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Agland S.2020-05-05T12:38:26+01:00

royal-artillery_badgeGunner Samuel Agland 

Service number  74231

Regiment Royal Garrison Artillery 142nd Durham Heavy Bty. 79th Brigade

Date of birth  25th April 1889

Date of death 4th January 1919

Age at death 29 years

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Allen E.C.2016-03-23T13:59:40+00:00

Stoker 2nd Class E.C. Allen Service Number K/53025royal navy

Ship H.M. Trawler “Glenboyne

Date of birth  15th July 1900

Date of death 4th January 1919

Age at death 18 years

 

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Edward was born in Ware, Hertfordshire, but his family relocated to London. His address, as shown on both the 1911 Census is 63 Enfield Buildings, Aske Street, Hoxton. He enlisted on 9 August 1918, and served with the Dover Patrol. He was aboard HM Trawler Clemboyne in the English Channel when it hit a mine on 4 January 1919.

Allison A.2016-03-23T14:39:44+00:00

Rifleman H. Allison   Service number  R/10034  The-Kings-Royal-Rifle-Corps

Regiment  King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Date of birth  19th August 1895

Date of death  4th January 1918

Age at death 22 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Anderson A.2016-12-01T15:52:33+00:00

                            ALFRED ANDERSON

                                                         Rank: Private

                                                         Service number:  2199

The Motor Section of the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion in a display at the rear of the Bridge Hotel, Huntingdon.

The Motor Section of the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion in a display at the rear of the Bridge Hotel, Huntingdon.

Huntingdon Cyclist Battalion

  Regiment: Huntingdon Cyclist Battalion

  Born: 1st October 1888

  Died:  21st December 1917

 Age at death;  30 years

 

 

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Andrews T.2016-11-27T18:38:01+00:00

                        Thomas Andrews

                                                  Rank: Private

Service number: 242175 sherwood_foresters_notts_and_derby_regiment_cap_badge

Regiment:  Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 11th Bn.

Born: 4th quarter 1890

Died:  10th February 1919

Age at death:  29 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Apps E.A2016-09-22T15:58:45+01:00

                     George Apps  

                                          Rank: Private

 Service number: G/6498middlesex-regiment_badge

 Regiment:  Middlesex Regiment

 Born: 5th May 1890

 Died: 25th February 1919

 Age:  29/30 years

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Archard G.2020-06-30T14:14:50+01:00

Telegrapher George Archard  Service number: LZ/6508rn-Volunteer-Reserve

Ship:  Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve H.M.S. “Pembroke.” (Portpatrick Wireless Station)

Born: 13th November 1898

Died:  5th November 1918

Age at death:  20 years

His Storypoppy-1

George was born in Homerton on 13 November 1898. His address, as shown on both the 1911 Census and Death Certificate, is 56 Ellesmere Road, Roman Road, Old Ford, London. He enlisted on 19 February 1917. He served aboard two trawlers of the Dover Patrol from August 1917 to February 1918. He survived the sinking of his second trawler. Later that year, he was sent on detached duty to the Portpartick wireless station, near Stranraer. He fell ill with pneumonia, and his father travelled to Stranraer to be with him. After five days of being hospitalised with lobar pneumonia, he died on 5 November 1918. His name is also recorded in the Bethnal Green War Memorial roll.

Atkinson W.J.2016-03-27T18:58:51+01:00

Driver W. J. Atkinson   Service number 54859 Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery 6th Reserve Bde.

Date of birth  1st quarter 1891

Date of death  19th February 1919

Age at death  28 years

His Storypoppy-1

Baker W.2016-03-27T19:00:57+01:00

Lance Corporal William Baker   Service number S/22753  Rifle Brigate Cap Badge

Regiment  Rifle Brigade 5th Bn

Date of birth  July 1881

Date of death  12th December 1917

Age at death  37 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Banks W.2016-03-27T19:06:41+01:00

Private William Banks   Service number M2/052705  army service corp badge

Regiment  Army Service Corps M.T

Date of birth  1879

Date of death  14th July 1918

Age at death  38 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Barker J.W.2016-03-27T19:08:28+01:00

Bombardier J.W. Barker   Service number 220423  royal garrison artillery badge

Regiment  Royal Garrison Artillery 27th Anti Aircraft Sect

Date of birth  c.1886

Date of death  26th November 1918

Age at death  36 years

His Storypoppy-1

Bastick G.F.2016-05-25T19:25:05+01:00

Driver G.F. Bastick  Service number 33029 Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery

Date of birth  8th October 1882

Date of death 12th September 1918

Age at death 36 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Baxter E.J.2016-03-27T19:10:24+01:00

Private Ernest John Baxter   Service number 12888  302-royal-inniskilling-fusiliers

Regiment Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 6th Bn

Date of birth  25th June 1896

Date of death  4th January 1920

Age at death  23 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Benbow D.J.2016-03-27T19:15:59+01:00

Lance Corporal D. J. Benbow   Service number 106036  royal_engineers_badge

Regiment  Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

Date of birth  4th quarter 1892

Date of death  2nd October 1917

Age at death  25 years

His Storypoppy-1

Best A2016-03-27T19:22:40+01:00

Private A. Best   Service number 14572 queens_royal_west_surrey_regiment_badge_edited-1

Regiment The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Bn.

