Helen Elizabeth Mary Mayne Posted 16 November 2014 by Departed MemberElizabeth, then known as Nellie, was the granddaughter of a Scottish missionary who had administered to the poorest of the poor in South India for fifty years http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/faithandfamily.htm. Her home was therefore in the Palani Hills of South India where she was born. Educated at Ancaster House, Bexhill-on-Sea in England, [Click to continue…]
Francis William Hagger Posted 1 August 2015 by Peter Hagger Francis William Hagger - Killed in action 01 Oct 1916, France & Flanders. Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Riles) Service No 5500 Thiepval Memorial also Commemorated on Leytonstone War Memorial. Awarded Victory & British War Medal 1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Westminster Rifles) in 1916 were inolved [Click to continue…]
Thomas Henry Wharton Posted 29 March 2014 by Departed MemberThomas Henry Wharton was the son of Herbert Edgar Wharton and Mary May. He was born in Great Bircham, Norfolk. Together with his cousin Sidney Alfred Wharton he joined the army and was one of the first to be killed during the Battle of the Somme. Thomas was in the 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Albert John Thomas Poke Posted 10 February 2014 by Margaret SpillerAlbert was born in Hackney in 1883, the son of John Thomas Poke and Sarah Cousina (nee Jackson). His father was a furrier and he was the third of seven children of this marriage. By 1901 he had left school and was living at home with the family in Edmonton whilst working as a sugar boiler. In 1911 he was still employed as a sugar boiler but was living [Click to continue…]