John Edgar Waterhouse Posted 7 November 2021 by Alan WaterhouseMailPoet newsletters are frequently sent to all members and an archive is maintained. Pages are defined by MailPoet plug-in.
Robert Caldwell Maunsell Mayne Posted 17 November 2014 by Departed Member‘Maunsell’, as he was known, was the only son of Robert John Maunsell Mayne, Police Superintendent in Madras, South India, and Mary Emily née Caldwell, from a Glasgow family with strong Irish roots. Maunsell was educated in Scotland where he was awarded an exhibition to Glenalmond School (1908-13). He became a professional soldier and was commissioned [Click to continue…]
Robert Herbert Rayment Posted 19 August 2017 by Roy RaymentRobert Herbert Rayment was born in London in the year 1879 and soon came to be known by his family and friends as "Bertie" in order to avoid confusion with his father, who bore the same first name as himself. He was sixth of the eight children of Robert Rayment (a City of London chimney sweep) and Alice Mary Rayment née Bayly, but was their only [Click to continue…]
Edward George Rayment Posted 7 October 2017 by Roy RaymentEdward George Rayment was born in London's East End on 13th April 1897, the sixth child of toothbrush maker Arthur Rayment and Catherine Rayment (née Roberts). Being one of a family of eight children in a very deprived area of London, his early life was far from easy and the fact that his father was rather too fond of drink did not exactly help matters. [Click to continue…]