Date of birth c. 1873

Date of death 13th July 1920

Age at death  47 years

His Storypoppy-1

Bleeze E.2016-03-27T19:25:07+01:00

the-6-th-battthe-city-of-london-riflesRifleman E. Bleeze   Service number 324823

Regiment London Regiment (City of London Rifles) 6th Bn.

Date of birth  4th September 1899

Date of death 27th October 1917

Age at death 18 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Ernest was born in Islington in 1899. He appears on the 1911 Census living at 31 Ruston Street, Bow. He died in Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, presumably whilst training, on 27 October 1917.Given that he does not have a Medal Index Card, it would appear he died before having the opportunity of going overseas, and obtaining a campaign medal.

Blows G.2016-03-27T19:27:48+01:00

london regimentRifleman Charles Blows   Service number 570175

Regiment London Regiment 17th Bn

Date of birth  1st quarter 1897

Date of death 3rd February 1917

Age at death  19 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Bolton G.A.2016-03-27T19:30:09+01:00

Gunner George Arthur Bolton   Service number L/29854 Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery 5th Reserve Bde.

Date of birth  12th February 1894

Date of death 20th February 1917

Age at death  23 years

His Storypoppy-1

Booth H.2016-03-27T19:32:06+01:00

Private H. Booth   Service number 28465  royal defence corps

Regiment  Royal Defence Corps

Date of birth  4th quarter 1868

Date of death 21st January 1917

Age at death 48 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Brooks S.A.J.2016-03-28T18:56:17+01:00

Gunner S. A. J. Brooks   Service number 134281  royal garrison artillery badge

Regiment  Royal Garrison Artillery No.1 Depot

Date of birth  16th March 1887

Date of death 14th December 1916

Age at death  29 years

His Storypoppy-1

Brooks G.F.2016-03-27T19:34:13+01:00

Driver G.F. Brooks   Service number T/292620  army service corp badge

Regiment  Army Service Corps 490th H.T. Coy

Date of birth 3rd quarter 1897

Date of death 5th April 1918

Age at death  20 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Brown A.2016-03-28T19:10:08+01:00

Corporal A. Brown   Service number WR/287979  royal_engineers_badge

Regiment Royal Engineers Railway Operating Div

Date of birth  c.1880

Date of death 26th September 1919

Age at death  39 years

His Storypoppy-1

Brown A.E.2016-03-28T19:13:09+01:00

Corporal A. E. Brown   Service number 42788  royal garrison artillery badge

Regiment  Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Siege Bty.

Date of birth  

Date of death 8th March 1915

Age at death

His Storypoppy-1

Brown T.F.W.2016-05-25T19:27:55+01:00

Corporal Thomas Francis William Brown  Service number S/6283 argyll-sutherland

Regiment Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Date of birth  12th December 1886

Date of death 6th April 1918

Age at death 28 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Bruce S.2016-03-28T19:17:07+01:00

Private S. Bruce   Service number 1401  royal army medical corps

Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps

Date of birth  21st November 1895

Date of death 6th March 1915

Age at death  20 years

 

His Story

Sydney was the youngest of four children and a resident of Millwall when he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force).   Sadly his army career came to an end on 6th March 1915 when he died at the 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill in South London from Tuberculous Meningitis aged 20.   His three siblings, including a sister who was a VAD with the British Red Cross and St. John’s Ambulance, all took part in the war effort and survived.

Details of Sydney Bruce’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

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Burwood R.E.G.2016-03-27T19:36:33+01:00

Private Ralph E.G. Burwood   Service number 3752  royal-fusiliers-city-london_badge

Regiment  London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 4th Bn.

Date of birth  2nd quarter 1896

Date of death 4th July 1916

Age at death  20 years

 

His Story

Ralph was the eldest child of a waterside labourer living at Wapping where his two uncles were also employed on the River Thames.   However Ralph found employment as an office boy later enlisting with the 4th (City of London) Batalion (Royal Fusiliers).  His service records cannot be found but we know his Battalion served at Gallipoli and Egypt before embarking for the Western Front in 1916.   Ralph died at Ipswich Fever Hospital aged 20 years.

Details of Ralph Burwood’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

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Bussell W. C.2016-03-28T19:18:47+01:00

Private W. C. Bussell   Service number 701797  london regiment

Regiment London Regiment 23rd Bn

Date of birth  2nd September 1888

Date of death 7th October 1918

Age at death  29 years

 

His Story

William was a native of Poplar, an only son with 3 older sisters.   In early 1916 William, 27 and unmarried, enlisted at Canning Town into the 23rd Battalion, London Regiment and arrived in France July 1916 as part of the British Expeditionary Force.   Later he was sent to Salonica and Palestine but by mid-1918 he had twice been admitted to hospitals in the Eastern Mediterranean region.   William was repatriated home but died in September 1918 at Southern General Hospital, Bristol.

