Albert Ernest Rayment was born at Islington in London during the year 1896, the son of a house furnisher named Albert Benjamin Rayment and his wife Florence Mary Rayment née Morris. Albert was the second of their five children and he grew up in North London where he met and married Lilian Lawrence in late 1917 whilst he was on leave from the Army, [Click to continue…]

Lieutenant Colonel Arnold Henry Grant Kemball was born on the 4th January 1861 in Belgaum, India, the son of Major General John Shaw and Dora Kemball. After completing his formal education at Sandhurst in 1880, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1st Battalion Royal Scots Regiment. Joining the 5th Gurkha Rifles of the Indian Army he rose to [Click to continue…]

John Rivers Greathead was born on 1 August 1895. He was the son of Dr John Baldwin Smithson Greathead M.B.Edin.,M.R.C.S., London and Ellen Annie Bubb. He was educated in 1914 in Christs College, Cambridge and was a medical student. He was Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade he joined in the summer of 1916 with commission. He died on [Click to continue…]

Killed 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…]