In the case of our town in Norfolk , the 1920/22 deliberations of the Town Council were deposited in the Norfolk Record Office so we have no easy access to the decisions , assuming they were recorded . Locally its the women`s names which vex people . The CWGC doesn`t include either , so both have been a good research project . And the WW1 one is now properly on our street war memorial and church memorial , (she was WAAF but died a few days after the Armistice of influenza aged 23 ) but the other eludes us still . She is on the WW2 memorial but we still don`t know why , she died aged 24 of TB in Kelling Sanatorium in 1945. So Jon try the Record office for any deposits of local government deliberations from 1919 onward . And can you find your stoker in the 1911 census ? we have a chap who was born Rugby , widow living Chelmsford and I ignored him for many a long month until someone said he was living in Downham , my own road even , as a lodger in 1911 . So the landlady might well have been instrumental in insisting he was included . And our Brownies , Ist Downham group, have painted big stones white and added a scarlet poppy and the name of one of our 73 boys who died …..and scattered them around the town , its simple and effective and a taking point here .

In our small village in North Suffolk the war memorial (inside the church) commemorates 6 men who died in WW1. Oned is also named on the memorial 2 villages away and 2 who were born in this village are on the memorial in the next village. A few years ago we found a very tarnished duplicate memorial plaque in the back of a cupboard in the church. We discovered that it was the plaque that had been in the chapel, which was closed and converted to a house many years ago, so we had the brass refurbished and the plaque installed and rededicated in the village hall. We now hold our Remembrance service in the hall not the church (it's more central as well as warmer). During a tidying session in the church about 10 years ago we found in an old chest a hand-written list of names which turned out to be the list to be submitted to the organisers of the Suffolk Roll of Honour - the name of every man from the village who served, with those who were injured underlined and those who were killed double-underlined. That list, along with various stories and artefacts, will feature in the November meeting of our History Group. Liz Davidson On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 11:06 AM Elizabeth Howard <elizghoward@gmail.com> wrote: > In the case of our town in Norfolk , the 1920/22 deliberations of the > Town Council were deposited in the Norfolk Record Office so we have > no easy access to the decisions , assuming they were recorded . > Locally its the women`s names which vex people . The CWGC doesn`t > include either , so both have been a good research project . And the > WW1 one is now properly on our street war memorial and church > memorial , (she was WAAF but died a few days after the Armistice of > influenza aged 23 ) but the other eludes us still . She is on the > WW2 memorial but we still don`t know why , she died aged 24 of TB in > Kelling Sanatorium in 1945. > So Jon try the Record office for any deposits of local government > deliberations from 1919 onward . And can you find your stoker in > the 1911 census ? we have a chap who was born Rugby , widow living > Chelmsford and I ignored him for many a long month until someone said > he was living in Downham , my own road even , as a lodger in 1911 . So > the landlady might well have been instrumental in insisting he was > included . > And our Brownies , Ist Downham group, have painted big stones white > and added a scarlet poppy and the name of one of our 73 boys who died > …..and scattered them around the town , its simple and effective and a > taking point here . > > _______________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and Devon FHS ( > http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

I have done some work with the Herts at War project on war memorials and we have come across a number of instances where a name has appeared on the "wrong" memorial because there is another place with the same name in a different county e.g. Pirton, Herts & Pirton, Worcs. Adrian

Wow!  Liz, what a find - sounds like it will be a super interesting meeting!  Wish I could be there. Sher in Ontario where winter is valiantly trying to get a toehold! On 10/19/2018 8:45 AM, Liz Davidson wrote: > In our small village in North Suffolk the war memorial (inside the church) > commemorates 6 men who died in WW1. Oned is also named on the memorial 2 > villages away and 2 who were born in this village are on the memorial in > the next village. A few years ago we found a very tarnished duplicate > memorial plaque in the back of a cupboard in the church. We discovered > that it was the plaque that had been in the chapel, which was closed and > converted to a house many years ago, so we had the brass refurbished and > the plaque installed and rededicated in the village hall. We now hold our > Remembrance service in the hall not the church (it's more central as well > as warmer). During a tidying session in the church about 10 years ago we > found in an old chest a hand-written list of names which turned out to be > the list to be submitted to the organisers of the Suffolk Roll of Honour - > the name of every man from the village who served, with those who were > injured underlined and those who were killed double-underlined. That list, > along with various stories and artefacts, will feature in the November > meeting of our History Group. > > Liz Davidson > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 11:06 AM Elizabeth Howard <elizghoward@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> In the case of our town in Norfolk , the 1920/22 deliberations of the >> Town Council were deposited in the Norfolk Record Office so we have >> no easy access to the decisions , assuming they were recorded . >> Locally its the women`s names which vex people . The CWGC doesn`t >> include either , so both have been a good research project . And the >> WW1 one is now properly on our street war memorial and church >> memorial , (she was WAAF but died a few days after the Armistice of >> influenza aged 23 ) but the other eludes us still . She is on the >> WW2 memorial but we still don`t know why , she died aged 24 of TB in >> Kelling Sanatorium in 1945. >> So Jon try the Record office for any deposits of local government >> deliberations from 1919 onward . And can you find your stoker in >> the 1911 census ? we have a chap who was born Rugby , widow living >> Chelmsford and I ignored him for many a long month until someone said >> he was living in Downham , my own road even , as a lodger in 1911 . So >> the landlady might well have been instrumental in insisting he was >> included . >> And our Brownies , Ist Downham group, have painted big stones white >> and added a scarlet poppy and the name of one of our 73 boys who died >> …..and scattered them around the town , its simple and effective and a >> taking point here . >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and Devon FHS ( >> http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> _______________________________________________ >> Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref >> Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com >> Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: >> https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 >> Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog >> RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb >> community >> > _______________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com