Details of William Charles Bussell’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

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Callan J.2016-03-28T19:20:18+01:00

Private J. Callan   Service number 958 royal defence corps

Regiment  Royal Defence Corps

Date of birth  c.1864

Date of death 11th April 1918

Age at death  53/54 years

 

poppy-1His Story

James was a member of the10th London Regiment, No. 20015 but probably due to his age, mid 50s, was transferred to the Royal Defence Corps.   This latter unit provided security for key sites including bridges and ports.   James served with 103 Company attached to the London District of the Corps.   James does not appear to have had any offspring by his wife Emma who he had married in 1893 and he died in 1918 aged 54.

Details of James Callan’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

 

Cappaert W.H.2016-03-28T19:22:09+01:00

Private W. H. Cappaert   Service number 292148  devonshire regiment

Regiment  Devonshire Regiment 1st/7th Bn

Date of birth  3rd April 1898

Date of death 14th February 1919

Age at death  20 years

His Story

Details of Wiliam Henry Cappaert’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

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Carr A.W.2016-03-28T19:25:44+01:00

Gunner Alfred William Carr   Service number 16297  royal garrison artillery badge

Regiment  Royal Garrison Artillery Forth Defences

Date of birth  1st quarter 1886

Date of death 11th November 1918

Age at death  32 years

His Storypoppy-1

Carr H.G.2016-03-28T19:27:41+01:00

Driver H. G. Carr   Service number 61128  royal_engineers_badge

Regiment  Royal Engineers Signal Depot

Date of birth  3rd quarter 1887

Date of death 24th February 1916

Age at death  28 years

His Storypoppy-1

Carr J.2016-03-28T19:30:23+01:00

Leading Seaman RN  J. Carr   Service number 92835royal navy

Service  Royal Navy

Date of birth  20 September 1860

Date of death 3rd May 1917

Age at death  56 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

John Carr was born in Deptford on 20 September 1860. He had originally enlisted on 20 September 1875. After thirteen years, he left the Royal Navy, but joined the Royal Navy Reserve. He was mobilised on 2nd August 1914. He died on 3 May 1917 at Ingham Infirmary, South Shields of pleurisy. His widow, Georgina Carr, resided at 286, Central Park Road, East Ham.

Carr W.A.2016-03-28T19:32:03+01:00

Rifleman W. A. Carr   Service number 4185  london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth  4th quarter 1877

Date of death 19th February 1916

Age at death  41 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Chambers H.2016-03-28T19:33:35+01:00

Rifleman H. Chambers   Service number 571927  london regiment

Regiment London Regiment 17th Bn

Date of birth  5th December 1897

Date of death 16th December 1918

Age at death 20 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Chapman R.G.2016-03-28T19:38:31+01:00

Serjeant R. G. Chapman   Service number 329989  royal defence corps

Regiment  Royal Defence Corps transf. to (329989) Labour Corps

Date of birth  1st quarter 1871

Date of death 6th January 1918

Age at death  47 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Charrington A.2016-03-28T19:36:45+01:00

Private A. Charrington   Service number 95843  royal defence corps

Regiment Royal Defence Corps 300th Command Reserve Coy.

Date of birth  November/December 1892

Date of death 2nd February 1919

Age at death  28 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Cochrane E.F.W.2016-03-28T19:41:40+01:00

                                    TMR  Ernest Frederick Walter Cochrane  Service number 957674  hms eaglet

Ship Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M.S. “Eaglet”

Date of birth  20th April 1902

Date of death 27th April 1918

Age at death  16 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Coford W.2016-03-28T19:45:09+01:00

Gunner W. Coford  Service number 144043 royal garrison artillery badge

Regiment  Royal Garrison Artillery 37th Coy.

Date of birth  1st quarter 1888

Date of death 9th April 1919

Age at death 31 years

His Storypoppy-1

Cole A.2016-03-28T19:48:41+01:00

royal berkshirePrivate A. Cole   Service number 13370

Regiment  Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd/4th Bn.

Date of birth 4th quarter 1891

Date of death 22nd May 1918

Age at death  24 years

 

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Cole A.2016-03-28T19:50:15+01:00

Driver A. Cole   Service number T4/070700 army service corp badge

Regiment  Army Service Corps 662nd H.T. Coy.

Date of birth 7th March 1893

Date of death  2nd November 1918

Age at death  25 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Cole S.F.2016-03-28T19:51:47+01:00

Rifleman Sidney Frederick Cole    Service number 572434  london regiment

Regiment  London Regiment 17th Bn.

