Eleanor Margaret Howes Posted 29 December 2013 by Paul HowesThis is one of four stories about sibling members of a Howes family, compiled and contributed to www.howesfamilies.com by John Howes, the grandson of one of them. The four siblings, all of whom had their lives profoundly affected by the war are (Peter) Frank Howes, Leonard William Howes, Cyril Frank Howes and Eleanor Margaret Howes. (Clicking on [Click to continue…]
Francis William Hagger Posted 1 August 2015 by Peter Hagger Francis William Hagger - Killed in action 01 Oct 1916, France & Flanders. Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Riles) Service No 5500 Thiepval Memorial also Commemorated on Leytonstone War Memorial. Awarded Victory & British War Medal 1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Westminster Rifles) in 1916 were inolved [Click to continue…]
James Arthur Rayment Posted 12 September 2017 by Roy RaymentJames Arthur Rayment was born on 6th September 1889 at Balwyn in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was the fourth of eight children from the marriage of James Rayment and Harriet Ratten but was only eight years old when his mother Harriet died. Brought up by his father he did reasonably well at school, after leaving which he earned his living as a [Click to continue…]
Fred Gregory Bampton Posted 24 April 2014 by Philip TaylorFred Gregory Bampton was born in 1891, the third of four children born to John Robert Bampton and his wife Jane Maria nee Gregory who married in 1884. The family appear in the 1891 census living at 1 York Place, Chalvey (which is now a suburb of Slough). Listed were John Bampton (aged 27, hammerman in iron works), his wife Jane (29) and their children [Click to continue…]