WW1 Soldiers' graves at Ford cemetery

Post by **daggers** » 01 Mar 2010 17:40

If anyone has the chance of looking for two graves at Ford RC Cemetery, it would be helpful for their chance of being recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
They are:
THOMAS FINDLEY, died 29 Nov 1915, buried in section AD, plot 1185 (public)
and
JOHN CALLAGHAN, died 26 September 1917, buried in section RD, plot 552 (private).

Neither is likely to be under a CWGC headstone, as these details have only recently come to light . Both are currently named on the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey.

Photographs of any inscriptions would be very helpful, otherwise a note of the details.
Many thanks,
Daggers

Post by **MaryA** » 02 Mar 2010 10:57

The Plan of Ford Cemetery might be useful to anybody visiting.

Post by **Robbo** » 07 Mar 2010 17:39

went looking today

where a headstone should be in RD 552, theres none,
couldn't find any AD any were in the Cemetery, or on the map? can you confirm the number

Post by **irenew** » 07 Mar 2010 18:37

When i went to ford looking for family in public graves , i was told they are no longer marked just open green area,s . i spoke to the people in the office and even they could not tell me which space was which, as there are quite a few public sections it was sad not to find the area. they have a memorial stone for all the unmarked graves which people do leave flowers on Irene

Post by **daggers** » 07 Mar 2010 21:14

Thanks very much for trying. I do not have the original source for the grave numbers and will have to check with someone, which will take a few days.
I'll be back!
D

Post by **Blue70** » 08 Mar 2010 00:04

Section AD is on the map that MaryA posted but identifying it from other "public" sections is probably difficult if it's all grass and no signage. There are many graves in Ford in "private" sections that have no gravestone.

Col