Edwin Mead Hagger Posted 24 January 2014 by Peter HaggerEdwin Mead Hagger - Killed in action 20th Sept 1917, France & Flanders. Rifleman, Service NO A/200430. (Formerly 3rd / 22nd London Rgmt.) Son of Mary Ann Annereau formerly Hagger, Mary married Arthur C Annereau in 1895. Born 1883 Hackney and baptised in 1892 at Edmonton. In 1901 at age 18 he was in lodgings at Chertsey with his occupation [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…]
Osborne Albert Drake Posted 6 December 2014 by Departed MemberOsborne Albert Drake born 1900 in Norwich, the youngest son of Thomas Drake and Ann Emma (formerly Ashby). (Thomas was a horse dealer in Norwich, and Ann Emma died in 1911 aged 51.) Osborne was a Rifleman in the 1st Battalion of the Rifle Brigade and died 3 Sep 1918 aged 18. He is buried at Ligny St Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt (Reference [Click to continue…]