Derek, Thank you very much for drawing my attention to the http://www.wargraves.org.uk/ photo site. I found one of my relatives there but two others were not shown, including one who was awarded the DCM in WW1. Fortunately, due to the kindness of another member of this list who lives in Canada and went to Heilly cemetery a few years ago and while there saw my relative' s gravestone and photographed it for me, I now have a photo of his gravestone. Now, thanks to your telling us about the war photo group, I will send the photo taken at Heilly to them, along with another photo taken of his father 's gravestone which is on the CWGC site but has not yet appeared on the group 's war photos wonderful site. Actually, this is the second time this week that, in the first instance , someone in the group has taken the trouble to send information to the group which is useful to all of us and I want the person, in this case, Derek, to know that their thoughtfulness is much appreciated. The other instance was earlier, in the week, when Steve sent me a photo he had taken while on a trip to Ypres for which I have already thanked him. Their actions give me the opportunity to raise a point about the egalitarian nature of the group which is not always as clear as it should be. Random acts of kindness by any member of the group for the benefit of any of us should be seen to be appreciated by all of us or they will not continue to be forthcoming. In my opinion, all contributions from any individual members of the group are just as worthy as are the valuable contributions from some of our experts. If this idea is not accepted , then we could create a situation in the group similar to George Orwell's Animal farm where all the animals on the farm were equal except that some were more equal than others. I don 't subscribe to that notion at all. Patrick Holland. Perth Western Australia. Derek Driscoll wrote: > Steve > Have you considered sending the photos to the British War memorial project > at http://www.wargraves.org.uk/ > It would be a sham to delete the pictures of the graves that you have spent > time and effort collecting. > The project would i am sure make good use of them. > Regards > Derek > Derek J. Driscoll > > Researching > 1st South Midland Bde/240 Bde RFA [TF] > 1908-1919 A website for the Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery is at > http://www.bristolgunners.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve" <morse.steve@btinternet.com> > To: "DERBYSGEN-L@rootsweb. com" <DERBYSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Cc: "Nottsgen-L@rootsweb. com" <Nottsgen-L@rootsweb.com>; > "GREATWAR-L@rootsweb. com" <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com>; > <ENG-LINCSGEN-L@rootsweb.com>; "LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb. com" > <LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 8:16 PM > Subject: [GREATWAR] Photos of World War 1 men's headstones - you should > havehad them > > > >> Hello Each >> All the photos from the recent visit to Belgium and France have gone out. >> Most people have received them. If you have not, please contact me. If you >> have - please contact me as I will be destroying the photos next week. I >> need to free up some disk space. >> >> Regards >> Steve >> >> >> Researching 9th (service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys >> Regiment) during the Great War. >> >> www.ypressalient.co.uk >> >> People ask me my religion - my religion is kindness - True enlightenment >> is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realised >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >