Douglas Leonard Rayment Posted 25 May 2018 by Roy RaymentDouglas Leonard Rayment, the son of Leonard Rayment (a clerk in the tobacco trade) and Elsie Rayment née Kirk, was born in North London, England on 17th December 1912. He was the eldest of three children, his birth being followed in 1916 by that of a sister named Jean Elsie Rayment and in 1921 by a brother named Kenneth Gordon Rayment. After leaving [Click to continue…]
Albert Edward Drake Posted 15 December 2014 by Departed MemberAlbert Edward Drake was born in 1895 in Camberwell, London, the fourth son of Alfred Drake and Louisa Annie (formerly Johnson). Alfred and Louisa Annie married 24 Mar 1883 at Battle Bridge All Saints, London, and this Drake line is traced back to Morley, Norfolk. Albert was a Rifleman with the 12th Battalion the Royal Irish Rifles. He died 16 Aug [Click to continue…]
Albert Edward Commins Posted 7 March 2017 by John ComminsPrivate Albert Edward Commins was born 10 Nov 1880 at 16 Betterton St St Giles and was my grandfather, between 1884 and 1885 was admitted to hospital with broncopnuemonia and a diseased finger . He left 4 children between 5 and 14 at his death, and also was the cause of my Gmother's nervous breakdown. I knew that my Gfather had died in WW1 but had [Click to continue…]
Bert William Greathead Posted 28 November 2013 by Jan CooperBert’s parents were Henry Percy and Eliza Greathead née Hunt both born in England. They married on 3 March 1889 and in April they set off on the Steam Ship Lusitania in April 1889 on an unassisted passage arriving in Sydney on 4 May 1889 to set up home in Australia. Their first son was born on 28 January 1890 but died shortly after. Bert William [Click to continue…]
George Greathead Posted 28 November 2013 by Jan CooperGeorge Greathead was born in 1891 in Uppingham, Rutland, England. He was the son of Frederick Greathead and Fanny Dyas. His father died when he was only seven years old. His mother remarried in 1899. In the census of 31 March 1901 in 3 Gladstone Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, he was listed as the step son of Robert Fovargue and he was working [Click to continue…]