Date of birth  1st quarter 1898

Date of death 25th April 1918

Age at death  19 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Coleman W.C.2016-04-02T15:25:51+01:00

Private RMLI  William Charles Coleman  Service number  Ch/19350  oyal marines light infantry

Service  Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. “Carron”

Date of birth  11th January 1896

Date of death 29th September 1917

Age at death  21 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Collard S.A.2016-04-02T15:28:02+01:00

royal navyOrdinary Signalman RN  Sydney Arthur Collard    Service number J/65135

Service  Royal Navy

Date of birth  15th February 1900

Date of death 1st November 1918

Age at death 18 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Collins W.H.2016-04-02T15:31:23+01:00

Rifleman William Henry Collins    Service number 452809 finsbury london regiment

Regiment  London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) 11th Bn

Date of birth  2nd quarter 1887

Date of death 24th February 1918

Age at death  31 years

His Storypoppy-1

Constable H.T.2016-04-02T15:33:17+01:00

Lance Serjeant H.T. Constable    Service number D/7362 royal inniskilings cap badge

Regiment  6th Dragoons (Inniskilling)

Date of birth  3rd quarter 1893

Date of death 9th April 1919

                                                       Age at death  25 years

His Storypoppy-1

Copp W.2016-04-02T15:36:27+01:00

Lance Corporal W. Copp    Service number 370848 post office

Regiment London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th Bn

Date of birth 3rd January 1884

Date of death 11th January 1918

Age at death  33 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Cowell W. H.2016-04-02T15:38:11+01:00

Stoker 1st Class RN  W. H. Cowell    Service number 278335  pembroke_ax

Ship  Royal Navy H.M.S. “Pembroke”

Date of birth  23rd November 1875

Date of death 12th May 1916

Age at death  40 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

William was born in Great Bentley, Essex on 23 November 1875. He had originally enlisted on 30 November 1894. After twelve years, he left the Royal Navy, but joined the Royal Navy Reserve. He was mobilised on 18th October 1914. He served on one ship only, HMS Hearty, from December 1914 to May 1915 and was then shore-based. He died on 12 May 1916 at Dreadnought Hospital Greenwich of cerebral meningitis. His widow, Annie Cowell, resided at 17, Park Grove, Portway, West Ham, London.

Cross W.J.2016-04-02T15:40:06+01:00

Corporal W. J. Cross    Service number I/30294 queens_royal_west_surrey_regiment_badge_edited-1

Regiment  The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Date of birth  2nd quarter 1878

Date of death 20th August 1918

Age at death  41 years

His Storypoppy-1

Cushway S.J.2020-06-30T14:16:56+01:00

Leading Stoker RN S. J. Cushway    Service number royal navy311747

Ship  Royal Navy H.M.S. “Princess Royal”

Date of birth 7th March 1885

Date of death 24th April 1917

Age at death 31 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Cushway S.J.2016-04-20T15:07:13+01:00

Leading Stoker RN  S.J. Cushway

Darman I.2016-04-02T16:41:57+01:00

Private I. Darman    Service number 15477  london regiment

Regiment  London Regiment 10th Bn.

Date of birth  2nd quarter

Date of death 1st March 1915

Age at death  44 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Davey H.W.2016-04-02T16:43:37+01:00

london regimentPrivate Henry William Davey   Service number 20484

Regiment  London Regiment 7th Bn.

Date of birth  1st quarter 1873

Date of death 7th March 1919

Age at death 46 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Davis W.H.2016-04-02T16:45:38+01:00

Driver W. H. Davis   Service number L/26110  Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment  Royal Field Artillery “C” Bty. 173rd Bde.

Date of birth  1882

Date of death 8th August 1918

Age at death  39 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Day H.2016-04-02T16:47:07+01:00

Rifleman Henry Day   Service number 571964  london regiment

Regiment  London Regiment 17th Bn

Date of birth  12th June 1892

Date of death 25th January 1918

Age at death  31 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Dear W.H.2016-04-02T16:49:35+01:00

Private W. H. Dear   Service number D/28682  west sussex yeomanry

Regiment  Sussex Yeomanry 2nd/1st

Date of birth 20th June 1900

Date of death 16th December 1918

Age at death  18 years

 

His Story

DEAR, Henry William.   1900-1918 Boyle, Ireland

Born on 29th June 1900 at 106 Hare Street, Bethnal Green to Charles Dear and his wife Eliza Rebecca nee Hogan and baptised at Christ Church, Spitalfields later the same year on 7th September.

In 1911 the family were living at 26 Cudworth Street, Bethnal Green.   The parents had been married 12 years and had had 8 children although one had died before the census was taken on 2nd April 1911.   However they have included the name of their dead child, Frederick aged 3 months on the form revealing he was a twin with his 3 month old brother Thomas.

William Henry joined the Sussex Yeomanry as Private D/28682.   His unit, the 2nd/1st Sussex Yeomanry became the 5th Cyclist Brigade in July 1916 but by November had amalgamated with the 21st Surrey Yeomanry to form the 8th (Surrey and Sussex) Yeomanry Regiment.   Early in 1917 the Regiment resumed their original identity but remained in the 3rd Cyclist Brigade and had been sent to Ireland and it is there that 18 year old William died on 16th December 1918 .   He had had pneumonia for 10 days and influenza and his death was registered on 17th December by Corporal Revington, who was present at the death at Boyle, Co. Roscommon.

 

Donovan J.2016-04-02T16:52:10+01:00

Private J. Donovan   Service number 5913  middlesex-regiment_badge

Regiment  Middlesex Regiment 2nd Bn. transf. to (385384) Labour Corps

Date of birth  1880

Date of death 12th December 1918

Age at death  38 years

 

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Dr Barnardo2016-09-15T15:49:08+01:00

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Ede B.H.2016-04-02T16:54:09+01:00

royal army medical corpsPrivate Benjamin Henry Ede   Service number 112612

Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps

Date of birth 6th July 1885

Date of death 17th February 1919

Age at death 33 years

 

His Story

Baptised as Benjamin Adolphus Ede on 26th July 1885 at St. James the Less church, Bethnal Green the son of Benjamin, a Japanner and his wife Martha of 127 Old Ford Road, Bow.

