Henry Armistead Storey Posted 8 August 2018 by Karen BurnellOne of four children of Fred Storey of Barden Lane, Leyburn, North Yorkshire and his wife Maria (nee Armistead) of Crosby Garrett Drew lots with his brother Maurice to decide who stayed to work on the farm and who joined up November 1915 sailed to Gallipoli where many of his comrades were killed Regiment then returned to France Wounded in Battle of [Click to continue…]
William Duncan PATON Posted 4 December 2014 by Kim HouseEldest son of Alexander Paton and Helen Duncan, William was born October 1893 in Stone Rows, Oakley, Fifeshire, Scotland. William and his brother James found themselves in France during World War 1 Letters from William to his Father and Brother shows their closeness as a family, especially as their Mother had passed away in 1907. 14/9/1916 - [Click to continue…]
William Charles Drake Posted 8 December 2014 by Departed MemberWilliam Charles Drake was born in 1889 in Ipswich, the grandson of Samuel Drake and Caroline (formerly Lucas). William was an unmarried Private with the Royal Lancaster Regiment serving in the Channel Islands in 1911, and was a Private with the same Regiment when he died. William died 28 Jun 1916 aged 26 and is buried at Bertrancourt Military Cemetery [Click to continue…]
Bertie Hagger Posted 11 February 2014 by Peter HaggerBertie Hagger – killed in action 23 July 1916, France / Flanders Service No.: 19512, Private, Enlisted - Deptford Awarded Victory and British War medals. Regiment: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1st Battalion – 15th August 1914 Mobilised for war and landed in Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western front including; 1914 - The Battle [Click to continue…]