George Hagger Posted 4 July 2021 by Peter HaggerGeorge Haggar - Killed in action 27 July 1916. George was born in 1895 at Wallington, Hertfordshire to Charles and Hannah (nee Draper). He was living with his parents at the time of 1901 and 1911 census and was shown as a Farm Labourer in the 1911 census. He had eleven siblings. He enlisted on 30th January 1915 in Hitchin and he is recorded [Click to continue…]
Stanley Parker Posted 27 July 2018 by Jess Jephcott[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT4n65QYPa0[/embedyt] This video is an edited version one of many that were produced by Fordham Recalled, an audio-visual project that involves talking to people about their life stories. Fordham is a village near Colchester, Essex, England. Stan was present during the D-Day landings and he was involved in [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…]
Charles Frederick Rayment Posted 10 October 2018 by Roy RaymentCharles Frederick Rayment was born on 9th October 1891 in the village of Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire, England, the son of Albert Barnard Rayment, a 41-year-old Coachman, and his second wife Harriet Rayment née Harrington. The period of his early family life, first in Bedfordshire and later in Yorkshire, appears to have been rather uneventful and [Click to continue…]
Percy Clarence Drake Posted 24 November 2014 by Departed MemberPercy Clarence Drake Percy was born in 1894 in Clacton, Essex, the only son of Clifford Reuben Augustus Drake and Minnie Maria Legerton who were married on 5 Dec 1889 at Tolleshunt Darcy, Essex. In 1911 Clifford was a home decorator in Clacton on Sea, and Percy was a 16 year old employee of his father. In 1916 Percy married Annie Townes and there [Click to continue…]