Leonard Hagger Posted 5 July 2021 by Peter HaggerLeonard HAGGER – Some info from www.thriplow.org.uk Private 10810 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Thursday, 22nd June 1916. Age 24. Son of Walter and Jane Hagger, of Thriplow, nr. Royston, Herts. Buried in BOISGUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave I. E. 7. Despite the fact that there have been Haggers in Thriplow [Click to continue…]
Arthur Edward Commins Posted 7 March 2017 by John ComminsHe was born at I St Johns Rd Plymouth and worked in Charterhouse Sq as a wholesale drapers asst . He was a war time volunteer who joined the Royal Garrison Artillery as a gunner on 26 Aug 1914 and was discharged to a commission in the 11th Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 13 Aug 1915 . The 11th Devons were a home service unit and following the formation [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…]
Frederick George Howes Posted 3 December 2017 by Paul HowesFREDERICK GEORGE HOWES Born: 1876 in Piddington, Northamptonshire Regiment: 298 th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Rank: Corporal Enlisted: Northampton Killed in action: 30.11.1917 Remembered with honour – Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium Frederick was born in Piddington and lived at the public house in Church Road. He was the son of George [Click to continue…]
Thomas Noel Heath Stretch Posted 27 March 2018 by Departed MemberThomas Noel Heath Stretch, the fourth son and the fifth child of John Francis Stretch (later Bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and Amelia Weekes, was born 22nd December 1893 at Brighton, Melbourne, where his father was Vicar of St. Andrew’s. He attended the Armidale School NSW, 1908-1909 and Brighton Grammar School. He began at Geelong [Click to continue…]