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…]
Joseph Hagger (Edward Joseph) Posted 19 June 2014 by Peter HaggerKilled in action 23 Jul1917, Flanders, France. Commerated at Ypres - Menin Gate Memorial and Therfield War Memorial in St Mary's Church. Awarded Victory and British War medals. Joseph was born Edward Joseph in 1893 at Therfield, Hertfordshire to William and Ann (or Annie) Jane (nee Hale). Both in the 1901 and 1911 census he was shown as just [Click to continue…]
John Thomas Drake Posted 13 July 2015 by Departed MemberJohn Thomas Drake, the elder son of George Drake and Emily (formerly Jarvis) was born in 1895 at Great Warley, Essex, and he was the first of their two sons to die in this war. His parents were married 10 Oct 1891 at Little Burstead, Essex. His grandparents were John Drake and Sarah Ann Poulter, who were married 17 Oct 1858 at Bethnal Green St Philip, [Click to continue…]
Robert Edward Drake Posted 18 November 2014 by Departed MemberRobert Edward Drake b 1878 was the seventh son of John Drake and Ellen Louisa (formerly Todd). (John Drake was a clergyman and the Rector of Great Wratting, Suffolk, for many years). The family descends from a prominent Devon family. Robert was a Captain in the 1st Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment, and died 8 Sep 1914 at Aisne. He was 36 years [Click to continue…]