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Hi Lyn, I read your quest , about little Harry, so sad , not all casualties of war wore karki

Hi mate, I remember a blind chap selling something ( not too sure if matches ) near new street station, think his name was jack or jake , ex forces with some sort of badge on his beret, sorry I don’t remember much more I was about 13 / 14 years old

still trying with photo

Hi Janice I’ll try adding a couple of photos, one showing just the wooden name peg they marked the plot with for me and another photo showing the small white cross that I fashioned to help me locate it again. On my second visit whilst clearing the area I decided to clean the square stone...

Hi all, sorry for the delay in updating my last post, after visiting the cemetery and finding my uncle’s grave I cleared the area from leaves, broken branches and general debris and with the use of a string plumb line I marked out the shape of the plot and placed a small white cross next to the...

Hi MWS, just looking at the burial register where I found the plot details for my uncle Ron, I still don’t know what the small 4 means under the section number and letter but I don’t think it has anything to do with multiple burials in the same plot as other family burials on the register shows...

Hi all, further to my previous conversation regarding my uncle’s grave in Handsworth Cemetery, I spoke to a lady at the bereavement office and she confirmed that the plot is in fact located on section 4 on the map, and that she would arrange for a named peg to be placed in the position of plot...

Thank you MWS , it is possible that is what the second 4 means extra burials in the same plot, so I will try phoning the Berevement office and clarify the details, thanks again I’ll keep you updated , it may help others looking for grave plots later

Unfortunately photo file is too big , the number reads 4C ( with a small 4 directly underneath, then number 3538)

Hi MWS & Janice I have hopefully attached a photo showing the plot number , it would appear I have mis read the number, I have sent an email to the Bereavement services asking for the grave numbers adjacent to my uncles so I can tell if I am looking in the correct section Thanks for any help

Hi Janice , yes the number for the plot is 4c4 3538

Thank you Janice , I’ve just found your reply in my spam , I put your name in as a recipient for my original question but obviously any help from anyone would be appreciated, I could see you had helped someone previously, thanks again Pete