Two Brothers Serving in France, item 49

• March 4, 2018 15:50:30 Stella Watkin

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  422964 Spr. W. S. Anthony
  

  1st Siege Co.,
  

  Royal Anglesey R.E.
  

  B.E.F., FRANCE
  

  Sunday
  

  19  : 1 : 19
  

                       Dear Mother
  

                                This is Sunday evening in our
  

  billet, and I am writing to tll you of the
  

  successful outing to Flesquieres which Ebbie
  

  Steel and I had ths afternoon. During
  

  the week I got one of our joiner chaps
  

  to make a wooden cross for Angus's grave,
  

  and another chap kindly painted it white,
  

  and lettered it neatly in black. So with
  

  this, Ebbie and I set out today for Flesquieres.
  

  He had his motor car, which he had no
  

  difficulty in obtaining for the journey.
  

  Ebbie is a fine driver, and knows the
  

  roads well, se we soon reached out
  

  destination. On entering the Cemetery, I
  

  was agreeably surprised to find the little
  

  place all tidied up. Since my first visit
  

  on New Year's Day, footpaths had been
  

  made, and borders of green turf put
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

  round the graves. There was also a cross
  

  on every British grave, and, sure enough,
  

  there was Angus's - at the end of a row,
  

  next the footpath - 307160 Pte. A. S. Anthony,
  

  and next to him, Pte. Helens, also of the

  Tank Corps. I expect this will be the
  

  chum who fell at the same time. The cross
  

  on the grave was the usual small one of
  

  military pattern, so we superseded it by
  

  the beautiful white one which I had brought
  

  (There are quite a number of specially - erected
  

  crosses in the cemetery, apparently put there
  

  by friends or chums of the fallen soldiers).
  

      The white cross, and the border of green
  

  turf, made the grave look beautiful - a
  

  real, quiet, resting place. On the cross are
  

  the word "In memory of Pte. Angus S. Anthony
  

  Tank Corps, killed in action, Sept. 27, 1918,
  

  aged 29 years." In pencil I wrote on
  

  the back: "Visited by his brother, Spr. W. S.
  

  Anthony, R.E., 19/1/19" so that the cemetery
  

  people would know who put the cross there.
  

• March 4, 2018 15:49:48 Stella Watkin

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  422964 Spr. W. S. Anthony
  

  1st Siege Co.,
  

  Royal Anglesey R.E.
  

  B.E.F., FRANCE
  

  Sunday
  

  19  : 1 : 19
  

                       Dear Mother
  

                                This is Sunday evening in our
  

  billet, and I am writing to tll you of the
  

  successful outing to Flesquieres which Ebbie
  

  Steel and I had ths afternoon. During
  

  the week I got one of our joiner chaps
  

  to make a wooden cross for Angus's grave,
  

  and another chap kindly painted it white,
  

  and lettered it neatly in black. So with
  

  this, Ebbie and I set out today for Flesquieres.
  

  He had his motor car, which he had no
  

  difficulty in obtaining for the journey.
  

  Ebbie is a fine driver, and knows the
  

  roads well, se we soon reached out
  

  destination. On entering the Cemetery, I
  

  was agreeably surprised to find the little
  

  place all tidied up. Since my first visit
  

  on New Year's Day, footpaths had been
  

  made, and borders of green turf put
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

  round the graves. There was also a cross
  

  on every British grave, and, sure enough,
  

  there was Angus's - at the end of a row,
  

  next the footpath - 307160 Pte. A. S. Anthony,
  

  and next to him, Pte. Helens, also of the

  Tank Corps. I expect this will be the
  

  chum who fell at the same time. The cross
  

  on the grave was the usual small one of
  

  military pattern, so we superseded it by
  

  the beautiful white one which I had brought
  

  (There are quite a number of specially - erected
  

  crosses in the cemetery, apparently put there
  

  by friends or chums of the fallen soldiers).
  

      The white cross, and the border of green
  

  turf, made the grave look beautiful - a
  

  real, quiet, resting place. On the cross are
  

  the word "In memory of Pte. Angus S. Anthony
  

  Iank Corps, killed in action, Sept. 27, 1918,
  

  aged 29 years." In pencil I wrote on
  

  the back: "Visited by his brother, Spr. W. S.
  

  Anthony, R.E., 19/1/19" so that the cemetery
  

  people would know who put the cross there.
  

  
  

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• March 4, 2018 15:48:43 Stella Watkin

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  422964 Spr. W. S. Anthony
  

  1st Siege Co.,
  

  Royal Anglesey R.E.
  

  B.E.F., FRANCE
  

  Sunday
  

  19  : 1 : 19
  

                       Dear Mother
  

                                This is Sunday evening in our
  

  billet, and I am writing to tll you of the
  

  successful outing to Flesquieres which Ebbie
  

  Steel and I had ths afternoon. During
  

  the week I got one of our joiner chaps
  

  to make a wooden cross for Angus's grave,
  

  and another chap kindly painted it white,
  

  and lettered it neatly in black. So with
  

  this, Ebbie and I set out today for Flesquieres.
  

  He had his motor car, which he had no
  

  difficulty in obtaining for the journey.
  

