Fred Hagger Posted 12 February 2014 by Peter HaggerFred Hagger - Died 29 Mar 1917, France & Flanders, Private 16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Service No 57855. Buried Mesnil-St Nicaise Churchyard, France. Enlisted Bedford 15 Jan 1915. Awarded Victory and British War medals. He is also commerated on the war memorials at Old Fletton and Hitchin in Hertfordshire. The 16th Bat were mobilised [Click to continue…]
Sydney Kingston Gore Posted 19 November 2014 by Departed MemberSydney Gore was the eldest son of Dr Alfred Joseph Gore of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (later of Folkestone, Kent) by his wife, Edith, daughter of Henry Tompkins, Civil Servant of Abingdon Street, Westminster, London. Sydney was born at Barry in Wales, where his father was a doctor, and educated at the Harvey Grammar School and Penfillan House, [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…]
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.
Albert Hylands Posted 2 October 2021 by Departed MemberAlbert Hylands was born on 17 September 1887 in West Firle, Sussex to Joseph and Louise Alice (nee Cottington) Hylands. (GROB - Dec 1887 - Lewes - 2B/187) Joseph and Louise had six children: Mary, John Henry William, Albert, Sarah Jane, Beatrice May and Percival Joseph. All of whom were born at different locations around Sussex including Wilmington, [Click to continue…]