Thomas Hagger Posted 11 February 2014 by Peter HaggerThomas Hagger - Killed in action 23 Mar 1918, Flanders, France. Buried Mindel Trench, British Cemetery, St Laurent-Blangy, France. Gunner, Service No 156305, 297th Siege Battalion, Royal Garrison Artillery. Awarded Victory and British War medals. Enlised at Preston, Lancashire. His death is also recorded on the Roll of Honour at the Harris [Click to continue…]
Wilfred Hagger Posted 10 April 2016 by Peter HaggerWilfred Haggar Born 1894 Conisborough, Yorkshire and died in 1916. He was 5ft 4 and three quarter inches tall, weighed 133lb and had a ‘good’ level of physical development with a pulse rate of 76 when he joined the army. He had a fully expanded chest measurement of 34 and a half inches, a pale complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. He was one of [Click to continue…]
George Henry Armitage Posted 8 May 2014 by Philip TaylorGeorge Henry Armitage was born on 17 January 1898 in Stoke Newington, North London, the youngest child of Robert Melton Armitage (1846-1910) and Ellen Armitage nee Pinnuck (1855-1913). George had three brothers and three sisters that survived into adulthood. His siblings were Robert (1881-1916), Emma (1883-1970), William (1884-1940), Florence (1887-1945), [Click to continue…]
Frederick George Howes Posted 3 December 2017 by Paul HowesFREDERICK GEORGE HOWES Born: 1876 in Piddington, Northamptonshire Regiment: 298 th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Rank: Corporal Enlisted: Northampton Killed in action: 30.11.1917 Remembered with honour – Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium Frederick was born in Piddington and lived at the public house in Church Road. He was the son of [Click to continue…]