John Edward Ashley Posted 4 October 2016 by Janet Ashley1886 John Edward Ashley, was born and raised in Barry, Glamorganshire, Wales, the son of Gracious Ashley and Mary Ann [ nee Powell]. He is thought to have first served with the Hussars, service no. 23380, but there is no further information about this. He enlisted at Barry and joined the Durham Light Infantry, 19th Battalion, service no. 25913 [date [Click to continue…]
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…]
Frank Arthur Hagger Posted 17 February 2014 by Peter HaggerFrank Arthur Hagger - Died 3 May 1917, Private Middlesex Regiment, Service Mo G/26975. Commemorated on teh Arras Memorial, France. Awarded Victory and British War medals. Frank was born in the Sudbury RD (Suffolk) in the quarter ending June 1897. In 1901 he was living with his parents James and Ellena and his siblings James, Joseph, Dorothy and [Click to continue…]
Izard Posted 26 October 2014 by 1915 Indian (Singapore) Mutiny In the midst of the First World War, on 15 February 1915, the Right Wing (Rajput) of the 5th Light Infantry (Indian Army) revolted, killing more than 40 British officers, British residents and local civilians. The mutiny came to be known as the "Singapore Mutiny", and locally as the "Sepoy Mutiny" or "Indian Mutiny". [Click to continue…]