but it turned out alright.....
Remember I said I was going to get back to the pictures on the 18th, last month? Yeah, never happened. Hit a bit of a slump and didn't get back to it until a couple of days ago.
I put together the edited pictures with the information I already had prepared so I could keep track of the actual picture number for retrieval if anybody asked...... that was a bit more involved than what I thought it would be, so that slowed me up some..... but, it will be worth it, because I now have a better way to track the information, or to add information... Health didn't cooperate, and that slowed me up even more, but... I think I'm possibly, maybe on track again :-) So.... Thursday, I started posting the pictures, and I just got done about 2 hours ago....
Got all memorials "pictured" for Plot A. Weeeeeelllll the ones I took pictures of, anyway, because there's about 30 that I missed as in I missed A WHOLE ROW at a time, so that's going on the next trip. While posting the pictures, I found there were 2 markers that didn't have a memorial, so I added them, and started the research on the soldiers and this is where I'm happily going to be losing some sleep, because it's a puzzle..... Let me run you thru my process, such as it is:
- Between the 2 crosses listing TWO COMRADES IN ARMS was a placque with 4 names, so I started looking for them......
- DPAA site didn't know any of the 4 surnames names listed, so I started to look around a bit more as to different ways of searching, I searched for the bomb group listed on the placque.... nothing: searched by first name.... again, nothing and just for giggles, I put in an X-number from the list of memorials I was working from, and it came back with a name, and a wealth on intel. So. one more way to find information :-) I REALY REALLY R.E.A.L.L.Y! have to yank my leash, here, because now, all I want to do is see what I can find on the few X-numbers that I have, but Back to the intended targ ets.... Since I don't have the X-numbers, I can't find them that way so I'm storing the information for later.
- Newspaper articles will come next: Just googled the name, added WW2 to it and waited to see what shook out..... A couple of websites I can add to the research information for general information, (limited)information on the mission they perished on, the name of the bomber, some family members and final resting places were what I found, so that's a lot. Fun and useful stuff and an indication of where I will spending my time as soon as I'm "done" with Plot B!
Now, even though I am happy as a lark with all the information already found, what holds me back from doing anything with it, other than putting it together per Soldier to put with the memorial, eventually, is the fact that they are not mentioned anywhere on the DPAA site. One I can see, if family has not been notified, but all 4 seems a bit awkward.... So tomorrow, I will look into the site a little more, since I'm sure there is more than one feature I've missed discovering :-)
July 26, 2025
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