Why would Brazilians and/or Portuguese be included in the Commonwealth War Graves Registry? Neither Brazil nor Portugal were ever part of the British Empire or a Commonweath country. I. Nunes
--- On Wed, 11/11/09, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: Couldn't they be Mangaloreans, Brazilians or Portuguese? Just curious to know why you believe they are Goan, Mike? FN 2009/11/12 Michael Ali <mikeal...@aol.com>: > On this Veteran's day let us pause and > say a prayer for the large number of Goans > who have laid down their lives in the service > of their country. A partial search of the > website of the Commonwealth War > Graves Commission www.cwgc.org lists > 215 Fernandes, 59 D'Souzas, 45 Dias', > 21 D'Silvas, 4 Noronhas, 3 D'Mellos > among others. -- Frederick Noronha :: +91-832-2409490 Writing, editing, alt.publishing, photography, journalism
