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