Henry William Hagger Posted 6 January 2018 by Peter HaggerHenry William Hagger – Died 19 Aug 1918, just 19. Buried Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Rifleman, 17th Batt. London Regt. Service No. 576422. Henry William was born in Mile End in 1899. In 1901 he was living in Pembroke Street, Islington with his parents Henry William Hagger and Alice Jane (nee Watson). In 1911 he was living [Click to continue…]
Eric Newman Haggar Posted 13 April 2020 by Peter HaggerKilled in action on 20th March 1917 in the area of the Somme in France and commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. When he signed up in 1915 it shows he had previously been in the Australian Army for 5 years as Corporal in the light Horse. It appears he was made Lieutenant when he re-enlisted in the Australian Infantry. His mother Isabella [Click to continue…]
Lewis Edward Drake Posted 13 December 2014 by Departed MemberLewis Edward Drake was born in Gomersal, Yorkshire in 1877, the younger son of John Drake and Nancy (formerly Nancy Yeadon Butler) who were married on 29 Sep 1861 at Calverley St Wilfrid, and grandson of Joseph Drake of Charlotte (formerly Haley), who were married 6 May 1838 at Calverley St Wilfrid. Lewis emigrated to Canada and was a Private in the [Click to continue…]
Lawrence Heenan Posted 31 July 2018 by Karen Heenan-DaviesLawrence Heenan was born in 1891 in West Lothian, Scotland, one of five sons and three daughters born to Laurence Heenan and his wife Margaret. Laurence Heenan was of Irish origin, possibly from County Clare. He worked as a tin miner and then a coal miner in the Denny area of Stirlingshire and also in Lanarkshire. His son Lawrence was also working [Click to continue…]
Sidney James Ashley Posted 4 October 2016 by Janet AshleySidney James Ashley was born 1888, Battersea, London, the second son of Elah Edward Ashley and Alice Ann [nee Howard]. When Sidney was three his father died and between 1891-1901 he spent some years in a workhouse. 1911, he was single, working as a porter for the L.S.W. railway and living with his widowed mother and elder brother Albert George Ashley [Click to continue…]