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…]
James Oliver Drake Posted 8 January 2015 by Departed MemberJames Oliver Drake was born in 1898 in Weymouth, Dorset, the older son of James and Blanche (formerly Oliver). James was a Private with the 1st Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment, and died 16 Apr 1918. His name is on the Arras Memorial (Bay 3) For more on this Dorset family contact me on drake@one-name.org
Ivan Orbell Posted 18 February 2014 by Ivan Douglas Scott Orbell, to give him his full name, was born in New Zealand on the 18th July 1889. He was the 9th and youngest child of Henry Orbell and his wife Margaret. Henry was born in Suffolk and emigrated to New Zealand in 1849 with his parents when he was 18. The family were quite well to do by the 1890s and young Ivan was sent to school [Click to continue…]
Bertram Lionel PASK Posted 25 November 2013 by Stuart PaskBertram Lionel PASK was born on 14 June 1880 at 52 Lower Harding Street, Northampton. He was one of sixteen children of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth PASK née MALLARD: Ada Minnie PASK (1871-1871) ― died in infancy Charles Albert PASK (1871-1874) ― died in infancy Herbert Edwin PASK (1872-1872) ― died in infancy Herbert Edwin PASK (1873-1874) [Click to continue…]