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Cenotaph Names

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Carter

Carter Report 3 Jan 2021 20:55

george
thank you so much. sorry about the late reply
i will look into this
Linda

george

george Report 14 Dec 2020 18:34

Hi Linda ,I live near Leigh and went to school in Leigh.I have just seen your request.
There are numerous war memorials around Leigh where his name may be listed. You should look where he was living when he joined up. Look at the memorials in the small towns around Leigh such as Atherton,Tyldesley,Lowton,Hindley Green and Astley. I am a regular visitor to Ypres as I have friends who live there. If you haven't been go as it is a very interesting area and locals will make you welcome.
Regards and good hunting,
George

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 5 Dec 2020 15:52

I hope you get his name added as it is very important that none should be forgotten <3

Carter

Carter Report 16 Nov 2020 19:09

LaGooner

thank you so much I will do that

Linda

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 12 Nov 2020 09:23

Contact the CWGC directly and give them all his details. They will then decide if he is put on a memorial. I have dealt with them over the very same issue in the past and found them very helpful

Carter

Carter Report 10 Nov 2020 21:57

Thanks once again everyone I will take all this info and see if there is anything I can do to get Edward included.

Linda

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 10 Nov 2020 16:21

It may be that his relatives didn't submit his details when the memorials were being planned

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 10 Nov 2020 15:52

It was a registry office marriage, so perhaps he had no church connection:

NUGENT Edward HASKINS Daisy 1915
Leigh Register Office or Registrar Attended
Wigan & Leigh ROL/73/81



He's not on any of these either:


Leigh United Reformed Church :
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/87828

King Streeet Wesleyan, Leigh - Roll of Honour:
https://www.mymethodisthistory.org.uk/topics-2/war_memorials/a_further_204_late_returns/leigh-king-street-wesleyan

Bedford Wesleyan Methodist Chruch, Leigh - newspaper clipping listing names on Roll of Honour:
https://tinyurl.com/y29l5rss

St Mary the Virgin, Leigh:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/45343

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 10 Nov 2020 15:33

If the parish church at that time still exists today, they may have a plaque commemorating those from the parish who lost their lives during the war.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 10 Nov 2020 14:29

I don’t think names were automatically put on local memorials. I think the names were put forward by friends and relatives. Which is why some names are found with no obvious connection to the place.

Carter

Carter Report 10 Nov 2020 13:49

thank you everyone.
He married on xmas day in 1915 in Leigh Lancashire to Daisy Haskins
Daisy remarried June 1919
He joined the fusiliers as a drummer boy so no other area Leigh and Bolton
Thank you once again for your help
Linda

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 10 Nov 2020 12:06

An afterthought:
perhaps he might be on some memorial other than Leigh/Bolton?
Did he have links to anywhere else?

Among the names on our local war memorial is that of a man who really had no connection with our village apart from the fact that he married a local girl in 1912, and lived here for two years before WW1.
He is not recorded on his home town's memorial, about 120 miles away.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 10 Nov 2020 11:26

Info about adding names to war memorials:

http://www.warmemorials.org/uploads/publications/115.pdf

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 10 Nov 2020 11:20

He is in Plot 17, Row C. at Hooge Crater Cemetery, so will have a Commonwealth War Graves headstone there. There are photos of the cemetery here:-

https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/52700/HOOGE%20CRATER%20CEMETERY/

Normally if he was to be commemorated on the War Memorial in his home town then a member of his family would have arranged it at the time (at least I think so).

I think the Commonwealth War Graves Commission would be the first place to ask.

Kath. x

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 10 Nov 2020 11:16

You would have to consult the relevant authority about adding his name

Is he recorded on the CWGC site?

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Carter

Carter Report 10 Nov 2020 10:08

Hello
I wonder if anyone could help me.
My great Uncle died in WW1 and I can't find his name on any cenotaph.
He was born in Leigh Lancashire
Enrolled into the army in Bolton Lancashire
Joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers
He died 29th September 1918 in Hooge Crater Belgium
His name was Edward Nugent
I have all his birth marriage and death certificates but would love to know why he isnt mentioned on any cenotaph that we have looked at ( Leigh and Bolton cenotaphs ) and is it possible to have his name put on
Thank you
Linda