Just want to say that I am passionate about the hundreth anniversary of the sinking of the lusitania. my mums great uncle SYDNEY DURAND aged 18 was killed on that ship. he was only 18, it was his first voyage and his mother didnt want him to go. when his sisters (there were 6 girls and only 1 boy, sydney) heard of the sinking of the Lucy, they took part in the liverpool riots that day, against the 'german' pork butchers!!
my huge bug bear is that Sydney Durand,pronounced DEWRAND, has been listed as crew and commemorated by the cwgc as DEWRANCE. Despite providing them with every shred of prrof that I have....bundles of records, certificates etc. they will not change the spelling of his name to Durand. Sydney Durand is not commemorated in perpetuity...and neither is Sydney Dewrance, because he did not exist!
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.....BUT NOT IN SYDNEY DURANDS case it would seem!!!
If anyone would like to support me in my fight to get SYDNEY DURAND properly recognised, please email me at
[email protected] and I will forward your emails to the cwgc administrator who I am in contact with. Many Thanks. Jane Elder