This is about my grandmothers brother. There was a mix up as there were two Percival Loxton's enlisted - though some clerk made an error as this one was actually just Percy. The confusion over the names resulted in my grandmothers family not getting confirmation of his death till mid 1918. There is about 25 pages of correspondence listed in the National Archives on this matter.
1 comments:
Mountaingirl said...
The must have been a horrible wait for her :-(
April 26, 2008 3:12 PM
Abbey said...
I would be devestated to have my brother missing for so long. I know when father went missing it was an awful time for all...thank you for sharing the memory RG
April 26, 2008 10:31 PM
Welshcakes Limoncello said...
That must have been so awful for her. I will keep thinking of her, and her broher, now. Another indication of that terrible thing called War.
April 27, 2008 8:50 AM
Robert said...
Have no idea of how it affected the family - my mother would have been 3 when it was all resolved -but given that all communications were based on shipping with time delays, it would have caused a lot of stress in the family
April 27, 2008 7:48 PM
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