Tim Bell

Manchester Regiment research and part time Battlefield Sleuth. Sometimes go off piste.

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@VnF_LP @CWGC Do you know if Charles Melia has a new headstone yet? His commemoration was accepted in 2022 & burial in a common grave at Greenacres in 2023.

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Credit PaulC, Terry, The Manchesters Forum & numerous other people here's an eBook on the Frogotten Battalion of the Manchester Regiment
https://t.co/2cTbjn8AB3

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@irelandbattles CSM Reddy was one of the original members of the 1st City or Pals Bn of the Manchesters, rather than an Old Contempible of the Regulars.

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@J_the_biscuit @johncopse @CWGC I guess the question is why one researcher has amendments addressed by CWGC and why another does not after two previous attempts for the same casualty? Rather than being paranoid I think there has been resourcing issues and the fact that you had the change accepted is positive

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@J_the_biscuit @johncopse @CWGC I've checked my notes and found evidence for the Donnelly amendment was sent to CWGC in May 2021 and I subsequently sent five online amendments for 01/07/1916 - I think last year. I was warned of a delay in 2021 and this staff member was then made redundant. No update since.

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@Taff_Gillingham @CStewart_CS @AlStewartOBE Hymns in the local Methodist Church made my Mum step back in time more lucid. Cherished moments, now memories.

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@johncopse @tigwallace1 @CWGC No worries Neil. The absence of scrutiny for taxpayers who cover the vast majority of costs is a concept that has no resolution until Freedom of Information Act applies - unlikely.

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@tigwallace1 @johncopse @CWGC Addenda panels are a simpler route for corrections, where there’s space. Otherwise a notation on the casualty record is simple & cheap. The panels inevitably have outstanding corrections, notably where a man’s burial has been found. New panels unnecessary.

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@Ianlyall9 @johncopse @CWGC The integrity & accuracy of the database is fundamental from 1919 onward. Inscriptions don’t need to change, just a notification in the casualty entry online. What’s the point of people visiting the Menin Gate if the true records show a man died in France.

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@Ianlyall9 @johncopse @CWGC This policy ignored attachments, which were common in Aug 1916 onwards. Disappointing that corrections are ignored & men are commemorated in the wrong country. Hey ho….

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@HemaJaradah @CWGC @dgcwgc Truly wonderful news, Ibrahim! and well done to CWGC for their part. Let's hope you can soon return safely to your home & duties and peace can be found for your people.

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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg Sick rhetoric has run its course. Watch the election results tomorrow night, numb nuts. Why did anyone vote for this chap?

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Pte 27705 James Isaac Harrison enlisted for a 4th time & discharged from 3rd Bn Manchester Regiment. He died from TB agg by service on 6 April 1918, aged 29. We need burial record for Stockport Willow Grove. Husband of Annie, of 101 Bulkington Ln Nuneaton @CWGC New-Com #OnThisDay

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@cgdhopkins Why would that happen?

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@Khrandrass @InFromtheCold1 @CWGC Great team effort to see Capt Nidd in the Roll of War dead.