It was my intention to have the website cover the events of 17th October 1919 at Riga in which my Grandfather and 8 others were killed and the blog was to cover the wider campaign. There is some overlap and one day I will try to get the time to rearrange the posts.
I've also begun a separate blog for the British WW1 graves at Jelgava Here are 36 graves in all marking the burial place of British soldiers and seamen who died during WW1 mostly as Prisoners of war.
4 of the graves are unidentified including the one marked
"British seaman of the Great War
17th October 1919
known to God"
According to HMS Dragon's log the 9 men killed in action on 17th October 1919 were buried at sea. The Memorial Plaque unveiled at Portsmouth last year also has no mention of any other seaman being killed on the same day. It seems at present a mystery....I have been fortunate to have attended a Remembrance event at Jelgava where I laid a wreath in memory of those who had died. It was a really special and memorable event . I thought it would be interesting to find out more about how and why these British servicemen came to be close to or at the Eastern Front during 1917, the year that most had died.
Having discovered some information I now feel it would be lovely to find relatives of those soldiers and seamen and to provide them with information about the Cemetary in the hope that they can also have the opportunity to see this cemetary which incidentally is very well cared for by the local council in Jelgava.
I would really love to get some feedback about the website and blogs and whether having the topics done separately is a good idea or whether it is just too confusing.
PS I would like to thank David from the scotinriga blog for giving permission to use a photograph of the graves from one of his postings. Thank you & I hope you approve
