Thomas Ignaitius Haggar Posted 11 February 2014 by Peter HaggerThomas Ignaitius Haggar - Died 8 Aug 1916 on the Somme, France. Buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. Private, Service No 303732, 1st / 8th Battalion, The Kings (Liverpool Regiment). Awarded Victory and Star medals. His death is also recorded on the Roll of Honour at the Harris Museum in Preston. Son of Joseph Richard and Alice [Click to continue…]
Bernard William Hagger Posted 23 January 2014 by Peter HaggerBernard William Hagger – died of wounds in Egypt, 27th Nov 1917. Hampshire Rgt., 3rd / 4th Battalion. Rank A/Corporal, service number 201706, enlisted Alton, Hampshire. Awarded Victory and British War medals. The 3rd / 4th Battalion were a a territorial unit. May 1915 formed at Winchester and then moved to Bournemouth. Kantara War Memorial [Click to continue…]
George William Ivall Posted 6 May 2014 by Philip TaylorGeorge William Ivall was born on 8 November 1880 in Somers Town, an area of North London between Euston and St Pancras Stations. His parents were George (1853-1932, a cabinet maker) and Alice Ivall (1856-1935, maiden name Newman). They had five children : Alice Elizabeth (1877-1939), George William (1880-1934), Rosa (1884-1884), Rose Lily (1885-1965) [Click to continue…]
Helen Elizabeth Mary Mayne Posted 16 November 2014 by Departed MemberElizabeth, then known as Nellie, was the granddaughter of a Scottish missionary who had administered to the poorest of the poor in South India for fifty years http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/faithandfamily.htm. Her home was therefore in the Palani Hills of South India where she was born. Educated at Ancaster House, Bexhill-on-Sea in England, [Click to continue…]
Forbes Masterton Posted 5 August 2026 by Gordon MastertonForbes volunteered for the Royal Naval Voluntary Reserve on 4th October 1914, soon after the war started. He was 5'7" tall, with brown hair and grey eyes. But the navy had surplus volunteers and the army was short of men. Drake battalion was one of eight infantry battalions created to form the Royal Naval Division. Its first action was in the Gallipoli [Click to continue…]