Mark Adamthwaite Posted 26 October 2014 by Sue MastelMark Adamthwaite (sometimes known as William Adams) is one of the most colourful characters I have come across to date in my one-name study. He was definitely a bad lad, but must have been quite a charmer to get away with all his lies. The photo of Mark in uniform was taken in London (probably in 1915) and shows him with his sister-in-law Alice [Click to continue…]
Bertie Pinnuck Posted 22 April 2014 by Philip TaylorBertie Pinnuck was the fourth of nine children born to William Frederick and Clara Pinnuck. William, a labourer, died in 1909 aged 36. When war was declared in 1914, many men rushed to volunteer. However, as the casualty toll rose, the British Armed Services began to run out of men and so conscription was introduced in 1916. Bertie became eligible [Click to continue…]
William Stephen Parris Posted 6 October 2020 by David ParrisWilliam Stephen Parris was born sometime in 1870 In the village of FRISTON Sussex England, the son of William (senior) a 29 year old agricultural labour and his wife Mary Ann nee Smith. On the 1881 census records William has agricultural labour aged 11 years old living with his parents and 4 siblings at Farm cottage FRISTON, by the 1891 William [Click to continue…]
Harold John Hugh Dicksee Posted 14 March 2019 by Departed MemberHarold joined the London Regiment in 1910 and served with them until 1916 after which he moved to the RFC (later the RAF). On 27 December 1916 Harold's plane was shot down by the infamous 'Red Baron' (Manfred von Richthofen, pictured above) although he was fortunately unhurt in the incident. Harold's service file is filled with incidents causing him [Click to continue…]
Albert John Thomas Poke Posted 10 February 2014 by Margaret SpillerAlbert was born in Hackney in 1883, the son of John Thomas Poke and Sarah Cousina (nee Jackson). His father was a furrier and he was the third of seven children of this marriage. By 1901 he had left school and was living at home with the family in Edmonton whilst working as a sugar boiler. In 1911 he was still employed as a sugar boiler but was living [Click to continue…]