This week, we look in more detail at the great grandfather that Deceased Online user Barry Rees recently found in the database. Last week I mentioned that Barry Rees from Pembrokeshire was one of the winners of our tie-break competition to win a copy of Nick Barratt’s Greater London . Barry’s winning entry revealed that he was only able to find his ancestor’s grave thanks to Deceased Online’s digitized records for Plumstead Cemetery . He also told us that, “I still have his ship’s tool chest and tools.” Barry Rees with his great grandfather's tool chest Barry's great grandfather, Albert Alfred Scott, was born in Woolwich, not far from Plumstead in 1866. However, Barry knew that for much of his life, Albert worked as a ship’s joiner at Sheerness Dockyard on the east Kent coast. As Barry had inherited the ship’s tool chest and tools, he was always keen to find out where Albert was buried. By using the database , Barry discovered not only the grave of his gre...