 

In the 1891 census for 53 Seabright Street, Bethnal Green his 31 year old father is a furniture painter.   His wife Martha is 30, his son Benjamin is 5 and at school, Ernest is 4 and Albert is 1.   The whole family were born in Bethnal Green.   In 1901 they are at 96 Quilter Street, Bethnal Green with Benjamin Snr. 41 a furniture japanner, wife Martha is 40, Benjamin 15 is a commercial clerk, as is his 14 year old brother Ernest.   The 3 younger sons are Albert 11, Arthur 7 and George 3.

In 1911 the family are at 140 Roman Road with Benjamin 51 still carrying on his trade of furniture japanner which is the same trade undertaken by his 24 year old son Ernest.  Wife Martha, 50 has been married for 27 years and had 6 children, 5 still alive.   Benjamin A. is 25 employed as an order clerk for a firm of wholesale stationers, Herbert V. at 21 is an assistant in a boot shop, Arthur, 17 is a junior clerk at a stockbrokers firm whilst George W.F? is 13 and still at school [ is this Frederick?].

On 31st May 1914 at St. Andrew’s Church, Bethnal Green Benjamin Henry Ede, 26, an oilman of 2 St. Jude Street, Bethnal Green, son of Benjamin deceased, a cabinet maker married Esther Rosetta Sawyer. 25, a blouse machinist of 4 Seabright Street, daughter of William Henry Sawyer a packing case maker.   The witnesses were William and Rosetta Sawyer.

His wife Esther was baptised at St. Andrew, Bethnal Green on 5th August 1881, the daughter of William Henry (a packing case maker) and Rosetta Sawyer of 65 Longner Road.   In 1911 this family are at 54 Middleton Street, Bethnal Green where Esther is a 22 year old blouse machinist born at Mile End.   Her father states he was born at Roehampton whilst her mother Rosetta, 46 is a trouser machinist who has been married for 27 years and had 7 children, all of whom had survived.

Benjamin stated he was 28 (in fact he was 31), an Oil and Colourman Assistant living at 2 St. Jude Street, Bethnal Green when he became Private No. 112612 in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 14th April 1917.   He died of Pneumonia on 17th February 1919 at the Military Hospital in Bethnal Green having served 1 year and 310 days.   He had spent 209 of those days being part of the Egyptian Force in the Middle East.

Benjamin and Esther had 2 sons born in 1915 and 1917 in Bethnal Green and his wife received his British and Victory medals.   When his wife filled in a form in 1920? (she re-married in October 1920) requiring her to name her late husband’s relatives she stated ‘none’ against her husband’s parents details – in fact they both died in 1927.   She disclosed that two of his brothers were in the Royal Navy,   Arthur aged 29 and Frederick 25 a musician on H.M.S. “Orion” at Portland

EDE, Frederick.   9th March, 1896 – after 1919

In 1911 aged 14 Frederick may have been on the “Exmouth” Training ship at Grays, Essex but on 17th May 1919 he enlisted in the Royal Marines Band as No. 1864.   Eight days later banns were called at St. Jude’s Church, Bethnal Green for Frederick Ede, 23 of HMS ‘Orion’ and Rosetta Sawyer, 19 of 8 Peel Grove, Bethnal Green.   They were married on  14th June 1919 – Frederick Ede, 23, musician, Royal Marine Band of 4 St. Jude Street, son of Benjamin Henry deceased, a cabinet maker and Rosetta Sawyer, 19 of the same address,  daughter of William Henry, a packing case maker.   The witnesses were George Walter Maze and Florence Allen.   So, Frederick married his brother Benjamin’s sister-in-law.

 

Elderton H.E.2020-06-30T14:17:34+01:00

Stoker 1st Class RN  Henry Edward Elderton   Service number K/12072 hms coventry

Ship  Royal Navy H.M.S. “Coventry”

Date of birth  4th quarter 1890

Date of death 11th March 1919

Age at death  27 years

 

poppy-1His Story

 

Elfain W.H.2016-04-02T16:58:26+01:00

Driver William Henry Elfain  Service number T/26076 army service corp badge

Regiment  Royal Army Service Corps M.T.

Date of birth  1st quarter 1888

Date of death 22nd May 1919

Age at death  31 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Ellerbeck G.W.2020-06-30T14:16:20+01:00

HMS-CuracoaBoy 1st Class RN  G.W. Ellerbeck Service number  J/79594

Ship  Royal Navy H.M.S. “Curacoa”

Date of birth 24th February 1902

Date of death 21st November1918

Age at death  16 years

His Story

HMS Curacoa

HMS Curacoa

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Fane H.J.2016-04-05T11:27:16+01:00

Rifle Brigate Cap BadgeRifleman H.J. Fane  Service number  S/331

Regiment  Rifle Brigade 9th Bn.

