----- Original Message ----- From: <kent-eng-request@rootsweb.com> To: <kent-eng@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 3:00 AM Subject: KENT-ENG Digest, Vol 8, Issue 250 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. RIDLEY (Adele Pentony-Graham) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:06:56 +1300 > From: "Adele Pentony-Graham" <pentonygraham@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: [KENT-ENG] RIDLEY > To: <KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <75C5139911EC4B5281D2B47325AD3164@adminTHINK> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Would love to meet my ancestors of GILLINGHAM.. the Ridley family for > Christmas out here in NZ.. but if I have my way this coming year, will > visit the grave of my Gt Uncle who died 1916 was with the Canadian > Infantry, > native of Gillingham. Kent buried Gillingham, but in the old cemetery > which > is now a playing field, but the CWGC headstone is in the newer cemetery, > do > I visit both areas! Surely they could have moved the remains to the new > Cemetery! I do have the paper work on Willie from Canada and from CWGC > site.. seeing it is the 100 anniversary in 2014 of the Great War, feel I > must visit his grave..(s) Oddly enough another soldier who died over here > in Featherston and from KENT, had two headstones, which meant two graves.. > I > asked Commonwealth War Graves Commission to work it out, why two > headstones. > oh dear someone didn't have the common sense to take the incorrect details > one away just put the new one elsewhere in the Military Cemetery, don't > need > brains for some jobs I guess! He was George Prentice. Died WW1. > Featherston had a Military Camp. Lt. George Henry Prentice.. single.. > from > Kent.. his sister was here in NZ as well.. > > > > But must get to see where Willie lies.. our Ridley maybe related to > Bishop > Nicholas Ridley.. say maybe! > > > > Merry Christmas folks.. and a lovely 2014, safe one.. > > > > Adele > > Clareville Taphophile. > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the KENT-ENG list administrator, send an email to > KENT-ENG-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the KENT-ENG mailing list, send an email to > KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of KENT-ENG Digest, Vol 8, Issue 250 > ****************************************