Arthur Hagger Posted 22 January 2014 by Peter HaggerArthur Hagger – killed in action in Flanders, 30th June 1917. Thiepval Memorial Manchester Rgt., 1st / 8th Battalion. Rank Private, service number 351936, enlisted Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire. Awarded Victory and British War medals. 1st / 8rh Battalion was a territorial unit, part of the Manchester Brigade of the East Lancashire Division. [Click to continue…]
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…]
Frank Arthur Hagger Posted 17 February 2014 by Peter HaggerFrank Arthur Hagger - Died 3 May 1917, Private Middlesex Regiment, Service Mo G/26975. Commemorated on teh Arras Memorial, France. Awarded Victory and British War medals. Frank was born in the Sudbury RD (Suffolk) in the quarter ending June 1897. In 1901 he was living with his parents James and Ellena and his siblings James, Joseph, Dorothy and [Click to continue…]
Eustace Gilbert Bowhay Posted 16 November 2014 by Departed MemberEustace Gilbert Bowhay Eustace Gilbert Bowhay was the son of Albert Bowhay and Edith (formerly Woodd) born in 1889 in Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall. He was a Captain in the Devonshire Regiment and died aged 26 (unmarried) on 8 Mar 1916 in Mesopotamia. Much is known about this prominent Cornwall family, and I will be pleased to share information. [Click to continue…]