Identified! UK - David Lytton, South Pennines, 'Neil Dovestone', 65-75, Dec'15

[CoverMeCagney]

I think this is quite probably bang on dotr.

Not related to your post but I still cant get the neil name, hes definitely still a Dave to me!

OMG, dalsglen, you were right!!! I think you need to get yourself over to the Unidentified threads and see what you can do haha!!

 

[CoverMeCagney]

I can't find any birth records (England/Wales) for David Lytton. Maybe he was born in Pakistan. Hopefully the police will be able to fill in some of the back story tomorrow.

EDIT, checked and don't think he was born in Pakistan (or any other countries under the British India Office records)
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/resu...ia-office-births-and-baptisms?lastname=lytton

 

[Bethan]

Wow, I wasn't expecting this at all when I clicked on the link!

So pleased Neil Dovestone has his rightful identity.

RIP Mr David Lytton.

Thoughts are with his loved ones.


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[Elainera]

OMG I also did not expect to find these news when I clicked here! Excellent. So he can finally being laid to rest.

 

[Legally Bland]

RIP David.

So glad he's been identified. I wonder if we'll ever know the full story.

 

[badhorsie]

Amazingly good news. Well done Det Sgt Coleman and GMP. RIP Mr David Lytton

 

[DanceCard]

Just read this elsewhere and came straight to the thread.
Great news that he's been identified, although there are still some mysterious factors here for me.
RIP David Lytton.

 

[alreetlike]

Just read this elsewhere and came straight to the thread.
Great news that he's been identified, although there are still some mysterious factors here for me.
RIP David Lytton.

^I could've written all of this myself! So pleased to hear he has his identity back.

 

[dalsglen]

OMG, dalsglen, you were right!!! I think you need to get yourself over to the Unidentified threads and see what you can do haha!!

Oh my, fantastic news!!! Im so happy he has his name back, told ya he looked like a dave!

 

[CoverMeCagney]

David Lytton already has his own Wiki page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lytton

Has anyone tried to find out more about him? I've done some cursory googling but not a lot coming up, or at least nothing definite. A couple of potential marriages for men of that name, and some 192 listings in London, not finding any Pakistan connections though.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

This is the police site for unidentified bodies in the UK - there are currently 550 listed going back to the 1960's. Beware the post mortem photos.

http://www.missingpersons.police.uk/en/search

There are a couple that stand out for me, anyone up for a bit of UK UID sleuthing as I might start a new thread?

 

[dalsglen]

How sad eh, 9 hour or so flight, 3/4 hour train ride.. to kill himself on a hill?! Such a puzzle, hope we find out more tomorrow

 

[dalsglen]

This is the police site for unidentified bodies in the UK - there are currently 550 listed going back to the 1960's. Beware the post mortem photos.

http://www.missingpersons.police.uk/en/search

There are a couple that stand out for me, anyone up for a bit of UK UID sleuthing as I might start a new thread?

Go for it!

ETA the very first man that comes up, is my town!! A bloody small town and have heard NOTHING of this!!

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Go for it!

ETA the very first man that comes up, is my town!! A bloody small town and have heard NOTHING of this!!

Oooh Peebles, used to go stay at the Hydro when we were kids and last went there about 10 years ago. Lovely little town. OK, well since he's first / most recent on the list I'll set a thread up once I've picked the kids up.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

How sad eh, 9 hour or so flight, 3/4 hour train ride.. to kill himself on a hill?! Such a puzzle, hope we find out more tomorrow

That's the thing, the location MUST have meant something to him. Why go to all that effort to travel back to die?

 

[DanceCard]

That's the thing, the location MUST have meant something to him. Why go to all that effort to travel back to die?

If he was 67 when he died, that means he was very likely to have been born in 1949. (maths not my strong point though!)
We know that he was ruled out as a survivor of the plane crash in 1949 but I'm now back to thinking there's a link. Member of his family perhaps?
Don't suppose we know David's actual DOB? I saw one report that said he was 68.

ETA - 1948 or 49. Maths not my strong point ha ha

 

[dalsglen]

Oooh Peebles, used to go stay at the Hydro when we were kids and last went there about 10 years ago. Lovely little town. OK, well since he's first / most recent on the list I'll set a thread up once I've picked the kids up.

Hydros not changed since lol
Have just messaged our local reporter about it seen as theres nowt on local police or newspaper fb about him. My kiddies have swimming lessons so wont be back til this evening

 

[dalsglen]

That's the thing, the location MUST have meant something to him. Why go to all that effort to travel back to die?

If he was 67 when he died, that means he was very likely to have been born in 1949. (maths not my strong point though!)
We know that he was ruled out as a survivor of the plane crash in 1949 but I'm now back to thinking there's a link. Member of his family perhaps?
Don't suppose we know David's actual DOB? I saw one report that said he was 68.

ETA - 1948 or 49. Maths not my strong point ha ha

I think the location must have some major importance, the crash seems logical and fitting

 

[Elainera]

David Lytton already has his own Wiki page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lytton

Has anyone tried to find out more about him? I've done some cursory googling but not a lot coming up, or at least nothing definite. A couple of potential marriages for men of that name, and some 192 listings in London, not finding any Pakistan connections though.

I actually just spent an hour or so trying to see if there's a possible connection to the Lytton Cobbold family (English peers, Lords, barons, etc), because his nose looks similar to me to the nose of David Antony Fromanteel Lytton Cobbold. I perused their family tree, searching for someone who could have been his father/mother or aunt or something, but did not find anything. He could of course be a distant relative not mentioned on that website. http://family-tree.cobboldfht.com/people/a

This is the police site for unidentified bodies in the UK - there are currently 550 listed going back to the 1960's. Beware the post mortem photos.

http://www.missingpersons.police.uk/en/search

There are a couple that stand out for me, anyone up for a bit of UK UID sleuthing as I might start a new thread?

Yes do that!

That's the thing, the location MUST have meant something to him. Why go to all that effort to travel back to die?

Maybe it's much more simple than we thought. Where he was found is called "Indian's Head". Maybe he had lived in India and had fond memories. Connecting the two places he loved, England and India, to die there. Utter speculation!.

 

[DanceCard]

I actually just spent an hour or so trying to see if there's a possible connection to the Lytton Cobbold family (English peers, Lords, barons, etc), because his nose looks similar to me to the nose of David Antony Fromanteel Lytton Cobbold. I perused their family tree, searching for someone who could have been his father/mother or aunt or something, but did not find anything. He could of course be a distant relative not mentioned on that website. http://family-tree.cobboldfht.com/people/a

RSBM.
By coincidence, I've just been looking at similar.

There's a Lytton Road in Lahore. (For elimination purposes I also googled my surname which is a fairly well known British surname and my maiden names and neither have a road or street in Lahore named after them.)

The Governor General of India was Lord Lytton -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bulwer-Lytton,_1st_Earl_of_Lytton

Lahore is very close to the Indian border.