A Challenge?!
Yesterday mum's ashes were buried with those of her sister in our local cemetery.
On one side she has my parents-in-law and on the other there is an unmarked grave. In front of mum's grave is a tree, but behind is a War grave for W H Pope who died in 1947. I thought it might be nice to know who he was.
So far I've not progressed very far:
CWGC
RIFLEMAN
WILLIAM HENRY POPE
Service Number: 6918990
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Rifle Brigade
30th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 15 March 1947
Buried or commemorated at
BOURNEMOUTH EAST CEMETERY
and GRO:
Deaths Mar 1947
Pope William H 48 Bournemouth 6b 203
No will.
I know there were two military hospitals here in WW1, but I don't know about WW2 and after. From his date of death I wonder if he was a long-stay patient somewhere? In any case, he may not have been from this area originally.
So, any ideas?
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 Merry
"Something has been filled in that I didn't know was blank" Matthew Broderick WDYTYA? March 2010
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