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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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DIZZI

DIZZI Report 28 Jun 2013 12:36

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
We're appealing for the family of CSM Andrew Gale, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), to come forward


http://www.cwgc.org/news-events/news/2013/6/family-sought-for-newly-identified-war-grave.aspx

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 28 Jun 2013 12:41

Research by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) has identified the grave of Company Serjeant Major (CSM) Andrew Gale of The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) in Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Belgium.

CSM Gale was commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, but research has shown that the grave of a previously unknown CSM in the above cemetery is his.

CSM Gale was born in Hammersmith, enlisted in Battersea, and resided at 14 Quinton Street in Earlsfield with his wife, Olivia Emma, and their three children. He died on 28 September 1918.

The Commission and UK MOD are appealing for family to come forward so that arrangements can be made to mark the grave with a suitable headstone.

In the first instance, please contact the Commission quoting "CSM Gale" at [email protected]

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Choccy

Choccy Report 28 Jun 2013 12:56



England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name: Olivia Emma Gale

Probate Date: 14 Dec 1937

Death Date: 1 Nov 1937

Death Place: Surrey, England

Registry London, England


of 30 Maycross Avenue, Morden, died at 29 North Side, London SW4
Probate to David John Andrew Gale, Commercial Clerk

£1145 19 4d

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 28 Jun 2013 14:31

He died a while back

DAVID J A
Last Name GALE
Gender M
Year 1953
Birth Year 1905

District SURREY MID EASTERN
County Surrey
Country England
Volume 5G
Event Quarter 2
District Number
Page 188
Line Number 106
Entry Number
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
DOR
Category Life events (BMDs)
Collections from Great Britain


Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 28 Jun 2013 14:43

On CSM Andrew GALE's army record, a handwritten letter from Mrs GALE states that she has been left with 5 children.
Separate listing on another page shows them as ........
Lily Ellen GALE ..........b.. 11 June 1903
John Andrew GALE.........b.21 November 1904
Fred George GALE........ b.10 June 1908
Willie James GALE..........b.29 Jan. 1913
'Not known' Gracie GALE.... b. 11 March1915...( possibly Beatrice G.M. GALE )