Date of birth  19th June 1894

Date of death 1st September 1915

Age at death  21 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Fearn C.A.2016-04-05T11:29:53+01:00

Ordinary Seaman C.A. Fearn  Service number  LZ/8262 royal navy reserve

Regiment  Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve R.N. Depot

Date of birth  14th December 1899

Date of death 28th January 1918

Age at death  18 years

 

His storypoppy-1

Ferret J.2016-04-05T11:33:09+01:00

lincolnshire_badge2Private J. Ferret  Service number  13212

Regiment  Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Bn.

Date of birth  20th November 1885

Date of death 17th July 1920

Age at death  34 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

JOHN FERRET: Born 20 November 1885, Bromley by Bow. His father was the Landlord of the Duke of Wellington, Devas St, where by 1901 John was working as a Potman and Barman. On 25 May 1911, aged 25 John married Jane (surname unknown) at Christ Church, West Ham.  Two daughters, Blanche and Rose were born during the next three years.  John worked as a labourer before enlisting at Stratford, East London, in September 1914. He joined the Lincolnshire Regiment, was wounded at Arras April 1917, shipped back to the UK for treatment and finally discharged as medically unfit on 18 May 1918. John and Jane celebrated the birth of a son (also called John) on 10 May 1918. John Snr died 17 July 1920 aged 35.

Field J.C.2016-04-05T11:34:57+01:00

Private J.C. Field  Service number  1936  london regiment

Regiment  London Regiment 7th Bn. transf. to (697753) Labour Corps

Date of birth  20th August 1892

Date of death 10th February 1920

Age at death  27 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Fisher G.R.2016-04-05T11:36:30+01:00

Sapper J.T. Ford  Service number  WR/336688 royal_engineers_badge

Regiment  Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

Date of birth  25th January 1882

Date of death 16th June 1918

Age at death  37 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Ford J.T.2016-04-05T11:37:44+01:00

Sapper J.T. Ford

Foskett W.S.2016-04-05T11:39:32+01:00

Able Seaman W.S. Foskett  Service number  LZ/3075  royal navy reserve

Regiment  Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Drake Bn. R.N. Div

Date of birth 18th February 1898

Date of death 25th  June 1917

Age at death  19 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Fox J.D.2016-04-05T11:40:54+01:00

Greaser J.D. Fox  Service number  552879  Merchant-Navy-CA-silk

Ship   Mercantile Marine H.M.S. “Orama”

Date of birth  1st quarter 1891

Date of death 2nd November 1917

Age at death  26 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Fricker H.S.2016-04-05T11:42:20+01:00

Rifleman H.S. Fricker  Service number  S/22959  Rifle Brigate Cap Badge

Regiment  Rifle Brigade 15th Bn

Date of birth  1898

Date of death 2nd January 1917

Age at death  19 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Froggett J.H.2016-04-05T11:43:39+01:00

Sapper J.H. Froggett  Service number  WR/355357 royal_engineers_badge

Regiment  Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

Date of birth  5th August 1890

Date of death 23rd December 1917

Age at death  27 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Gadd J.H.2016-04-05T11:45:11+01:00

2nd Corporal J.H. Gadd  Service number  WR/501985 royal_engineers_badge

Regiment  Royal Engineers

Date of birth  26th June 1886

Date of death 17th March 1920

Age at death  34 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Gallivan J.2016-04-05T11:47:18+01:00

Rifleman  J. Gallivan  Service number  R/49512 The-Kings-Royal-Rifle-Corps

Regiment  King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1st Bn

Date of birth  22nd September 1902

Date of death 5th February 1920

Age at death  18 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Gamble T.2016-04-05T11:48:44+01:00

Rifleman  T. Gamble  Service number  R/39914 The-Kings-Royal-Rifle-Corps

Regiment King’s Royal Rifle Corps 20th Bn

Date of birth  1st quarter 1894

Date of death 23rd April 1918

Age at death  24 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Gibbs A.2016-04-05T11:50:27+01:00

Stoker 1st RN  Alfred Gibbs  Service number  SS/111831  pembroke_ax

Ship Royal Navy H.M.S. “Pembroke”

Date of birth  14th November 1893

Date of death 4th September 1917

Age at death  23 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Gibbs A. R.2016-04-05T11:52:05+01:00

Private Albert Gibbs  Service number  29746

Regiment Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Date of birth 2nd quarter 1881

Date of death 26th September 1918

Age at death  38 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Godley C. H.2016-04-05T11:53:51+01:00

Rifleman Charles Henry Godley  Service number  1222 london regiment

Regiment London Regiment 17th Bn

Date of birth  1893

Date of death 20th April 1917

Age at death  22 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Green A.2016-04-05T11:55:08+01:00

Leading Fireman  A. Green  Service number  774816  fleet auxiliary

Ship Mercantile Marine Reserve R.F. Aux. “Montenol”

Date of birth  1888

Date of death 21st October 1918

Age at death  30 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Greenland G.2016-04-05T11:56:33+01:00

2nd Air Mechanic George Greenland  Service number  194997  RAF badge

Service Royal Air Force Aircraft Accept. Park.

