Kenneth Gordon Rayment Posted 26 May 2018 by Roy RaymentWorld War 2 fighter ace Kenneth Gordon Rayment was the youngest of the three children of Leonard Rayment and Elsie Rayment née Kirk. He was born on 11th March 1921 in Wanstead, Essex, England and lived in nearby Woodford Green until leaving school in 1937, when he became a Merchant Navy deck officer on the Argentine run. He joined the RAFVR (Royal [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…]
Cyril David Rayment Posted 20 September 2018 by Roy RaymentCyril David Rayment, who was born on 3rd March 1924, was adopted on 21st May 1929 by Herbert Alfred Rayment and his wife Rosa Caroline Rayment née Giffen who had been married nearly ten years without having had any children. In September 1939 Cyril had left school and was working at the Post Office as a Boy Messenger when war was declared. In 1941, [Click to continue…]
Bertie Hagger Posted 11 February 2014 by Peter HaggerBertie Hagger – killed in action 23 July 1916, France / Flanders Service No.: 19512, Private, Enlisted - Deptford Awarded Victory and British War medals. Regiment: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1st Battalion – 15th August 1914 Mobilised for war and landed in Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western front including; 1914 - The Battle [Click to continue…]
Edward George Rayment Posted 7 October 2017 by Roy RaymentEdward George Rayment was born in London's East End on 13th April 1897, the sixth child of toothbrush maker Arthur Rayment and Catherine Rayment (née Roberts). Being one of a family of eight children in a very deprived area of London, his early life was far from easy and the fact that his father was rather too fond of drink did not exactly help matters. [Click to continue…]