Also Pvt Leonel Pottrell, died at Gallipoli aged 23. Served with the Hampshire Regiment Pvt Parker Pottrell, died in Cambridge shortly after being sent home following a shrapnel wound age 27 and Sgt Leonard Pottrell who died at Arras aged 22 after surviving the Battle of the Somme. ( http://www.curme.co.uk/arras2.htm ) Tony Lori Brown wrote: > And my Great Uncle George Thomas Thurstans, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, 35765 > died of wounds in France 31 Oct 1918, laid to rest Etaples Military Cemetery. > > Although we never met......he is the ancestor who set me on this wonderful journey to discover my roots...may he and all his comrades rest in peace, we will never forget............ > > Lori and Family > >> From: Cathy@edgefamily.freeserve.co.uk> To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 13:18:42 +0000> Subject: Re: [Ess] Remembrance Weekend> > > And > > Frederick Cyril Broyd, born Fordham 1897, died Villers Bretonneux 24 April 1918> > my husband's great uncle> > Cath Edge> -----Original Message-----> From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com> [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of RAYMOND BISHOP> Sent: 08 November 2008 22:57> To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com; Margaret Usmar> Subject: Re: [Ess] Remembrance Weekend> > > And my great-uncles:> > Samuel Joseph Wright, born Wenden Lofts 1882, died Thiepval 27th July 1916> Albert George Wright, bornWenden Lofts 1890, died Arras 3rd May 1917> Walter James Wright, born Littlebury 1898, died Arras 21st March 1918> > Ray Bishop> > --- On Sat, 8/11/08, Margaret Usmar <margaretusmar@gmail.com> wrote:> > From: Margaret Usmar <margaretusmar@gmail.com>> Subject: [Ess] Remembrance Weekend> To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, 8 ! >> > November, 2008, 1:01 PM> > Remembering two Essex boys in my family tree this weekend and always:> > Frank William Ecott died WWI at Arras> > Kenneth Charles Bunyan died WWII on D-Day> > Also especially my son's friend and army comrade Joe Whittacker, who was> killed in Afghanistan in June2008.> > LEST WE FORGET.> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the> quotes in the subject and the body of the message> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the messag e! > > No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG - http://ww > w.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.0/1775 - Release Date: 08/11/2008 09:56> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _________________________________________________________________ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >