Francis William Hagger - Killed in action 01 Oct 1916, France & Flanders.   Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Riles) Service No 5500 Thiepval Memorial also Commemorated on Leytonstone War Memorial.  Awarded Victory & British War Medal 1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Westminster Rifles) in 1916 were inolved [Click to continue…]

This is one of four stories about sibling members of a Howes family, compiled and contributed to www.howesfamilies.com by John Howes, the grandson of one of them.  The four siblings, all of whom had their lives profoundly affected by the war are (Peter) Frank Howes,  Leonard William Howes,  Cyril Frank Howes and Eleanor Margaret Howes. (Clicking [Click to continue…]

Charles Frederick Rayment was born on 9th October 1891 in the village of Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire, England, the son of Albert Barnard Rayment, a 41-year-old Coachman, and his second wife Harriet Rayment née Harrington. The period of his early family life, first in Bedfordshire and later in Yorkshire, appears to have been rather uneventful and [Click to continue…]

George Haggar - Killed in action 27 July 1916. George was born in 1895 at Wallington, Hertfordshire to Charles and Hannah (nee Draper). He was living with his parents at the time of 1901 and 1911 census and was shown as a Farm Labourer in the 1911 census. He had eleven siblings. He enlisted on 30th January 1915 in Hitchin and he is recorded [Click to continue…]

Eldest 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…]