06-07-2009, 11:55
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Re: Oswaldtwistle War Memorial
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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
Given the large number of Germans who were working in the UK prior to 1914 (a little like the Polish presence in the UK today) I wonder if there would have been any in Ossy who would have returned home and then been subsequently killed while wearing the coal scuttle? If so, should their names be on the monument?
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One way to find out is to go through the 1911 census for Oswaldtwistle looking for German names, might take you a while though.
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