I have been remiss in updating my blog with the progress of the Sacrifice project. In addition to completing the stories of men whose graves I visited last year or earlier this year, I have received great support from volunteers who have visited graves near where they live or where they have been on holiday.

The latest essays are those for:

Private Sylvester Williams, who served with No.2 Construction Company (Coloured) in France. He died of tuberculosis on 4 August 1919 after his return to Canada and is buried in Miami Cemetery, Corwin, near his home town of Waynesville, Ohio.

The grave of Cadet Arthur Richardson

Cadet Arthur Richardson, Royal Air Force, who drowned in an accident on 4 October 1918 near Camp Mohawk, Deseronto, Ontario and who is buried in Bellefontaine Public Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri.

The Special Memorial in Greenwood Cemetery commemorating Leading Seaman Beatty and Seaman Metcalf

Leading Seaman Peter Beatty, Royal Navy, who was a gunner on the armed merchant ship SS Baysarua. He drowned on 22 July 1917 when the ship was alongside in New Orleans. He was buried in New Orleans in Cypress Grove Cemetery No. 2 but his grave was lost and he is commemorated in Greenwood Cemetery.

Seaman James Metcalf, Royal Naval Reserve, who was a gunner on the armed merchant ship SS Queen Helena. On 25 August 1918 when she was alongside in New Orleans, he fell off the ships gangway and drowned. He too was buried in New Orleans in Cypress Grove Cemetery No. 2 but his grave was also lost and he is commemorated in Greenwood Cemetery.