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 1894 - 1918 (24 years)
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| Name |
Edward DIMOND |
| Born |
Sep QTR 1894 |
Bexley Heath, Kent, England (Dartford District vol. 2a, pg 454)  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
D335D7A9A3B1784CBC322117E29C9F7356C1 |
| Died |
19 Nov 1918 |
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France [1] |
| Buried |
St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France S. III. W. 20 |
| Person ID |
I824 |
Chamberlain Family |
| Last Modified |
1 Dec 2017 |
| Father |
Charles DIMOND, b. 24 Sep 1861, Holy Trinity, Newington, Surrey, England , d. 6 Jun 1939, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Hannah Louise BUCKLAND, b. Abt 1864, d. 17 Mar 1919, Bexleyheath, Kent, England (Age 55 years) |
| Married |
5 Nov 1884 |
St Mary's, Lewisham, Kent, |
| _UID |
BD28DC23A6C615449FFA0352590111B6B830 |
| Family ID |
F365 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Killed in action in World War 1
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| Sources |
- [S107] Debt of Honour Roll, Certificate of Service, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (Name: http://www.cwgc.org.uk;).
With the aid of Commonwealth War Graves Commission website the memorial to Edward Dimond, the son of Charles and Hannah Louisa Dimond of Bexley Heath, Kent, England, has now been located. He had enlisted in England with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd Bn.. At the time of his death he had attained the rank of Lance Serjeant. His service number was 28466. He was killed on 19 November 1918 at the age of 29 and laid to rest in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France - Grave/Memorial Reference: S. III. W. 20.
St. Sever Cemetery and Extension is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf. Coming from Elbeuf/Caen on the N.138 follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the roundabout. Take the fourth exit into Boulevard Stanislas Girardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. If coming from station Rive Gauche, Gare St Sever, follow Quai D'Elbeuf, Quai Jean Moulin, Quai Cavelier De La Salle into Avenue Jean Rondeaux, Av. De La Liberation, Bd. Du 11 Novembre to the roundabout. Take first exit into Boulevard Stanislas Girardin, the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. St Sever is part of Le Petit Quevilly. The first CWGC signpost is just when you get to the entrance of the cemetery. (Provided courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. No copyright claimed here.)
During the First World War, Commonwealth camps and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen. A base supply depot and the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were also established in the city. Almost all of the hospitals at Rouen remained there for practically the whole of the war. They included eight general, five stationary, one British Red Cross and one labour hospital, and No. 2 Convalescent Depot. A number of the dead from these hospitals were buried in other cemeteries, but the great majority were taken to the city cemetery of St. Sever. In September 1916, it was found necessary to begin an extension, where the last burial took place in April 1920. During the Second World War, Rouen was again a hospital centre and the extension was used once more for the burial of Commonwealth servicemen, many of whom died as prisoners of war during the German occupation. The cemetery extension contains 8,345 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (ten of them unidentified) and 328 from the Second World War (18 of them unidentified). The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. (Provided courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. No copyright claimed here.)
Further details concerning the career of Edward Dimond may possibly be found in the extant First World War service files housed at the National Archives, Kew, England. Many of those documents were badly burned during the Second World War so it is uncertain just how full and complete a picture of Leonard's service would be gained.
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