Hi Marjorie , thanks for this..........and you will be pleased to know there was a small well attended service at the war memorial yesterday morning at 11 and we let off the scarlet balloons from the garden of High Haven at about 3. each balloon having a string of brown labels each with the name of one of the boys .......pictures of that will go onto the blogspot too ... it was altogether a good day for commemorations ... And having found Evelyn Irene Murrell , WRAF , died 1918 aged 23 , of flu and pneumonia but still on active service , I let off a gorgeous purple balloon for her ... and have had a email from the Branch President of the RBL that he will try to get a meteal plaque commemorating her onto the memorial . Does William Murrell, b Chatteris, proprietor of the Coffee Pot Downham 1901 , with three daughters Florence , Muriel and Evelyn , ring any bells with anyone out there...........Murrell isn`t the most usual name. Thanks . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "M Cook via" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:51 AM Subject: [NFK] CYRIL WALKER ETC > On the 2nd August Elizabeth Howard wrote: > > < just a note to thank everyone for their input into the struggle to > identify the men who died in WW1 and are on the Downham Market war > memorial .......Thanks very much indeed, you made all the difference !!! > the Downham Boys on the Downham Blogspot is now complete and in booklet > form and for wider dissemination of the boys , also in the library . > Good luck with your own researches.> > > Hi, > > It seems to me that we should all be thanking you for the time and effort > you must have put in to collect all these details. It will soon be too > late to gather some of the family stories which help to identify these > men. I'm certainly very pleased to know that the information about my > father's cousin has now been added to the records for the Downham > memorial. > > With many thanks and best wishes, > > Marjorie Cook > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Elizabeth on the 1901 the William Murrell with Evelyn, Muriel and Florence gives his birthplace as Brandon Suffolk. The wife Harriet and daughters are born Downham On the 1911 at the Coffee Pot Downham there is daughter Grace but no Muriel but looking at the 1901 Muriel is the same age and has G as an initial so maybe they agreed that it was preferable to Muriel Murrell poor girl! All born Downham except William born Brandon Suffolk Downham of course here is Market not Little. I had wondered if he was one of my Gressenhall Murrells but looks not. Well done on all your efforts . Rosie On 05/08/2014 10:35, elizabeth howard via wrote: > Hi Marjorie , thanks for this..........and you will be pleased > to know there was a small well attended service at the war memorial > yesterday morning at 11 and we let off the scarlet balloons from the garden > of High Haven at about 3. each balloon having a string of brown labels each > with the name of one of the boys .......pictures of that will go onto the > blogspot too ... it was altogether a good day for commemorations ... And > having found Evelyn Irene Murrell , WRAF , died 1918 aged 23 , of flu and > pneumonia but still on active service , I let off a gorgeous purple balloon > for her ... and have had a email from the Branch President of the RBL that > he will try to get a meteal plaque commemorating her onto the memorial . > Does William Murrell, b Chatteris, proprietor of the Coffee > Pot Downham 1901 , with three daughters Florence , Muriel and Evelyn , ring > any bells with anyone out there...........Murrell isn`t the most usual name. > Thanks . > > > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M Cook via" <[email protected]rootsweb.com> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:51 AM > Subject: [NFK] CYRIL WALKER ETC > > >> On the 2nd August Elizabeth Howard wrote: >> >> < just a note to thank everyone for their input into the struggle to >> identify the men who died in WW1 and are on the Downham Market war >> memorial .......Thanks very much indeed, you made all the difference !!! >> the Downham Boys on the Downham Blogspot is now complete and in booklet >> form and for wider dissemination of the boys , also in the library . >> Good luck with your own researches.> >> >> Hi, >> >> It seems to me that we should all be thanking you for the time and effort >> you must have put in to collect all these details. It will soon be too >> late to gather some of the family stories which help to identify these >> men. I'm certainly very pleased to know that the information about my >> father's cousin has now been added to the records for the Downham >> memorial. >> >> With many thanks and best wishes, >> >> Marjorie Cook >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Evelyn is on the CWGC site with her rank given as member. Dod 27/11/1918 grave C23 Downham Market Cemetery. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "elizabeth howard" <[email protected]> To: "M Cook" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 10:35 AM Subject: [NFK] EVELYN IRENE MURRELL > Hi Marjorie , thanks for this..........and you will be pleased > to know there was a small well attended service at the war memorial > yesterday morning at 11 and we let off the scarlet balloons from the > garden of High Haven at about 3. each balloon having a string of brown > labels each with the name of one of the boys .......pictures of that will > go onto the blogspot too ... it was altogether a good day for > commemorations ... And having found Evelyn Irene Murrell , WRAF , died > 1918 aged 23 , of flu and pneumonia but still on active service , I let > off a gorgeous purple balloon for her ... and have had a email from the > Branch President of the RBL that he will try to get a meteal plaque > commemorating her onto the memorial . > Does William Murrell, b Chatteris, proprietor of the Coffee > Pot Downham 1901 , with three daughters Florence , Muriel and Evelyn , > ring any bells with anyone out there...........Murrell isn`t the most > usual name. Thanks . > > > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M Cook via" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:51 AM > Subject: [NFK] CYRIL WALKER ETC > > >> On the 2nd August Elizabeth Howard wrote: >> >> < just a note to thank everyone for their input into the struggle to >> identify the men who died in WW1 and are on the Downham Market war >> memorial .......Thanks very much indeed, you made all the difference !!! >> the Downham Boys on the Downham Blogspot is now complete and in booklet >> form and for wider dissemination of the boys , also in the library . >> Good luck with your own researches.> >> >> Hi, >> >> It seems to me that we should all be thanking you for the time and effort >> you must have put in to collect all these details. It will soon be too >> late to gather some of the family stories which help to identify these >> men. I'm certainly very pleased to know that the information about my >> father's cousin has now been added to the records for the Downham >> memorial. >> >> With many thanks and best wishes, >> >> Marjorie Cook >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >