Can you photograph your local war memorial? (UK)

Discussion in 'War Cemeteries & War Memorial Research' started by dbf, Nov 22, 2009.

  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Fulham War Memorial London

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  2. jamesmurrow

    jamesmurrow Senior Member

    Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield

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  3. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Christ Church,Isle of Dogs,London
     

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  4. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Isle of Dogs War Memorial Garden
     

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  5. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    St Matthew and St John War Memorial,Limehouse,London
     

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  6. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Stained glass memorial from Chester cathedral.
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    CALVERT Company Quartermaster Serjeant 38466 LESLIE DOUGLAS Tuesday, September 19, 1944 Age 52 DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY VIEW RECORD Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment United Kingdom

    HOWIE Pilot Officer 77937 CHARLES WILLIAM Friday, July 12, 1940 Age 39 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY VIEW RECORD Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom

    JACKSON Flight Sergeant 1101252 SAMUEL HARRY Thursday, September 10, 1942 Age 22 FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY VIEW RECORD Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom

    WOODALL Sergeant 1621458 WILLIAM VALENTINE Sunday, November 19, 1944 Age 25 BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY VIEW RECORD Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom
     
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  7. willers

    willers Member

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  8. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Bethnal Green War Memorial,London
     

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  9. JonDodson

    JonDodson Member

    Shaftesbury, Dorset.
     

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  10. CTNana

    CTNana Member

    WESTWARD HO - DEVON
    I am intrigued that there were so many losses for what must have been a very small place then. Anything to do with Mr H Seagrim's decoration?
     

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  11. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    CITATION

    The citation in the London Gazette of 11th May, 1943, gives the following details On the night of 20th/21st March, 1943, a battalion of the Green Howards was ordered to attack and capture an important and strongly defended feature on the Mareth Line. The battalion was subjected to intense fire; it appeared more than probable that it would be held up and that the main attack would fail. Lieutenant-Colonel Seagrim realized the seriousness of the situation and at the head of his battalion led it through a hail of fire to the assault, personally attacking two machine-gun posts; it is estimated that in this phase he killed, or captured, twenty Germans. By his personal courage, disregard for his own safety, and outstanding leadership he so inspired his men that the battalion successfully took and held its objective, thereby enabling the attack to proceed. Lieutenant-Colonel Seagrim subsequently died of wounds received in action.

    Lieutenant ColonelSEAGRIM, DEREK ANTHONY
    Service Number 26914

    Died 06/04/1943

    Aged 39

    Cdg. 7th Bn.
    Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

    V C

    Son of the Reverend Charles Paulet Cunningham Seagrim and Amabel Emma Halsted Seagrim, of East Dean, Sussex. His brother, Hugh Paul, also fell and was awarded the George Cross.


    INSCRIPTION
    INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT


    Lieutenant Colonel Derek Anthony Seagrim VC (24 September 1903 – 6 April 1943) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. His VC was earned during the North Africa Campaign

    His brother was Hugh Seagrim GC. He and his brother have the distinction of being the only siblings awarded the Victoria Crossand George Cross, both posthumously.[1]
    Derek Anthony Seagrim - Wikipedia
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    Derek Anthony Seagrim (1903-1943) - Find A Grave...
     
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  12. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    MajorSEAGRIM, HUGH PAUL
    Service Number 49359

    Died 14/09/1944

    Aged 35

    19th Hyderabad Regiment

    G C, D S O, M B E

    Son of the Reverend Charles Paulet Conyngham Seagrim and Amabel Emma Halsted Seagrim, of East Dean, Eastbourne, Sussex. His brother, Derek Anthony, also fell and was awarded the Victoria Cross.


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    INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT"

    CITATION

    The following details are given in the London Gazette of September 12th, 1946

    "Awarded the George Cross for most conspicuous gallantry in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner."

    Major Seagrim was the leader of a party which included two other British and one Karen officer working in the Karen Hills of Burma. By the end of 1943 the Japanese had learned of this party who then commenced a campaign of arrests and torture to determine their whereabouts. In February 1944 the other two British officers were ambushed and killed but Major Seagrim and the Karen officer escaped. The Japanese then arrested 270 Karens and tortured and killed many of them but still they continued to support Major Seagrim. To end further suffering to the Karens, Seagrim surrendered himself to the Japanese on 15th March 1944. He was taken to Rangoon and together with eight others he was sentenced to death. He pleaded that the others were following his orders and as such they should be spared, but they were determined to die with him and were all executed.

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    Maj Hugh Paul "Grandfather Longlegs" Seagrim (1909 - 1944) - Find A Grave Photos
     
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  13. CTNana

    CTNana Member

    Thanks Clive. I knew somebody would know!
    I wonder what their tie to Westward Ho was? Where can I find out more about the rest of them?
     
  14. CTNana

    CTNana Member

    Not sure how I verify my guess. The memorial is in Kingsley Hall, Westward Ho which used to be part of Grenville School. Maybe they were ex pupils which might also explain the seemingly high number of casualties for such a small place.

    *** Not according to Wiki - both attended Norwich School
     
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  15. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    re the connection
    the parents lived in Northam for a time (right next to Westward Ho) .The father was a vicar so assumed moved as required by the church.
    so by association they would have placed them both on the memorial

    26914 Lt-Col Derek Anthony Seagrim of the 7th Battalion, the Green Howards. Son of Rev. Charles Seagrim and his wife Mabel; husband of Amadel Seagrim of 7 Nelson Terrace, Northam. |Born in Christchurch, Hants 2 September 1903. Died 6 April 1943 aged 40. Awarded the Victoria Cross.
    Northam 1939 War memorial Page 3
     
  16. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

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  17. CTNana

    CTNana Member

    Thanks to Clive and Bamboo (another humbling read) .

    Who therefore decided which names would be inscribed on any memorial? I had always thought that each local area simply recorded their own losses.
     
  18. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    I have dozens of memorial photos.
    You would have thought that but each one appears different criteria
    check name and nothing to do with area
    check name and does not appear on CWGC
    check name and it is spelt incorrectly of the initials are not right
     
  19. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Bushey Church,Bushey Hertfordshire
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  20. ww2 mike

    ww2 mike Junior Member

    DSC03110.JPG here is a memorial i would like to post from a very small Dorset village not just those that were lost but all who took part its in the local church
     
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