Clarence George Bampton Posted 28 April 2014 by Philip TaylorClarence was born in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalvey, which is now a suburb of Slough. His birth was registered during the first 3 months of 1887. He was the second child of John Robert Bampton (b1864) and his wife Jane Maria nee Gregory (b1861). Clarence had an elder sister Mary Jane Bampton (b1885) and two younger brothers Fred Gregory Bampton [Click to continue…]
Clarence Royal Greathead Posted 28 November 2013 by Jan CooperClarence Royal Greathead was born on 5 June 1897 in 13 Bentick Street, Hartlepool, Durham, England. He was the son of George William Greathead and Ada Greig. He was baptised on 20 June 1897 in St Paul's Church, West Hartlepool, Durham, England. Clarence had been educated at Henry Smith College and was an apprentice with Messrs Grabham and Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He [Click to continue…]
Edmund West Wadey DFM Posted 10 March 2017 by John ComminsEdmund West Wadey was born at 1 Beausley Rd Eastbourne to John Edmund Wadey & Ada Amelia West, the oldest sibling of 7 other brothers & sisters. In 1911 census he is listed as a laundry worker and this is the same occ as he has on his enlistment. He signed up for 12 yrs on 16 Sep 1913 at Eastbourne into the Navy as boy II then on 18 Jan 1914 [Click to continue…]
Thomas Watkins Rayment Posted 25 May 2018 by Roy RaymentThomas Watkins Rayment, known by everyone simply as "Tommy", was the son of Herbert John and Sara Louise Rayment. He was born during the year 1914 in Petersham, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, where both his English-born parents were working in the seed business. He was educated at Barker College (located in a North Shore suburb [Click to continue…]
Edward Thomas Hyde Drake Posted 8 January 2015 by Departed MemberEdward Thomas Hyde Drake was born 17 Feb 1892 in Finchley, London, the older son of Thomas Hyde Drake and Ada (formerly Jeffreys). His parents married 9 Oct 1886 at Tottenham Parish Church. His grandparents were Edward Drake and Anne Fanny (formerly Hyde) who married in 1843 at Westminster St James. Edward served as a Private with the Canadian Infantry [Click to continue…]