Florence Jessie Dicksee Posted 14 March 2019 by Departed MemberDuring her two-year period of service, Florence spent time in France, Egypt and Salonika, Greece.
Taliesyn Beazley Posted 13 May 2018 by Departed MemberTaliesyn was born in Cardiff 22 April 1896. Son of William John Henry Beazley and Elizabeth Jane. Died 29 June 1916, Mesopotamia, and is buried at Amara War Cemetery - Iraq, Plot Ref: XI. G. 9. He attended Stacey Road, Splotlands Infant School, Cardiff in 1899.
William Holloway Greathead Posted 28 November 2013 by Jan CooperWilliam Holloway Greathead was born in 1890 in Birmingham, Warwickshire in England. He was the son of John Josiah Greathead and Ann née Oliver. He lost his mother when he was only 7 years old while she was giving birth to his brother Alfred. William worked as a coal miner hewer and married Emily E Truman in 1914 in Birmingham. William Holloway Greathead [Click to continue…]
Thomas Ignaitius Haggar Posted 11 February 2014 by Peter HaggerThomas Ignaitius Haggar - Died 8 Aug 1916 on the Somme, France. Buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. Private, Service No 303732, 1st / 8th Battalion, The Kings (Liverpool Regiment). Awarded Victory and Star medals. His death is also recorded on the Roll of Honour at the Harris Museum in Preston. Son of Joseph Richard and Alice [Click to continue…]
Maurice John Dicksee Posted 14 March 2019 by Departed MemberMaurice was about 11 years old in December 1908 when he submitted the Christmas Pudding drawing along with a poem to the Invalids' Magazine Album. Perhaps he also had the natural artistic talent that was so abundant in his family. We will never know, as Maurice lost his life at the tender age of 21 years when he fell in action in northern France on [Click to continue…]