Fred Gregory Bampton Posted 24 April 2014 by Philip TaylorFred Gregory Bampton was born in 1891, the third of four children born to John Robert Bampton and his wife Jane Maria nee Gregory who married in 1884. The family appear in the 1891 census living at 1 York Place, Chalvey (which is now a suburb of Slough). Listed were John Bampton (aged 27, hammerman in iron works), his wife Jane (29) and their children [Click to continue…]
Joseph Drake Posted 18 August 2015 by Departed MemberJoseph Drake born 1895 in Bradford, Yorkshire, was the elder son of William Henry Dixon Drake and Bertha Annie (formerly Jones) who married 29 Aug 1891 at Bradford St Peter. Joseph's grandparents were John Henry Drake and Elizabeth (formerly Dixon) who married 24 Jul 1869 at Bradford St Peter, and his great grandparents were William Drake and Mary [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…]
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.
William Leslie Laverick Posted 13 May 2018 by Departed MemberSon of Emmanuel Comby Laverick and Mary Hannah (nee Harrison). William Leslie Laverick was born 2 January 1890, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire and was baptised on the 2 February 1890 at St. Paul's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. He married Margaret Amelia Brian on the 4 September 1913, at St. Andrew, Cardiff, Wales. His father died 6 February 1918. William [Click to continue…]