Dear listers, Please bear with me while I pose some basic questions about WW1 memorials. Maybe someone can shed some light on them? 1. Who decided whose name was mentioned on the memorials? I'm researching names on the memorial in Stoke Climsland (Cornwall) and am puzzled by the inclusion of names with no apparent connection with the parish. 2. I'm also puzzled by the fact that there are two 'official' WW1 headstones in the graveyard but no mentions on the War Memorial. 3. There are a few soldiers buried in the graveyard, alongside other family members. Can I assume that their bodies were shipped back to the UK for burial or perhaps that they died of wounds in the UK? 4. I have a couple who died in 1919, presumably of wounds from the war. Would I find more details of their wounds etc, if I got their death certificates? Any information would be gratefully received. Derrick Parsons

Derrick 1 & 2 - War memorials were the responsibility of local committees and were not nationally co-ordinated. These local committees were responsible for collecting the names and as a result one can point to omissions, duplications and errors. See this link for more information on this subject. http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.22/viewPage/8 3 The policy from mid-1915 was not to return the bodies to the UK. Prior to this date some 30-40 bodies were repatriated but because of the cost involved I understand they were all officers. If you are referring to the three men buried in Stoke Climsland Churchyard none fall in to this category. Of the two WW1 men both seem to have had family links to Cornwall - e-mail me if you want more details. The qualification for CWGC commemoration was - that the death of the individual was between 04/08/1914 and 31/08/1921. - that the individual was serving in the one of the services at the time of their death - or that the individual had been discharged due to illness/wounds which the authorities were satisfied had been the cause of their death. Though civilian deaths were not recorded during WW1 some civilian units did qualify. 4 With regard to death certificates:- - those issued during the war and to be found in the overseas military indexes do not usually detail cause or place of death. Instead they provide only broad details e.g., Died of Wounds, Killed in Action - France & Flanders - in the case of men died of wounds at home - and recorded in the civilian indexes - the details are fuller. A surviving service record might detail the cause of death. However only some 30-40% of British service records have survived and even those which did can be fragmentary. Hope this helps Mike Shingleton > Please bear with me while I pose some basic questions about WW1 memorials. > Maybe someone can shed some light on them? > 1. Who decided whose name was mentioned on the memorials? I'm > researching names on the memorial in Stoke Climsland (Cornwall) and am > puzzled by the inclusion of names with no apparent connection with the > parish. > 2. I'm also puzzled by the fact that there are two 'official' WW1 > headstones in the graveyard but no mentions on the War Memorial. > 3. There are a few soldiers buried in the graveyard, alongside other > family members. Can I assume that their bodies were shipped back to the UK > for burial or perhaps that they died of wounds in the UK? > 4. I have a couple who died in 1919, presumably of wounds from the war. > Would I find more details of their wounds etc, if I got their death > certificates? > Any information would be gratefully received. > Derrick Parsons > > ------------------------------- > 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