Hello all! I've been working on and off for about 16 months on my family genealogy. I just discovered the website for Military documents but with a name like Johnson and names such as Hughes and Harrison in my background I'm having a difficult time with some things on that site.
Today my search was for my Dad and my Mum's uncle John W Harrison's records. I found some, but not all, of my Dad's. However, John died during WWII and I remember my Mum having a photo of his gravestone but I can't find any database that shows deceased military from the UK. Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
Thanks!
Barb
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22-01-2019, 10:50 PM #1
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Canadian searching for WWII casualties' list
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23-01-2019, 8:00 AM #2
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It doesn't have photographs, but it will tell you when and where they died and where they are buried/ commemorated:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
https://www.cwgc.org
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23-01-2019, 8:05 AM #3
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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (cwgc.org) should give you a start toward finding the graves.
WW2 records are not yet in the public domain - I'm sure one of our wonderful mods will give you the details how to obtain them.
Megan beat me to it! For photos of the graves, try Find A Grave - they might be there (when in a cemetery, like many others I take photos of the War Graves & upload them)
Jane
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23-01-2019, 3:15 PM #4
There's a link to the message about WW2 service records HERE.
That only works for the RAF. I assume that he wasn't in the Canadian Forces?
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23-01-2019, 8:29 PM #5
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Correct! Thanks!
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