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Originally Posted by lesrae
In case you hadn't heard of it, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has a great site at www.cwgc.org which has a huge database of commonwealth casualties in WWI and WWII. I used it recently to locate my great-grandfather's grave marker ( Pvt Robert Ross, he was killed in 1915 at Loos) so that my mother could visit it while on a trip over there.
Here's an example of their entries, for the CO of HMS SWORDFISH: http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/cas...sualty=2370300
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Originally Posted by Oberon
My great-grand uncle, I believe, Robert Currie, was shot by a sniper near Verdun sometime in 1916 I think...
Thankfully, the rest of my relatives managed to survive either war...one in fact (my great grandad) served in both, and survived.
But here's to all those still on duty.
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Oberon, a quick search brought up about 20 entries for an 'R Currie' in WWI - if you know more information you may be able to locate his details - if it's of interest to you. |
Wow, great link there...I'll get in touch with my granddad and see what I can find out, thanks for that
