 On the Isle of Grain... far from the battlefield They are all recorded in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour register and have the same type of headstone as those buried overseas. Elsewhere I've written about Private Sydney Bone who is buried in St Paul's churchyard in Withington, Manchester.  Once you've started noticing these solitary graves it is hard to ignore them. On Boxing Day, 26 December 2002, we drove out to the rather bleak peninsula on the Medway Estaury in Kent known as the Isle of Grain. Close to the ancient little church of St James we found two graves.The first headstone (seen on the left) commemorates Private Harry Pullen of the Suffolk Regiment who died on 10 July 1918 at the age of 31. He was the husband of Harriet Pullen, of 42, St. Paul's Rd., Camden Square, London. The second grave , seen below with a wreath of poppies which must have been laid there on Remembrance Day 2002, belongs to Driver W G Allen of the Royal Field Artillery who died on 7 August 1916. That's all I know about him.  There are two other war graves in this churchyard (an unidentified airman of the Royal Air Force and an unidentified seaman of the Merchant Navy).If anybody knows why Private Pullen and Driver Allen might be buried in this lonely, out-of-the-way spot I'd be very pleased to hear from them. And if you're ever out that way do pay a visit to the church.  St James Church
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