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Thomas Noel Heath Stretch

Posted 27 March 2018 by Departed Member

Thomas Noel Heath Stretch, the fourth son and the fifth child of John Francis Stretch (later Bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and Amelia Weekes, was born 22nd December 1893 at Brighton, Melbourne, where his father was Vicar of St. Andrew’s. He attended the Armidale School NSW, 1908-1909 and Brighton Grammar School. He began at Geelong [Click to continue…]

Mark Adamthwaite

Posted 26 October 2014 by Sue Mastel

Mark Adamthwaite (sometimes known as William Adams) is one of the most colourful characters I have come across to date in my one-name study.  He was definitely a bad lad, but must have been quite a charmer to get away with all his lies.  The photo of Mark in uniform was taken in London (probably in 1915) and shows him with his sister-in-law Alice [Click to continue…]

Peter Penfold

Posted 31 December 2013 by Departed Member

Peter Penfold was born on the 13 April 1887, in Redhill, Surrey, England. His family emigrated on 21 March 1895, from Liverpool, Lancashire to Canada, arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 1 April 1895. He married Henrietta Shelmerdine on 2nd December 1913 in St.James, Manitoba, Canada. He signed his Attestation Paper for the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary [Click to continue…]

Thomas Henry Wharton

Posted 29 March 2014 by Departed Member

Thomas Henry Wharton was the son of Herbert Edgar Wharton and Mary May. He was born in Great Bircham, Norfolk. Together with his cousin Sidney Alfred Wharton he joined the army and was one of the first to be killed during the Battle of the Somme. Thomas was in the 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment.

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