MOD War Detectives: Services of rededication in July

25 June 2024

The Ministry of Defence's 'War Detectives' team (more formally the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre Commemorations team) undertake ceremonies for the re-burial or re-dedication of servicemen who were killed in the Great War. The ceremonies planned for July 2024 are as follows:

Tuesday 2 July

10am – A rededication service for L/Cpl Arthur Dowding of 1/Monmouthshire Regiment who died on 3 October 1918. This service will take place at Bellicourt British Cemetery, France.

3pm – A rededication service for 2/Lt Noel Osborne-Jones, 2/Lt Herbert Taggart and Pte Lionel Grove of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who all died on 8 May 1916. This service will take place at Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, France

Bellicourt Bc — Bellicourt British Cemetery

Wednesday 3 July

10.30am – A rededication service for Capt. Clifford Nichols of 5/Royal Welsh Fusiliers (attached to the 164 Coy Machine Gun Corps) who died on 31 July 1917. This service will take place at Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium.

3pm – A rededication service for Pte George Montague Price of 5/South Wales Borderers who died on 2 October 1917. This service will take place at Chester Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Tuesday 9 July

10.30am – A rededication service for CQMS John Doherty MM of 1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 22 March 1918. This service will be take place at Savy British Cemetery, France.

Wednesday 10 July

10.15am – A rededication service for Serjeant Laurence Connell MM of 1/Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 5 October 1918. This service will take place at Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium.

11.15am – A rededication service for Second Lieutenant Joseph Bryson MC att. 9/Royal Irish Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 6 October 1918, and Second Lieutenant William Cunningham att. 1/Royal Irish Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 1 October 1918. This service will take place at Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium.

3pm – A rededication service for Private William McCann of 1/Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 21 October 1918. This service will take place at Stasegem Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

Mccann Alias — The Pension Record Card of William McCann, showing his 'alias' of Patrick. A list of soldiers who used an alias can be found here Project Alias - the results and a searchable database

Thursday 11 July

10.30am – A rededication service for Corporal Edward Doyle, Private Bertie George Reynolds MM, Lance Corporal James Edward Freer and Lance Corporal George Washington of 1/Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who were killed in action on 28 and 29 September 1918. This service will take place at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.

2.30pm – A rededication service for Captain Valentine Knox Gilliland of 2/Royal Irish Rifles, who was killed in action on 7/8 May 1918. This service will take place at Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension, Belgium.