  Ebbie is a fine driver, and knows the
  

  roads well, se we soon reached out
  

  destination. On entering the Cemetery, I
  

  was agreeably surprised to find the little
  

  place all tidied up. Since my first visit
  

  on New Year's Day, footpaths had been
  

  made, and borders of green turf put
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

  round the graves. There was also a cross
  

  on every British grave, and, sure enough,
  

  there was Angus's - at the end of a row,
  

  next the footpath - 307160 Pte. A. S. Anthony,
  

  and next to him, Pte. Helens, also of the

  Tank Corps. I expect this will be the
  

  chum who fell at the same time. The cross
  

  on the grave was the usual small one of
  

  military pattern, so we superseded it by
  

  the beautiful white one which I had brought
  

  (There are quite a number of specially - erected
  

  crosses in the cemetery, apparently put there
  

  by friends or chums of the fallen soldiers).
  

  The white cross, and the border of green
  

  turf, made the grave look beautiful - a
  

  real, quiet, resting place. On the cross are
  

  the word "In memory of Pte. Angus S. Anthony
  

  Iank Corps, killed in action, Sept. 27, 1918,
  

  aged 29 years." In pencil I wrote on
  

  the back: "Visited by his brother, Spr. W. S.
  

  Anthony, R.E., 19/1/19" so that the cemetery
  

  people would know who put the cross there.
  

  
  

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• March 4, 2018 15:42:05 Stella Watkin

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  422964 Spr. W. S. Anthony
  

  1st Siege Co.,
  

  Royal Anglesey R.E.
  

  B.E.F., FRANCE
  

  Sunday
  

  19  : 1 : 19
  

                       Dear Mother
  

                                This is Sunday evening in our
  

  billet, and I am writing to tll you of the
  

  successful outing to Flesquieres which Ebbie
  

  Steel and I had ths afternoon. During
  

  the week I got one of our joiner chaps
  

  to make a wooden cross for Angus's grave,
  

  and another chap kindly painted it white,
  

  and lettered it neatly in black. So with
  

  this, Ebbie and I set out today for Flesquieres.
  

  He had his motor car, which he had no
  

  difficulty in obtaining for the journey.
  

  Ebbie is a fine driver, and knows the
  

  roads well, se we soon reached out
  

  destination. On entering the Cemetery, I
  

  was agreeably surprised to find the little
  

  place all tidied up. Since my first visit
  

  on New Year's Day, footpaths had been
  

  made, and borders of green turf put
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

  round the graves. There was also a cross
  

  on every British grave, and, sure enough,
  

  there was Angus's - at the end of a row,
  

  next the footpath - 307160 Pte. A. S. Anthony,
  

  and next to hi, Ptr. Helens, also of the
  

  Iank Corps. I expect this will be the
  

  chum who fell at the same time. The cross
  

  on the grave was the usual small one of
  

  military pattern, so we superseded it by
  

  the beautiful white one which I had brought
  

  (There are quite a number of specially - erected
  

  crosses in the cemetery, apparently put there
  

  by friends or chums of the fallen soldiers).
  

  The white cross, and the border of green
  

  turf, made the grave look beautiful - a
  

  real, quiet, resting place. On the cross are
  

  the word "In memory of Pte. Angus S. Anthony
  

  Iank Corps, killed in action, Sept. 27, 1918,
  

  aged 29 years." In pencil I wrote on
  

  the back: "Visited by his brother, Spr. W. S.
  

  Anthony, R.E., 19/1/19" so that the cemetery
  

  people would know who put the cross there.
  

  
  

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• February 10, 2018 16:42:29 Zamfirache Diana

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  422964 Spr. W. S. Anthony
  

  1st Siege Co.,
  

  Royal Anglesey R.E.
  

  B.E.F., FRANCE
  

  Sunday
  

  19  : 1 : 19
  

                       Dear Mother
  

                                This is Sunday evening in our
  

  billet, and I am writing to tll you of the
  

  successful outing to Flesquieres which Ebbie
  

  Steel and I had ths afternoon. During
  

  the week I got one of our joiner champs
  

  to make a wooden cross for Angus's grave,
  

  and another chap kindly painted it white,
  

  and lettered it neatly in black. So with
  

  this, Ebbie and I set out today for Flesquieres.
  

  He had his motor car, which he had no
  

  difficulty in obtaining for the journey.
  

  Ebbie is a fine driver, and knows the
  

  roads well, se we soon reached out
  

  destination. On entering the Cemetery, I
  

  was agreeably surprised to find the little
  

  place all tidied up. Since my first visit
  

  on New Year's Day, footpaths had been
  

  made, and borders of green turf put
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

  round the graves. There was also a cross
  

  on every British grave, and, sure enough,
  

  there was Angus's - at the end of a row,
  

  next the footpath - 307160 Pte. A. S. Anthony,
  

  and next to hi, Ptr. Helens, also of the
  

  Iank Corps. I expect this will be the
  

  chum who fell at the same time. The cross
  

  on the grave was the usual small one of
  

  military pattern, so we superseded it by
  

  the beautiful white one which I had brought
  

  (There are quite a number of specially - erected
  

  crosses in the cemetery, apparently put there
  

  by friends or chums of the fallen soldiers).
  

  The white cross, and the border of green
  

  turf, made the grave look beautiful - a
  

  real, quiet, resting place. On the cross are
  

  the word "In memory of Pte. Angus S. Anthony
  

  Iank Corps, killed in action, Sept. 27, 1918,
  

  aged 29 years." In pencil I wrote on
  

  the back: "Visited by his brother, Spr. W. S.
  

  Anthony, R.E., 19/1/19" so that the cemetery
  

  people would know who put the cross there.
  

  
  

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