Hi Deb & All: Re William's death, the CWGC site gives his death as "between 30 Jan 1942 & 1 July 1942". The only reason I can think of for such a wide range of possible death dates that he was a Prisoner-of-War, and died as a POW. If he went missing and was then "missing, believed dead" would he have a death date of when he went missing? He is commemorated on the El Alamein Memorial, indicating that his body was not found. Yours, John Wilson > Thankyou John & Mary Ann :o))), > > I could kiss you! > > William Patrick John JARVIE is my man, I'm pretty certain. West Kensington > is the area the family was in and I can't imagine there were too many > William Jarvie's of his age to die at El-Alamein whose mother's name was > Edith Rose. > > This will give us more to go on to find any descendants. > > I don't know what happened to my CWGC search for JARVIEs that came up > nil except that I'm having trouble on the site again tonight (giving 0 found > where previously had results). Will try again tomorrow (when it's not > daytime in UK - seems to be my problem lately). > Name: JARVIE, WILLIAM PATRICK JOHN > Initials: W P J > Nationality: United Kingdom > Rank: Gunner > Regiment: Royal Artillery > Unit Text: 124 Field Regt. > Age: 22 > Date of Death: between 30/01/1942 and 01/07/1942 > Service No: 929881 > Additional information: Son of Benjamin and Edith Rose Jarvie; husband of Elizabeth B. Jarvie, of West Kensington, London. > Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead > Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 35. > Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

Hi John & all, There are a couple of mentions of El-Alamein at Wartime Memories site (I really like this site). http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/africa.html#el-alemein This one relates some confusion ie 'No one was where they should have been...' http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/pow/stalag4g.html This guy was in 124 Field Regt (same as mine) when he was taken POW - confirmed 7 mths after reported missing. http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j37/alameinreview.htm This Aussie account looks like a good book. Thought I'd mention them in case anyone is interested. Deb. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilson" <hugo@actrix.gen.nz> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Re: English Death El-Alamein -JARVIE 1942 - solved > Hi Deb & All: > > Re William's death, the CWGC site gives his death as "between > 30 Jan 1942 & 1 July 1942". The only reason I can think of for such > a wide range of possible death dates that he was a Prisoner-of-War, > and died as a POW. If he went missing and was then "missing, > believed dead" would he have a death date of when he went > missing? He is commemorated on the El Alamein Memorial, > indicating that his body was not found. > > Yours, John Wilson >