With
reference to my recent blog ~ “I’ve got a job …!!” ~ click on the image on link
below ..
https://southshoretidewatch.blogspot.com/2025/07/ive-got-job.html
This afternoon I completed
my first war grave inspection for the CWGC. It was the grave of Edson Daniel
Berrigan, who died 19 February 1919, from illness and injuries sustained during
WWI.
More can be
read about Edson in a blog I wrote about him on 11 November 2018 titled ~ “One
of many remembered today …” ~ click on the image or link below …
https://southshoretidewatch.blogspot.com/2018/11/one-of-many-remembered-today.html
During the
past few days, I have been studying and watching a CWGC training video about
their Maintenance Planner app. Initially when I first started looking at it, I
got slightly worried and a little apprehensive, the app. seemed rather involved
and complicated. To make things a little more challenging, because I do not have a cell phone, I will have to complete the required actions and checklist offline at the gravesite with
my iPad, then upload the information and photos when I get home.
Feeling
more confident about the app., I went off to do my first CWGC task, which was
only about five minutes along the road. Edson’s
gravestone was badly stained with mould and fungi, which required a good bit of
scrubbing. The overall inspection has 26 items on the checklist to complete,
which cover the cemetery ~ condition, access, GPS, and the gravestone ~ general
condition (cracks, movement, leaning), eligibility of inscriptions, information
on the stone, GPS and other details the CWGC require for their records. It was all completed and in the end, I actually found the app. to be a breeze …
Below are
my photos from today, showing the cemetery entrance and the before and after (cleaning) pics of the gravestone. The poppy on the gravestone, I leave that there on every November 11th …
Before ....
After ....
