Alfred George Drake Posted 14 November 2014 by Departed MemberAlfred George Drake (1894-1915), a Corporal in the 8th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously. An extract from The London Gazette 21 Jan 1916 records 'For most conspicuous bravery on the night of 23 Nov 1915 near La Brique, France. He was one of a patrol of four which was reconnoitring towards the German lines. [Click to continue…]
Joseph Edward Greathead Posted 28 November 2013 by Jan CooperJoseph Edward Greathead was born in 1890 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England. He was the son of Edward Greathead and Annie Green. He married Carrie Eleanor Ward in 1910 in St Catherine, Burnley, Lancashire, England. He was Private in 134th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, enlisting in Burnley, Lancashire. He died on 25 June 1917 in Flanders, [Click to continue…]
Ernest John Pook Posted 10 February 2014 by Margaret SpillerErnest was born on 31st November 1874 in Tiverton, Devon, the son of James Pook and Ellen (nee Maeers). His father originated from Skilgate, Somerset and variously worked as a thatcher and a railway labourer. Ernest was the eldest of 11 children and by the time of the 1891 census he aged 16 and was working as a general labourer whilst still living [Click to continue…]
Eleanor Davies Posted 20 November 2014 by Departed MemberEleanor Davies, Royal Red Cross and Bar My great aunt Eleanor Davies was born 24 Dec 1875 in Glasgow (the daughter of Warren Davies and Eleanor (formerly Sewell). Warren Davies, an iron puddler from Newport, Monmouthshire, and Eleanor Sewell, from Newcastle upon Tyne, were married by Primitive Methodist Minister John Davison on 14 Jun 1872 at [Click to continue…]
George Henry Armitage Posted 8 May 2014 by Philip TaylorGeorge Henry Armitage was born on 17 January 1898 in Stoke Newington, North London, the youngest child of Robert Melton Armitage (1846-1910) and Ellen Armitage nee Pinnuck (1855-1913). George had three brothers and three sisters that survived into adulthood. His siblings were Robert (1881-1916), Emma (1883-1970), William (1884-1940), Florence (1887-1945), [Click to continue…]