Harry Willey. Scone's Fallen Anzacs.Harry Willey. Scone's Fallen Anzacs, 2005 revised 2006, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0-9758264-0-9, perfect bound, includes over 200 b/w photographs, bibliography, index, table of contents, 214 p., $29.95 plus $10 postage. From Harry Willey, PO Box 551, SCONE Scone (sk  n), village, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland. Old Scone, west of the modern village of New Scone, was the repository of the Coronation Stone (see under coronation) and the NSW NSW New South WalesNoun 1. NSW - the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare Naval Special Warfare 2337 (Cheques to Harry Willey) Scone's Fallen Anzacs commemorates one hundred and four men from the Scone District of New South Wales New South Wales, state (1991 pop. 5,164,549), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban centers are Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Wollongong, and Broken Hill. who died during World War I. Harry Willey, an experienced writer of military history biographies, particularly VC recipients which is how I first met him, has written a well researched and comprehensive biography on each district man who died in World War I. Nearly every biography has a photograph of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is a joint governmental organisation responsible for marking and maintaining the graves of members of the Commonwealth of Nations' military forces that died in the two world wars, to build memorials to those with no known grave, commemoration for each man. Many entries have photographs of the soldier. Many town and districts have produced similar commemorative books for the fallen of their district. Scone's Fallen Anzacs is one of the best researched and best produced such publications that I have seen. Nearly all entries indicate that more than service records have been accessed and in many case relatives have supplied material that is being presented for the first time. I was amazed at the photograph of the gravestone for 3011 Corporal Stratford George Bird George Raymond Bird (June 23, 1850 - November 9, 1940) was a Major League Baseball center fielder in the 19th century. He played for the Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association in 1871. He was a native of Stillman Valley, Illinois. of the 34th Battalion who was killed in action at the pivotal Battle of Amiens
The Battle of Amiens, which began on 8 August 1918, was the opening phase of the Allied offensive later known as the Hundred Days Offensive that ultimately led to on 8 August 1918. As Harry Willey notes, the Commonwealth War Graves database still incorrectly records that Corporal Bird was awarded the Military Medal. The error was not caught before the original register went to print and so when the registers were scanned to create the present database the error persisted. However the photograph of his grave indicates that the post nominal MM has been correctly removed from the gravestone leaving the name off centre. This is a polished work and will be of great interest to anyone interested in World War I, or who have roots in the Scone district. If you are thinking of doing a similar work for your own district you will find this to be an excellent model. |
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