Records John Reeve Brooke, first cousin of Rupert Brooke, Adjutant of the Red Cross Mobile Unit with Fabian Ware and first Registrar of the Graves Registration Commission 25 Apr 201825 May 2018 Early Life John Reeve Brooke was born in 1880 and was the son of a barrister also named John Reeve Brooke (1848-1932). The elder John Reeve Brooke was the son…
Visiting The Cemeteries War Graves Passes (Laissez-Passer) 1921 – 1961 and Subsidies for War Cemetery Visits 1920-1922 19 Apr 201819 Apr 2018 War Graves Passes were issued from 1921 (see The National Archives (TNA) HO 45/11080/419854 WAR: War grave passes for relatives of late members of H.M. Forces buried in France and…
Medals The 1924 Cinema Advertising Campaign to Encourage Great Veterans Who Had Not Received Their Medals To Claim Them 13 Apr 2018 Great War Medals – Cinema Adverts ‘...The bulk issues of the medals granted for the Great War have been completed, but a considerable number of individual claims are still being…
Plaques and Scrolls Great War Memorial Plaques: – Some New Sources/Information On Their Issue 10 Apr 201811 Apr 2018 The Woolwich produced Memorial Plaque of 136290 Sapper Aaron Hathaway of the 173rd Tunnelling Company. His C.W.G.C. entry can be found here. The form W.5080 (dated 20 October 1919) sent…
War Records Revealed 