Eric Newman Haggar Posted 13 April 2020 by Peter HaggerKilled in action on 20th March 1917 in the area of the Somme in France and commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. When he signed up in 1915 it shows he had previously been in the Australian Army for 5 years as Corporal in the light Horse. It appears he was made Lieutenant when he re-enlisted in the Australian Infantry. His mother Isabella [Click to continue…]
Sydney Alfred Wharton Posted 24 March 2014 by Departed MemberSydney is the eldest child of Arthur Philip Wharton (1867-1925) and Ellen Rose Matthews (1862-1925). He had one brother called Hugh Wharton (1896-1959) and a sister called Kathleen Wharton (1899-1986). He was christened at St Andrews Church, Bircham Tofts on 22 December 1895. In 1901 census, aged 6 he was living at Pond House in Bircham Tofts, [Click to continue…]
John Edward PASK Posted 26 November 2013 by Stuart PaskJohn Edward PASK was born on 20 May 1873 in Manthorpe, Lincolnshire. He was the youngest son of John and Ann PASK née BELL. His father died on 30 April 1880 in Manthorpe, at the age of 62, leaving his mother with their two sons George Thomas PASK (1863-1919), and John Edward PASK, to bring up. In the census of 3 April 1881 in Bottom Road, Manthorpe, [Click to continue…]
William Alfred Rushen Posted 27 December 2013 by Peter RushenWilliam Alfred Rushen was born in Weymouth in 1892, one of six sons born to Edwin Rushen and Lucy Catherine Randell. He joined the 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment on 5 December 1910 at the age of seventeen years and nine months. On Attestation he was five feet seven and a half inches tall, weighed one hundred and thirteen pounds, with a chest measurement [Click to continue…]
Charles Robert Hagger Posted 11 February 2014 by Peter HaggerCharles Robert Hagger – Killed in action, 26 May 1915, France & Flanders. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Private, Service No.: 1318, Enlisted Place: Stepney. Awarded 1914/15 Star, Victory and British War medals. Regiment: Household Cavalry Calvary of Line (incl Yeoman.) 16th Lancers (Queens) Battalion. Birth Place: Chelmsford, [Click to continue…]