Robert Edward Drake Posted 18 November 2014 by Departed MemberRobert Edward Drake b 1878 was the seventh son of John Drake and Ellen Louisa (formerly Todd). (John Drake was a clergyman and the Rector of Great Wratting, Suffolk, for many years). The family descends from a prominent Devon family. Robert was a Captain in the 1st Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment, and died 8 Sep 1914 at Aisne. He was 36 years [Click to continue…]
Joseph Hagger (Edward Joseph) Posted 19 June 2014 by Peter HaggerKilled in action 23 Jul1917, Flanders, France. Commerated at Ypres - Menin Gate Memorial and Therfield War Memorial in St Mary's Church. Awarded Victory and British War medals. Joseph was born Edward Joseph in 1893 at Therfield, Hertfordshire to William and Ann (or Annie) Jane (nee Hale). Both in the 1901 and 1911 census he was shown as just [Click to continue…]
Stanley Edmund Hoe Posted 10 July 2019 by Linda HoeStanley was the eldest surviving son of William Henry Hoe and his 2nd wife Gertrude Wingate. Stanley Edmund was baptised on 11th August 1898, in Gainsborough Lincolnshire. In the 1911 England census, Stanley is the eldest of 4 children at home and attending school. On the 4th August 1914 Britain declares war on Germany. At first only men aged 18-41 [Click to continue…]
Christopher Rotherham Posted 4 December 2016 by Johan LauwensChristopher Rotherham was born on 12th April 1895 at Long Row Unstone, Derbyshire, the only son of John Henry Rotherham and Elizabeth [nee Wardle]. The couple did have a second child in 1897, who sadly died the same year. In 1901, the family set up home at 51/52 Chesterfield Road, Dronfield, when his father was working as a Sickle and Hook Maker, [Click to continue…]
William Duncan PATON Posted 4 December 2014 by Kim HouseEldest son of Alexander Paton and Helen Duncan, William was born October 1893 in Stone Rows, Oakley, Fifeshire, Scotland. William and his brother James found themselves in France during World War 1 Letters from William to his Father and Brother shows their closeness as a family, especially as their Mother had passed away in 1907. 14/9/1916 - [Click to continue…]