Date of birth  13th June

Date of death 19th August 1918

Age at death  22 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Griffiths J.J.2016-04-05T11:58:18+01:00

Private John James Griffiths  Service number  20326   Royal_Army_Pay_Corps_cap_badge

Regiment Army Pay Corps

Date of birth 12th February 1897

Date of death 22nd October 1918

Age at death  21 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Grote G.2016-04-05T12:55:09+01:00

Serjeant G Grote  Service number 2886 royal-munster-fusiliers_badge

Regiment Royal Munster Fusiliers 6th Bn

Date of birth  5th July 1888

Date of death 3rd April 1917

Age at death  29 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Guy C.2016-04-05T12:56:56+01:00

Sapper C. Guy  Service number 1365 royal_engineers_badge

Regiment Royal Engineers 1st London Field Coy.

Date of birth  11th November 1891

Date of death 3rd July 1915

Age at death  24 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Hale E.C.2016-04-05T13:00:14+01:00

Rifleman E.C. Hale  Service number B/682  Rifle Brigate Cap Badge

Regiment  Rifle Brigade 7th Bn

Date of birth  15th September 1890

Date of death 4th January 1916

Age at death  27 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Harwood A.P.T.2016-04-05T13:01:56+01:00

                                    Gunner Alfred Philip Thomas Harwood  Service number 94330 Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery “B” Bty. 63rd Bde

Date of birth  2nd quarter 1889

Date of death 24th September 1918                                               

Age at death 30 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Hatchman H.J.2016-04-05T13:03:20+01:00

Private H.J. Hatchman  Service number 524599   labour corps

Regiment Labour Corps

Date of birth  23rd December 1891

Date of death 17th September 1918

Age at death  27 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Hatton W.F.2016-04-05T13:07:25+01:00

Driver W.F. Hatton  Service number 69383  Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment  Royal Field Artillery transf. to (346182) Labour Corps

Date of birth  1st January 1897

Date of death 13th May 1918

Age at death  22 years

His Storypoppy-1

Hayes F.J.G.2016-04-05T13:09:18+01:00

bedfordshire regimentPrivate F.J.G. Hayes  Service number 19694

Regiment  Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Bn

Date of birth  2nd quarter 1877

Date of death 29th July 1918

                                                          Age at death  41 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

FRANCIS JOHN GOODMAN HAYES:  Born May 1877 in Paddington, Francis had varied employment as he grew up in London. These included an Errand Boy, an Auctioneers Porter, an Insurance Canvasser and a Bill Inspector. He married Lucy Amy Curtis on July 6 1898 at West Ham and by the time of his enlistment in February 1915 (aged 37) the family consisted of four daughters and one son.  Francis served in France from October 1915 to February 1918, and was medically discharged due to ill-health in April 1918 being “no longer physically fit for war” which contributed to his death aged 41 on 29 July 1918.

Helps H.T.2016-04-05T13:11:26+01:00

Daedalus1st Air Mechanic   Henry Thomas Helps  Service number F/9588

Ship Royal Naval Air Service H.M.S. “Daedalus”

Date of birth  28th April 1884

Date of death 5th February 1917

Age at death 32 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Hill J.H.2016-04-05T13:13:39+01:00

Sapper J.H. Hill  Service number 33613  royal_engineers_badge

Regiment  Royal Engineers “A” Coy

Date of birth  1st quarter 1878

Date of death 19th February 1915

Age at death  37 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Hoffman P.2016-04-05T13:15:11+01:00

Private P.  Hoffman  Service number 26835  east-surrey-regiment_badge

Regiment  East Surrey Regiment 12th Bn.

Date of birth  1889

Date of death 26th May 1918

Age at death 18 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

PERCY THEODORE HOFFMAN: Percy was born in 1899 in Stepney to George and Emily Hoffman. Aged one, Percy and his family had moved to Seaforth, Lancashire where his father was employed as a Colour Marker. However, by 1911 Emily, now widowed and with three young children, returned to Stepney and was living in Ratcliffe.  Percy enlisted at the Whitehall Recruiting Office, joining the East Surrey Regiment. Aged 18 he died of wounds on 26 May 1918 at Stamford Street Hospital, Waterloo.

Holyome J.J.2016-04-05T13:18:01+01:00

RoyalregimentoffusiliersbadgePrivate J.J. Holyome   Service number 6446476

Regiment  Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn

Date of birth  2nd November 1896

Date of death 13th February 1921

Age at death  24 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Home2016-03-24T14:21:31+00:00
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The non-conformist chapel

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The Anglican chapel

Before the Victorian era, all of London’s dead were buried in small urban churchyards, which were so overcrowded and so close to where people lived, worked and worshipped that they were causing disease and ground-water contamination.

An Act of Parliament was passed which allowed joint-stock companies to purchase land and set up large cemeteries outside the boundaries of the City of London. There were seven cemeteries, the ‘Magnificent Seven’ laid out about the same time (1832-41). Highgate Cemetery, where lots of famous dignitaries are buried, is the most well known: the others are NunheadKensal Green, Brompton, West Norwood, Abney Park.

