Leonard William Glandfield Last Posted 17 November 2013 by Simon LastGunner Leonard William Glandfield LAST was killed in France on 23rd December 1916 aged 23. He was the son of Leonard Henry and Fanny Elizabeth LAST (nee Piggott) and he was born in 1893 in New South Wales in Australia. He had one sister. He is buried in the Delville Wood Cemetery in Longueval in France.
James Oliver Drake Posted 8 January 2015 by Departed MemberJames Oliver Drake was born in 1898 in Weymouth, Dorset, the older son of James and Blanche (formerly Oliver). James was a Private with the 1st Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment, and died 16 Apr 1918. His name is on the Arras Memorial (Bay 3) For more on this Dorset family contact me on drake@one-name.org
Kenneth Gordon Rayment Posted 26 May 2018 by Roy RaymentWorld War 2 fighter ace Kenneth Gordon Rayment was the youngest of the three children of Leonard Rayment and Elsie Rayment née Kirk. He was born on 11th March 1921 in Wanstead, Essex, England and lived in nearby Woodford Green until leaving school in 1937, when he became a Merchant Navy deck officer on the Argentine run. He joined the RAFVR (Royal [Click to continue…]
James Ivall Posted 27 April 2014 by Philip TaylorJames Ivall was a grandson of Alexander “Sandy” Ival (1831-1911), who emigrated from Scotland to Canada in about 1837 and had ten children. James was a son of the third child, also called Alexander (1855-1922) and his wife Sarah. James was the third of their six children. He was born on July 11th 1885 in Morin Flats (now called Morin Heights), [Click to continue…]
Cyril Frank Howes Posted 29 December 2013 by Paul HowesThis 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…]