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MOD War Detectives (the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre Commemorations team): our future services, current appeals and past cases

Find out about future services and what current appeals are ongoing.

From:
Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
Published
26 September 2019
Last updated
1125 March 2025 — See all updates

Our future services, current appeals and past cases

18 March

11am – A rededication service for Corporal of Horse Charles Edward Dean, who died in May 1915. This service will take place at Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium

19 March

11am – A rededication service for Lance Corporal George Rankeillor, who died in April 1917. This service will take place at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, near Arras, France.

25 March

10am – A rededication service for Captain Hubert Leslie Smith of 19th Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), who died on 24 March 1918. This service will take place at Ham British Cemetery, France.

26 March

10am – A rededication service for Lance Corporal James Ball Baron MM, Machine Gun Corps, who was killed in action on 24 August 1917. This service will take place at Tyne Cot Cemetery Belgium.

11.15am – A rededication service for Lance Corporal Samuel Chapman of 1/4th Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 14 December 1917. This service will take place at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.

2.30pm – A rededication service for Second Lieutenant Hugh Barr, Machine Gun Corps, who was killed in action on 30 September 1918. This service will take place at Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Belgium.

10 April

10.30am - A burial service for Lance Corporal John Street, The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment, and four unknown soldiers. This service will take place at Point-du-Jour Military Cemetery, Athies

29 April

2.30pm - A burial service for unknown Commonwealth soldiers. This service will take place at Ovillers Military Cemetery

30 April

11am - A burial service for unknown Commonwealth soldiers. This service will take place at Loos British Cemetery Extension

Appeals for family

There are no appeals outstanding at this time.

Our Past Cases

Details of some of the MOD War Detectives’ past cases can be found below:

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Updates to this page

Published 26 September 2019
Last updated 1125 March 2025 + show all updates

    3. Addition of dates for services in March & April 2025

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