Burial Grounds - Arthur Worsley KIA 10/3/1915

[iggyblade]

HI All .... My Great Grand Uncle Arthur Worsley was a private in the 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment and was killed in action somewhere around Flanders Fields. It appears from records that his battalion took part in the first battles for Ypres but what I want to know is how do I find out where his body was laid to rest? I would really like to go and visit the site but I can't seem to find out any other details ... I need a or someone to point me in the right direction please

[christanel]

Welcome to British-Genealogy iggyblade

You need to look at the CWGC site Here which has the the information you are looking for.
If you click on the name of the memorial it explains that the Le Touret Memorial commemorates over 13,400 British soldiers who were killed in this sector of the Western Front from the beginning of October 1914 to the eve of the Battle of Loos in late September 1915 and who have no known grave

Christina

[simmo1]

Hi

I don't know if you have looked on CWGC, but it appears his name only appears on a monument, in which case there is no known grave for him.
Here is the war diary for 2nd Bedfordshire - https://discovery.nationalarchives.go...ils/r/C7352424
Also - https://www.1914-1918.net/bedfords.htm
At least you can see where they were fighting on that day when he was killed.

regards

Robert

[iggyblade]

wow thank you .. I know he and another relative are on the monument in my Ancestral Home town but don't know if it is anywhere else. I'm new to all this stuff so not really sure where to look or indeed what CWGC stands for *blushes*

Off to read up and see what I can find in the links you so kindly provided me

Many thanks again

Lainey

[Squaredancer]

CWGC stands for Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It has an easy-to-use, free website.

[SueNSW]

His medal index card on Ancestry shows that he entered France on 8th November 1914 with the 1st battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment - he would have gone with reinforcements as the initial landing of the battalion was made on 14th August 1914

As he died with the 2nd battalion he obviously transferred across at some time

This is a good website on the Regiment during the Great War - https://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/

[SueNSW]

2nd Battalion were involved at the start of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 10th March - this link gives a bit of background - https://www.1914-1918.net/bat9.htm

As well as Arthur, there were 7 other casualties from the battalion that day - all remembered on the Le Touret Memorial

[iggyblade]

I Google'd it straight after reading the initial reply - it is a very good site indeed

[iggyblade]

Thank you so much for all your help

Lainey

[iggyblade]

Ooo I haven't seen Medal Index Cards on Ancestry .. I'm slowly building a family tree on there so I shall have to find it... Thank you very much

Lainey