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…]
Clarence George Bampton Posted 28 April 2014 by Philip TaylorClarence was born in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalvey, which is now a suburb of Slough. His birth was registered during the first 3 months of 1887. He was the second child of John Robert Bampton (b1864) and his wife Jane Maria nee Gregory (b1861). Clarence had an elder sister Mary Jane Bampton (b1885) and two younger brothers Fred Gregory Bampton [Click to continue…]
Bertie Hagger Posted 11 February 2014 by Peter HaggerBertie Hagger – killed in action 23 July 1916, France / Flanders Service No.: 19512, Private, Enlisted - Deptford Awarded Victory and British War medals. Regiment: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1st Battalion – 15th August 1914 Mobilised for war and landed in Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western front including; 1914 - The Battle [Click to continue…]
Leonard Drake Posted 26 November 2014 by Departed MemberLeonard Drake Leonard was the second son of William Henry Drake and Mary Ann (formerly Robinson) of Hampstead, London, born 1890 London St Pancras. Leonard was educated in Scotland and in 1911 he was a banker in London. Leonard was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) and he died 5 Oct 1916 unmarried [Click to continue…]