Thank you so much for this. So many things which chimed. Carisbrooke - I know the area and am now wondering where he lived (see, each answer produces a new question).
The guide who took us around didn't mention anything about Jack, so I guessed he wasn't at Netley. The stories of some of the chaps there were really moving, like the one who'd died first day of the Somme and the one who'd probably been injured by gas the first day that was used against the British.
The graves at Netley aren't just of locals. There was a huge military hospital there, treating allied and german casualties. Patients and staff who died at the hospital were buried in the graveyard, so there are people from all over the UK and a number of nationalities, including many Belgian graves.
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Re: The Rest of the Story
Date: 2012-10-26 09:01 pm (UTC)The guide who took us around didn't mention anything about Jack, so I guessed he wasn't at Netley. The stories of some of the chaps there were really moving, like the one who'd died first day of the Somme and the one who'd probably been injured by gas the first day that was used against the British.
The graves at Netley aren't just of locals. There was a huge military hospital there, treating allied and german casualties. Patients and staff who died at the hospital were buried in the graveyard, so there are people from all over the UK and a number of nationalities, including many Belgian graves.