Henry Robert Rayment Posted 19 August 2017 by Roy RaymentHenry Robert Rayment (who came to be known by friends and family alike as "Bob") was born on 7th October 1892 at Bermondsey in London, the fifth son of Joseph Thomas Rayment, a foreman letter press compositor, and his wife Chrissie Ellen Rayment née Hayward. When he was about four years old his family moved from London to Ulverston, a small town [Click to continue…]
Henry George Last Posted 17 November 2013 by Simon LastPrivate Henry George LAST was born in 1897 in Wilby in Suffolk. He was the son of William and Sarah LAST and on the 1911 census he was a Blacksmith's Boy aged 14 and was living at Gibralter Road in Otley in Suffolk with his parents and brother John. He is buried at the Delsaux Farm Cemetery in Beugny France.
Thomas Ignaitius Haggar Posted 11 February 2014 by Peter HaggerThomas Ignaitius Haggar - Died 8 Aug 1916 on the Somme, France. Buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. Private, Service No 303732, 1st / 8th Battalion, The Kings (Liverpool Regiment). Awarded Victory and 15 star medals. His death is also recorded on the Roll of Honour at the Harris Museum in Preston. Son of Joseph Richard and Alice [Click to continue…]
Henry Armistead Storey Posted 8 August 2018 by Karen BurnellOne of four children of Fred Storey of Barden Lane, Leyburn, North Yorkshire and his wife Maria (nee Armistead) of Crosby Garrett Drew lots with his brother Maurice to decide who stayed to work on the farm and who joined up November 1915 sailed to Gallipoli where many of his comrades were killed Regiment then returned to France Wounded in Battle of [Click to continue…]