Research a Random Grave

Have you ever been walking through a cemetery and had a grave marker catch your attention? You wonder about the person it commemorates.

I’ve stumbled upon a series of YouTube Shorts, 2 minutes in length, that follow a common pattern, investigating the person beneath the gravestone. Included are videos or images of places around King’s Lynn, Norfolk, that were important in the person’s life.

The latest is about George Robert Mann, who emigrated to Canada, joined the CEF, was sent to England, married, and died on 3 February 1919. View it here.

On his CEF attestation paper, Mann provided his Canadian address as Bethany, Ontario, a community situated on Highway 7 between Peterborough and Port Perry. His occupation was listed as a labourer.  It’s a reminder of the thousands upon thousands of immigrants to Canada from the UK who signed up with the CEF and the many who didn’t survive to return after the war.