24-07-2008, 06:46 PM

Welcome to WW2talk Glenda. Hope you like it here.

Tom Canning · 24-07-2008, 07:04 PM

Glenda - you are most welcome to this blog and I am sure that Gerry Chester will be soon in touch as he was with the North Irish Horse - and one of his Tanks was named "Bushmills" and his was named "Ballyshane" or something equally Irish - he floats around a great deal from Arizona to Bali and back to Belfast on the odd occasion - he was there in May I believe - so look out for his replies.

24-07-2008, 01:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
GLENDA RODGERS Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: BUSHMILLS Posts: 3	Glenda Rodgers Hi My Name Is Glenda Rodgers And I Come From Bushmills, Co.antrim. I Have Ben Interested In Ww2 For Many Years And I Have Just Published My First Book. It Is A Compilation Of Stories Abou The Men On Our War Memorial In Bushmills Who Gave Their Lives In Ww2. I Have Been To Many Ww2 Battlefield Sites And Visited Many Commonwealth War Graves. My Ambition Is To Record All The Men And Women From The Following Places Coleraine, Portrush, Portstewart, Ballycastle, Kilrea And Garvagh. Can Anyone Help ??? Glenda

24-07-2008, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,497	Hi Glenda, Welcome aboard. If you begin to list exactly what you're looking for in the War Cemeteries/Memorials & War Grave Photographs areas It's likely people will come to your aid. Cheers, (and good luck). Adam. __________________ It's only the Internet.

24-07-2008, 01:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent/France Posts: 3,644	Welcome Glenda - is there anywhere people can buy your book online? __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

24-07-2008, 02:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,055	Hi Glenda and welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your efforts with Twentyman & Pither last Sunday. That was a wonderful tribute and all the efforts resulted in a lovely memorial. I will forward the photos to the archivists at the Point Cook RAAF Museum near me in Melbourne. They will be thrilled. What type of information are you looking for? I have 39 Australians buried in 10 cemeteries in Ireland however my main aim is to collect photos of the headstones. I have not had time to research individuals however I have some details but not as detailed as your efforts with Twentyman & Pither. I only have 3 of the 10 cemeteries completed. BELFAST CITY CEMETERY - Completed KILLEAD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHYARD - Not completed KILLEAD (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD - Not Completed LISBURN CEMETERY - Not Completed BALLYHALBERT (ST. ANDREW) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD - Not Completed EGLANTINE CHURCH OF IRELAND CEMETERY - Completed IRVINESTOWN (SACRED HEART) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD - Completed DRUMACHOSE (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD - Not Completed LIMAVADY (ST. MARY) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH CEMETERY - Not Completed TAMLAGHT FINLAGAN CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD - Not Completed Cheers Geoff __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

24-07-2008, 02:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Pog mo thon Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,019	Hi Glenda and welcome to the forums. I have no doubt that you'll have no trouble getting help but I also suspect you may also be able to help some people here!!! __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian

24-07-2008, 01:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
GLENDA RODGERS Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: BUSHMILLS Posts: 3	Thank You For The Welcome Adam Hope I Will Be Able To Get Some Help Glenda

24-07-2008, 02:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Slipdigit The Dixie Division Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods Posts: 1,632	Welcome Glenda. I can't be of much help to ya, but I will be cheering you on. __________________ Warmest Regards, Jeff The Bonnie Blue Flag *

24-07-2008, 06:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
Gage Battle of Barking Creek Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time Posts: 1,375	Hi and welcome, Glenda. __________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. John McClane: "Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..." Avatar: SOE (F Section) agent Andree Borrel murdered at Natzweiler Camp 6th July 1944.

24-07-2008, 06:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
marcus69x I love WW2 meah!!! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, UK Posts: 1,527	Welcome to WW2talk Glenda. Hope you like it here.

24-07-2008, 07:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
Tom Canning WW2 Veteran Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 657	Glenda - you are most welcome to this blog and I am sure that Gerry Chester will be soon in touch as he was with the North Irish Horse - and one of his Tanks was named "Bushmills" and his was named "Ballyshane" or something equally Irish - he floats around a great deal from Arizona to Bali and back to Belfast on the odd occasion - he was there in May I believe - so look out for his replies.

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