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Hello everyone,
I have a relative - John Benjamin Hosford - and I've found out he was buried in Yardley cemetery in 1943. The details are: John Horsford (it's actually Hosford - someone's added an extra "r" which is a fairly common mistake), section E, grave 28238 ,buried Oct 27 1943. The cemetery have said the grave is in section 25. (map attached).
Would anyone be able to take a photo for me, please? I suspect it doesn't have a gravestone, but a photo of the area would be nice.
The reason I think there's no gravestone is that he broke all contact with his family (wife & sibs) in 1916. He had been in the met police in London, re-joined his regiment the day after WW1 was declared (having been in the army before the police), received a "minor" wound 1915 and re-joined the police. Then in 1916 he resigned from the police and just "disappeared". From records now online he seems to have stayed in London working various labouring jobs. He was still in London in 1939, but dies in 1943, resident in Witton Road. I guessing he came up to Birmingham to work in one of the factories, but if anyone knows how I can find out what he was doing, please let me know!
Anyway, thanks for reading,
Mic
I have a relative - John Benjamin Hosford - and I've found out he was buried in Yardley cemetery in 1943. The details are: John Horsford (it's actually Hosford - someone's added an extra "r" which is a fairly common mistake), section E, grave 28238 ,buried Oct 27 1943. The cemetery have said the grave is in section 25. (map attached).
Would anyone be able to take a photo for me, please? I suspect it doesn't have a gravestone, but a photo of the area would be nice.
The reason I think there's no gravestone is that he broke all contact with his family (wife & sibs) in 1916. He had been in the met police in London, re-joined his regiment the day after WW1 was declared (having been in the army before the police), received a "minor" wound 1915 and re-joined the police. Then in 1916 he resigned from the police and just "disappeared". From records now online he seems to have stayed in London working various labouring jobs. He was still in London in 1939, but dies in 1943, resident in Witton Road. I guessing he came up to Birmingham to work in one of the factories, but if anyone knows how I can find out what he was doing, please let me know!
Anyway, thanks for reading,
Mic