Hi Patrick The reason for the multiple burials were due to lack of space in the cemetery Certainly better than the thousands of men who were commemorated on memorials due to their remains never having been found Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Fionnghal, > > Thanks for your useful comments.. I had a look at the sites you > mentioned but unfortunately I did 'nt find him. I 'll contact the > Imperial War Museum and see if they can help. I do have a photo of his > gravestone in the Heilly Station Cemetery in France. It was taken by a > friend whose own relative was buried there. I must admit that I was > taken by surprise and slightly disappointed to find the names of two > other men, from different regiments to his own , written on his > gravestone. > > L 'Chaim. > > Patrick Holland.

Hi Nivard, . Sadly, you are right about the lack of space at Heilly Station cemetery, which following the death of 20,000 British troops in just one day on the first day of the battle of the Somme , resulted in multiple burials. My uncle was wounded at Oviliers, on the 1st. July 1916. He died 4 days later at the 36th Casualty Clearing Station at Heilly. In a photo, I have taken of his gravestone at Heilly , one can see several other gravestones nearby which carry more than one type of regimental badges indicating that several men are buried in that grave. Patrick in Perth ( Western Australia) Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Patrick > > The reason for the multiple burials were due to lack of space in the > cemetery > > Certainly better than the thousands of men who were commemorated on > memorials due to their remains never having been found > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > >> Hi Fionnghal, >> >> Thanks for your useful comments.. I had a look at the sites you >> mentioned but unfortunately I did 'nt find him. I 'll contact the >> Imperial War Museum and see if they can help. I do have a photo of his >> gravestone in the Heilly Station Cemetery in France. It was taken by a >> friend whose own relative was buried there. I must admit that I was >> taken by surprise and slightly disappointed to find the names of two >> other men, from different regiments to his own , written on his >> gravestone. >> >> L 'Chaim. >> >> Patrick Holland. >> > > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >