Stolen brass cross

• howard mcsweeney1

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  28 August 2011     15:55123447
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  norfolk police have recovered the above from a house in great yarmouth that could well have been stolen from a church in kent.
  
  the inscription on the back reads;-
  
  captain john bellew carvosso
  5th battalion
  royal west kent regiment
  died in kurdistan in 1921.
  
  i am sure that one of our many members with a keen interest in history might get their teeth into this mystery.
• Brian Dixon

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  28 August 2011     16:08123451
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  howard,i cheaked the cwgc records,unfortunely no trace.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  28 August 2011     17:38123466
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  thanks for trying brian but we have to assume he is buried somewhere over here.
• Brian Dixon

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  28 August 2011     17:52123469
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  more than likely but there is a couple of avenues i need to look at.
• Guest 650

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  29 August 2011     07:24123549
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  Likley Dartford. Kent History Forum picked this up, and one of the clever people over there has added some info.
  
  http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11676.0
  
  Interesting thought. I wonder why he isn't on the CWGC lists. He died in 1921, and presumably on service, so should just fit in. There's a Walter John Carvosso, of the King's Rifles, died September 1916, on the Thiepval memorial - presumably a relation.
  
  From FreeBMD, the family appear to have originated in the West Country, before coming London way, with some in Lincolnshire.
  The Dover War Memorial Project
  www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk
• Mark Clements

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  29 August 2011     07:56123563
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  Maggie mel has been trying to find you email to no avail, could you please email her at melissaclements@virginmedia.com as she has some news for you ..........
• howard mcsweeney1

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  29 August 2011     09:15123595
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  thanks for that maggie, hopefully the mystery can be solved and the cross finds its way back to its rightful place.
• Brian Dixon

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  29 August 2011     09:26123607
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  lets hope so,sooner the better.
• Guest 641

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  30 August 2011     18:11123803
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  It's amazing to see the speed of the internet highway in action, posted by Howard on the Forum, picked up by Kent History Forum the next day, result the same afternoon.
  
  Well Done Chaps
• howard mcsweeney1

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  30 August 2011     19:45123829
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  the credit goes to maggie sk barry, she used her contacts.
  
  still awaiting a happy ending though.
• Guest 641

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  31 August 2011     20:30124024
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  A Big Well Done to Maggie then