Хмельницький портал

Первая мировая война прошла и через Проскуров, Были здесь и союзники России по Антанте. На старом городском кладбище сохранилась могила лейтенанта Ее Величества Виктора Лоренса Эдвардса (фото прислал Стас Маковкин). Кто знает какие-либо подробности - пишите.

Было сформировано полтора десятка бронедивизионов, один из них весной 1917 года был направлен на русский фронт из Месопотамии. Вначале был на Кавказе, затем на Юго-Западном фронте, потом в Румынии. Лейтенант Виктор Лоуренс Эдвардс был ранен и умер в проскуровском госпитале. ЕМНИП, его потомки живут в Австралии, о могиле знают.

Вот так выглядел один из тех девайсов, на которых воевал лейтенант Эдвардс. Фотография сделана в Тирасполе с января по март 1917 года. А поскольку направленный в Россию дивизион был один - выходит, что это машина из его дивизиона:

Возможно.

Tony Edwards - Nov '06I would be most grateful if you could shed any light on the activities of the Armoured Car Division (Russia) in the Ukraine in 1916.
My great uncle Victor Lawrence Edwards along with two of his brothers joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1914 .
Unlike his two brothers who served both in Gallipoli and the Somme very little is known of Victors war other than that he he died on the 21 August 1917 and is the only serviceman buried in the Proskurov Catholic Cemetery having died from "exposure during the retreat" according to the gravestone subsequently erected by his fellow officers.

Can anyone tell me the address of the old Catholic Cemetery in the city?

I will be visiting Khmelnitskiy soon from the British Embassy and am looking for the grave of Lt Edwards (Лейтенант Эдвардс) to check its condition.

Thanks

John

pipsandjohn писав(ла):

Look here. The old Catholic Cemetery
Besides it's condition good. In first post the real foto,it was maded last year.

Many thanks for the quick reply. I saw from the properties of the photo that it was new.

It seems that the cemetery covers quite a large area; any idea in which part is the grave?

John

pipsandjohn писав(ла):

It looks large. :pardon: Many graves was crashed or destroyed at all. You'll see. Tomorrow i'll specify position on a map +-10 meters. :ok:

Thank you so much. My plan is to check the condition of the grave to see whether any repair work is required. It hasn't been visited by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for many years.