Eustace Gilbert Bowhay Eustace Gilbert Bowhay was the son of Albert Bowhay and Edith (formerly Woodd) born in 1889 in Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall. He was a Captain in the Devonshire Regiment and died aged 26 (unmarried) on 8 Mar 1916 in Mesopotamia. Much is known about this prominent Cornwall family, and I will be pleased to share information.  [Click to continue…]

William 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…]

Albert Wilfred Rushen Born 4th June 1893, All Saints, Witham, Essex. One of thirteen children born to Robert Arthur Rushen and Sarah Ann Carlick, both of Witham. 28th  June 1911 – At the age of eighteen volunteered for 12 years service in the Royal Navy. Height 5'5", chest 34", brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. In the 1911 census Albert is [Click to continue…]

1896 William Herbert Ashley, born 54 Beulah Road, Sutton, Surrey, was educated at Crown Road School, Sutton. Aged 14 in 1911, he worked as a junior clerk at a Fireworks factory. 1915 he was living 103 Thorpe Bank Road, Shepherds Bush, aged 18. He enlisted with the Royal Engineers and trained as a wireless operator and served in Salonica and Madras. [Click to continue…]