SSH and environs

Gale is a very common name in my parts of Somerset and Dorset. George Claremont Gale was my second cousin, coming from my great aunt Emma's family after emigration. He came from Canada to serve in the second world war and was posted as missing in action. He is commemorated on the Air Force Memorial at Runnymede.

The name just visible on this stone at Bourton, near the Somerset/Wiltshire border is George Gideon Gale. He is from another part of my tree. This George was the son of Gideon and brother of Igdaliah. Igdaliah married Rosina Chant, daughter of Dan Chant who used to have 'The Duke of Cornwall' in Stoke-sub-Hamdon.

Although I have not identified Igdaliah and Rosina's resting place, his father is buried at St Mary's in Stoke.

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1270553

Labels: Environs, Genealogy, Gravestones, Somerset