Thought I'd forward this;
Some of you may be aware of the British War Memorial Project which is photographing the graves of the British CWGC headstones for inclusion on the
I was allotted Fradley Churchyard which the CWGC had down as having nine of their headstones for my attention. This small church was very close to a wartime fighter aerodrome just south of Burton on Trent.
I duly photographed the nine headstones but was amazed to find a solitary German grave in the middle of a row of Commonwealth dead. Evidently when he had been shot down no other church would allow him to be buried in their grounds. So he is resting in a lovely churchyard surrounded by 9 British servicemen and 24 men from the Royal Australian Air Force.
Most of these young Australian airman, the eldest 33 and the youngest 21, presumably were end during landing or taking off on missions. You can tell by the dates which crew they were part of. Such a waste of so many young lives.
McNaughtanHi It may be worthwhile getting the marriage cert for this one. I have also included below...
I would like to think that someone, somewhere, will be able to find the grave of a loved one amongst the ones I have photographed.
At this time of the year the churchyards are awash with spring flowers placed on the graves, and most of the CWGC graves have small crosses with red poppies on for remembrance.
Jeanagh
See Warwickshire Ancestors' Project ~
