Arnold Henry Grant Kemball Posted 2 December 2013 by Clifford KemballLieutenant Colonel Arnold Henry Grant Kemball was born on the 4th January 1861 in Belgaum, India, the son of Major General John Shaw and Dora Kemball. After completing his formal education at Sandhurst in 1880, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1st Battalion Royal Scots Regiment. Joining the 5th Gurkha Rifles of the Indian Army he rose to [Click to continue…]
Henry (also known as Harry) Hagger Posted 18 February 2014 by Peter HaggerHenry (also known as Harry) Hagger - Died of wounds 2 Nov 1918, France & Flanders, Service No 204919, 11th Battalion (Prince of Wales Volunteers) South Lancashire Regiment. Buried Pomereuil British Cemetery. Enlisted Cambridge. Awarded Victory and British War medals. Henry was born in Cambridge in 1888. In 1901 he was living in Cambridge [Click to continue…]
William George Hagger Posted 18 May 2017 by Peter HaggerWilliam George Hagger – Killed on 15 June 1918 age 33, buried in the Granezza British Cemetery, Italy. Sergeant in the Royal Field Artillery and awarded the Military Medal. Born in 1884 in Lambeth to William George Hagger and Rose (nee Halsey). At the time of the 1891 census he was living in the Parish of Bromley with his parents and siblings Ellen [Click to continue…]
Joe Cree Posted 26 October 2014 by Departed MemberWhat happened to our Joe? This is the story of Joe Cree, a young Australian farmer. But it could be the story of anyone who joined up to fight for his country. It is perhaps the archetypical story of war. Joseph Cree was born in Majorca, a little town in Victoria, in November 1894. His father Samuel Talbot Cree was born in County Down, Ireland, probably [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…]