Post by cbcox1944 on Oct 21, 2023 7:43:45 GMT
Dear Readers,
I am appealing to the good people of Warwickshire in the hope to find information on my Maternal Great Uncle, Charles Tweed of Atherstone in North Warwickshire. The aim of my research is to write and hopefully publish an account of Warwickshire’s and my relations role in the Second World War. As the greatest generation slowly reduces in number, it is the responsibility of my generation and indeed that of my young children to honour the memories and exploits of those who served from our home county during that time:
The specifics of my search are:
• To source evidence and memories related to any involvement in the D-Day landings in Normandy, 6th June 1944, and throughout the Normandy campaign.
• Veterans themselves or any wartime affects in family possession for The Royal Warwickshire Regiment throughout the Second World War.
• Wider members of the Tweed family of Atherstone, North Warwickshire.
• Any possible relations of a Joan Meads, possibly of Nuneaton or Atherstone.
Corporal Charles Tweed, served in the 2nd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment during the Second World War, from November 1940 when he enlisted through to landing on D-Day on Sword Beach and to the outskirts of Caen where subsequently died of wounds inflicted on 19th July 1944. Sadly, any knowledge and detail of my Great Uncle Charles has been lost to our family. I have tried all possible official routes and sources, unfortunately the MoD no longer has his service records on file, they have mostly likely been lost or destroyed. As he was not a commissioned officer, his death is not specifically mentioned in the battalion war diary, he is simply one of the 248 ‘Other Ranks’ casualties from his battalion during Operation Goodwood.
Charles Married during the war, on 26th December 1942, leaving his widow Joan behind. Joan subsequently remarried, we believe that Mrs Joan Tweed (nee Merrick), became Mrs Joan Meads after marrying Frank Meads in 1950. As well as appealing to the families of veterans themselves, my deepest hope is to find connection to my wider family in Warwickshire, the Tweeds, and also to appeal in search of the family of my great uncle’s widow’s new family as it would have been Joan that received the fateful telegram confirming her loss. Sadly, we have no photographs of him in life, only of his gravestone in the Douvres-la-Délivrande Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Normandy.
I volunteer at the Regimental Museum for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in Warwick who do wonderful work and are of great help. If you or any of your family and friends are able to offer any assistance with this project, please contact me on 07872108636 or by e-mail at cbcox@hotmail.co.uk
Yours Faithfully
Christopher B Cox
I am appealing to the good people of Warwickshire in the hope to find information on my Maternal Great Uncle, Charles Tweed of Atherstone in North Warwickshire. The aim of my research is to write and hopefully publish an account of Warwickshire’s and my relations role in the Second World War. As the greatest generation slowly reduces in number, it is the responsibility of my generation and indeed that of my young children to honour the memories and exploits of those who served from our home county during that time:
The specifics of my search are:
• To source evidence and memories related to any involvement in the D-Day landings in Normandy, 6th June 1944, and throughout the Normandy campaign.
• Veterans themselves or any wartime affects in family possession for The Royal Warwickshire Regiment throughout the Second World War.
• Wider members of the Tweed family of Atherstone, North Warwickshire.
• Any possible relations of a Joan Meads, possibly of Nuneaton or Atherstone.
Corporal Charles Tweed, served in the 2nd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment during the Second World War, from November 1940 when he enlisted through to landing on D-Day on Sword Beach and to the outskirts of Caen where subsequently died of wounds inflicted on 19th July 1944. Sadly, any knowledge and detail of my Great Uncle Charles has been lost to our family. I have tried all possible official routes and sources, unfortunately the MoD no longer has his service records on file, they have mostly likely been lost or destroyed. As he was not a commissioned officer, his death is not specifically mentioned in the battalion war diary, he is simply one of the 248 ‘Other Ranks’ casualties from his battalion during Operation Goodwood.
Charles Married during the war, on 26th December 1942, leaving his widow Joan behind. Joan subsequently remarried, we believe that Mrs Joan Tweed (nee Merrick), became Mrs Joan Meads after marrying Frank Meads in 1950. As well as appealing to the families of veterans themselves, my deepest hope is to find connection to my wider family in Warwickshire, the Tweeds, and also to appeal in search of the family of my great uncle’s widow’s new family as it would have been Joan that received the fateful telegram confirming her loss. Sadly, we have no photographs of him in life, only of his gravestone in the Douvres-la-Délivrande Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Normandy.
I volunteer at the Regimental Museum for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in Warwick who do wonderful work and are of great help. If you or any of your family and friends are able to offer any assistance with this project, please contact me on 07872108636 or by e-mail at cbcox@hotmail.co.uk
Yours Faithfully
Christopher B Cox
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