Meysey Hampton, near Fairford UK

Linton · 05-02-08, 05:26 PM

Does anybody from the UK who reads this board live anywhere near Meysey Hampton?

Guess who is on the war memorial?

lesrae · 05-03-08, 02:02 AM

JOHN WALLACE LINTON. V.C.

Never been there, but Google is my friend :O)

Linton · 05-03-08, 03:37 AM

Lesrae,you are correct.I am trying to obtain a photograph of that memorial and was hoping that if somebody from this board lived near there that they would go and take a picture of it for me.

clive bradbury · 05-03-08, 08:04 AM

There's a photo of the memorial on wikipedia, Linton.

lesrae · 05-03-08, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clive bradbury

There's a photo of the memorial on wikipedia, Linton.

I saw that, but it's not the grave, it's another memorial elsewhere.

Nice pic linked from the wiki site though:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linton

I am trying to obtain a photograph of that memorial and was hoping that if somebody from this board lived near there that they would go and take a picture of it for me.

It's not too far from me, I'll take the wife for a drive on a nice day in the next week or two and get a few pics for you mate, have you still got the same hotmail address you sent me the Belgrano stuff from?

Linton · 05-03-08, 02:27 PM

Clive the memorial shown on his wiki entry is the portsmouth Naval memorial.

Konovalov · 05-03-08, 03:43 PM

Linton,

Do you want a photo of the grave headstone for JOHN WALLACE LINTON. V.C. found at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, in the village of Meysey Hampton?

Linton · 05-03-08, 04:14 PM

Yes please,though it is a war memorial rather than grave stone.Linton and his submarine were lost in 1943 and nobody has ever proved exactly where that submarine now is!he and his crew have never been found.

bigboywooly · 05-03-08, 05:13 PM

Sent you a link via PM to some shots I took today

Linton · 05-03-08, 05:57 PM

Thank you for doing that.

It would be nice to learn a little more about what Mrs.Linton was doing there whilst her husband was away but I think that is going to take a serious amount of digging!She was originally from Cardiff so she was either evacuated there or had relatives in the village.Linton himself was from Malpas,near Newport Monmouthshire.The memorial was obviously post war so I wonder if she stayed there after the war.Her eldest son was lost in the submarine HMS Affray in the early 1950s.

clive bradbury · 05-04-08, 11:21 AM

An interesting and brave man. I love the fact that several trains are listed amnogst his 'kills'! Pretty good for a sub commander...he knew how to use that deck gun...

05-02-08, 05:26 PM	#1
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Meysey Hampton, near Fairford UK Does anybody from the UK who reads this board live anywhere near Meysey Hampton? Guess who is on the war memorial? __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/ Last edited by Linton; 05-02-08 at 05:58 PM.

05-03-08, 03:37 AM	#3
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Lesrae,you are correct.I am trying to obtain a photograph of that memorial and was hoping that if somebody from this board lived near there that they would go and take a picture of it for me. __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

05-03-08, 02:27 PM	#6
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Clive the memorial shown on his wiki entry is the portsmouth Naval memorial. __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

05-03-08, 03:43 PM	#7
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Linton, Do you want a photo of the grave headstone for JOHN WALLACE LINTON. V.C. found at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, in the village of Meysey Hampton? __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

05-03-08, 04:14 PM	#8
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes please,though it is a war memorial rather than grave stone.Linton and his submarine were lost in 1943 and nobody has ever proved exactly where that submarine now is!he and his crew have never been found. __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

05-03-08, 02:02 AM	#2
lesrae Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, UK. Posts: 932 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	JOHN WALLACE LINTON. V.C. Never been there, but Google is my friend :O)

05-03-08, 08:04 AM	#4
clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	There's a photo of the memorial on wikipedia, Linton.

05-03-08, 05:13 PM	#9
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Sent you a link via PM to some shots I took today __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

05-03-08, 05:57 PM	#10
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thank you for doing that. It would be nice to learn a little more about what Mrs.Linton was doing there whilst her husband was away but I think that is going to take a serious amount of digging!She was originally from Cardiff so she was either evacuated there or had relatives in the village.Linton himself was from Malpas,near Newport Monmouthshire.The memorial was obviously post war so I wonder if she stayed there after the war.Her eldest son was lost in the submarine HMS Affray in the early 1950s. __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

05-04-08, 11:21 AM	#11
clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	An interesting and brave man. I love the fact that several trains are listed amnogst his 'kills'! Pretty good for a sub commander...he knew how to use that deck gun...