Hi. Upperton Road is in EASEBOURNE near Petworth, not Eastbbourne which is some miles distant from Petworth house. Rob On 19 Oct 2007, at 22:02, JMBecker@aol.com wrote: > > Hi! > What was his name? > Joanne Mays Becker > Sleepy Hollow, New York > > > In a message dated 06/10/2007 16:38:21 GMT Daylight Time, > margaretusmar@gmail.com writes: > > Hello all, > > This is an urgent request for info, as the person who needs it is > back off > home to Canada on Tuesday morning and I promised I would help - I > also > mentioned how helpful this list was! > > We have a (now deceased) relative who served as a machine gunner > in WWI with > the Royal Sussex Regiment. he was taken priosner on 27 May 1918, and > repatriated on 3 December 1918. Amongst his paperwork, there is a > certificate stating that he was a PoW, the care he received, > etc. , and > what help he was initially given on his return. > > The paperwork and certificate are signed by: > Miss Flora MacCarty, of the Soldiers and Sailors Home, 27 Upperton > Road, > Eastbourne and by Violet Leckonfield of Petworth House. The > initial help > they received was in the form of clothing, good meals, and the use of > stationery and stamps to contact their relatives. > > I know Petworth House is now owned by the National Trust - was it a > convalescent Home of some sort during WWI? Does anyone either have > a photo > of 27 Upperton Road, or recognise the names of the two ladies above? > > There is other info on the papers, but this is now so faded it is > a fight to > decipher it. I would be very grateful for any help before the > Tuesday flight > deadline. > > Many thanks. > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http:// > www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Upperton Road IS in Eastbourne, I was born at the Maternity Home at 9 Upperton Road, Eastbourne, this has now been demolished and a block of flats built in it's place. Regards, Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baker" <rob@robgbaker.demon.co.uk> To: <JMBecker@aol.com> Cc: <SUSSEX-PLUS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:37 AM Subject: Re: [SXP] Soldiers and Sailors Home, Eastbourne > Hi. > > Upperton Road is in EASEBOURNE near Petworth, not > Eastbbourne which is some miles distant from Petworth > house. > > Rob > > On 19 Oct 2007, at 22:02, JMBecker@aol.com wrote: > >> >> Hi! >> What was his name? >> Joanne Mays Becker >> Sleepy Hollow, New York >> >> >> In a message dated 06/10/2007 16:38:21 GMT Daylight Time, >> margaretusmar@gmail.com writes: >> >> Hello all, >> >> This is an urgent request for info, as the person who needs it is >> back off >> home to Canada on Tuesday morning and I promised I would help - I >> also >> mentioned how helpful this list was! >> >> We have a (now deceased) relative who served as a machine gunner >> in WWI with >> the Royal Sussex Regiment. he was taken priosner on 27 May 1918, and >> repatriated on 3 December 1918. Amongst his paperwork, there is a >> certificate stating that he was a PoW, the care he received, >> etc. , and >> what help he was initially given on his return. >> >> The paperwork and certificate are signed by: >> Miss Flora MacCarty, of the Soldiers and Sailors Home, 27 Upperton >> Road, >> Eastbourne and by Violet Leckonfield of Petworth House. The >> initial help >> they received was in the form of clothing, good meals, and the use of >> stationery and stamps to contact their relatives. >> >> I know Petworth House is now owned by the National Trust - was it a >> convalescent Home of some sort during WWI? Does anyone either have >> a photo >> of 27 Upperton Road, or recognise the names of the two ladies above? >> >> There is other info on the papers, but this is now so faded it is >> a fight to >> decipher it. I would be very grateful for any help before the >> Tuesday flight >> deadline. >> >> Many thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's new at http:// >> www.aol.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS- >> 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 > SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message