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From: "IAN MOSELEY" <>
Subject: Re: [Mon] War Memorials Hay-on- Wye plus WW1 graves
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:40:21 +0100
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Hello Sue,
I have just been up to look at the War Memorial and I am sorry to tel you
that there is not a Fishbourne on it for either War.
Regards,
Ian,
Hay-on-Wye.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Powell" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Mon] War Memorials Hay-on- Wye plus WW1 graves


> Thanks for your e-mail Katherine,
>
> Unfortunately I have tried that, for
>
> THOMAS EDWARD FISHBOURNE
> Private 15524 1st/5th Bn., Cheshire Regiment
> who died on Thursday, 21st September 1916. Age 19.
> Only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Fishbourne, of Dany Park, Crickhowell,
> Breconshire.
> Commemorative Information
> Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
>
> But he should be mentioned on a War Memorial on a town where he lived - I
> have looked at the one in Crickhowell, but he is not mentioned on that, so
I
> thought he must be on one somewhere around Hay or Hereford.
>
> Thanks again,
> Sue
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kathrine Gildersleeve <>
> To: . com <>;
> . com
> <>; WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L-request
> <>; . com
> <>; <>; Sue Powell
> <>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [Mon] War Memorials Hay-on- Wye plus WW1 graves
>
>
> Hi Sue
>
> I have found my grandfathers brother's, who fought alongside him in WW1,
> Donald Osmond survived the Somme, four of his brothers did not. If you go
to
> www.cwgc.org and search your family name it will tell you when and where
he
> died, and the war memorial that his name is on. They will tell you exactly
> the stone number on the war memorial.
>
> I have info about one of my great-uncles - I have the name of the ship and
> where it was torpedoed - another unknown grave but he is remembered on a
war
> memorial in Belgium as well as England.
>
> They will also tell you about the battle he took part and died in.
>
> I am told the Queen wrote to my great-grandmother thanking her for her
many
> son's that fought for Queen and Country. It must have been such a sad loss
> for her.
>
> Hope this is of help
>
> Regards
>
> Kathrine
>
> Reserching:-
>
> COOMBS, SHERBORNE, EVANS, OSMOND - SOMERSET
>
> HILL, HAIMES - GLAMORGAN
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sue Powell [mailto:]
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 7:02 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Mon] War Memorials Hay-on- Wye
>
>
> Hi All,
> Can anyone tell me if there is a list of the fallen on the above somewhere
> on the net ?
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
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