 

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Hood A.H.2016-04-05T13:19:14+01:00

suffolk regimentPrivate A.H. Hood   Service number 21483

Regiment  Suffolk Regiment 12th Bn.

Date of birth  2nd quarter 1887

Date of death 9th February 1916

Age at death 28 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Howard H.E.2016-04-05T13:20:31+01:00

oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-light-infantry_badgePrivate Herbert Ernest Howard   Service number 3709

Regiment Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1st/1st Bucks Bn

Date of birth  4th January 1890

Date of death 24th July 1916

Age at death  26 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

HERBERT EARNEST HOWARD: Born 1890 in Plaistow to Jesse and Eliza Howard, Herbert with his three siblings (two brothers and a sister) had, by 1911, moved from West Ham to Poplar, where he found employment as a Boxmaker.  Herbert enlisted at New Court Middlesex, serving with the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. He died of wounds, aged 26 on 24 July 1916 at the Royal Hospital Netley, Southampton.

Hudson J.W.2016-04-05T13:22:16+01:00

royal army medical corpsSerjeant J.W. Hudson   Service number 9897

Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps

Date of birth  6th April 1890

Date of death 9th April 1920

Age at death 30 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Humphreys T.A.2016-04-05T13:24:09+01:00

Staff Serjeant T.A. Humphreys   Service number TISR/673

Regiment Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Date of birth 1868

Date of death 3rd June 1916

Age at death  47 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Hurrell A.J.2016-04-05T13:26:32+01:00

1st Pte Arthur James Hurrell  Service number 217063  RAF badge

Regiment Royal Air Force Reserve Depot (Blandford)

Date of birth  6th November 1888

Date of death 17th June 1918

Age at death  29 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Ives J.2016-04-05T13:28:10+01:00

Private J. Ives   Service number 18558  essex_regiment_cap_badge

Regiment Essex Regiment trans to (634313) Labour Corps

Date of birth  22nd March 1876

Date of death 3rd February 1919

Age at death  43 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Jacobs A.2016-04-05T18:59:35+01:00

Private A. Jacobs  Service number 378706 or 17928  labour corps

Regiment  Training Reserve 43rd Bn. transf to (378706) Labour Corps

Date of birth  30th November 1894

Date of death 26th November 1918

Age at death  24 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Jeffreys H.2016-04-05T19:01:01+01:00

Private Harry Jeffreys  Service number 86238 royal army medical corps

Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps

Date of birth 3rd quarter 1893

Date of death 15th March 1919

Age at death  26 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Jones A.J.2016-04-05T19:02:37+01:00

Rifleman A.J. Jones  Service number S/10374  Rifle Brigate Cap Badge

Regiment  Rifle Brigade “C” Coy. 7th Bn.

Date of birth  1st quarter 1886

Date of death 30th August 1916

Age at death  30 years

 

poppy-1His Story

Alfred was born in 1887 in Poplar. His address on both the 1891 and 1901 censuses was 13 Ford Street, St Paul’s, Poplar. He enlisted on 5 May 1915, and arrived in France on 28 July 1915. His Service Record states his occupation as tunneller, and his address as 11 Wharncliffe Street, Bethnal Green. He was severely wounded and evacuated to Netley Hospital, Hampshire where he died of wounds on 30 August 1916.

Jones G.W.2016-04-05T19:03:53+01:00

Private G.W. Jones  Service number CH/20137  royal marines light infantry

Regiment Royal Marine Light Infantry 4th Bn

Date of birth  22nd August 1897

Date of death 23rd April 1918

Age at death  20 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

George was born in Bromley-by-Bow on 22 August 1897. He enlisted just after his eighteenth birthday, on 22 August 1915. His address, as shown on both the 1911 Census and Death Certificate, is 40 Devas Street, Bromley-by-Bow, London. He was killed in action at Zeebrugge.

The raid on Zeebrugge was a precursor of the commando raids of WW2. In addition to the purpose of the raid, to stop German submarines from leaving their pens and attacking merchant shipping in the English Channel, it was seen as a morale-booster for the public. There was a lot of media attention in the aftermath of the raid. An elaborate funeral for Jones and West was held, with an honour guard of Royal Marines in attendence. Photos of the funeral and an accompanying write-up appeared in the Daily Mirror on 3 May 1918.

Joseph J.2016-04-05T19:05:36+01:00

Driver John Joseph  Service number CMT/390  army service corp badge

Regiment Army Service Corps First Army Supply Column

Date of birth  18th June 1878

Date of death 4th January 1917

Age at death 38 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Kearney A.J.2016-04-05T19:06:46+01:00

Corporal Alfred John Kearney  Service number 48158 Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery “A” Bty. 1 12th Bde

Date of birth  4th March 1885

Date of death 2nd May 1916

Age at death  31 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Kelly W.2016-04-05T19:08:33+01:00

Private W. Kelly  Service number SS/2564  army service corp badge

Regiment Army Service Corps Labour Coy

Date of birth 18th June 1878

Date of death 19th November 1915

Age at death 36 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Kilbourn H.2016-03-28T19:53:29+01:00

Private Harry Kilbourn    Service number G/24034  middlesex-regiment_badge

Regiment  Middlesex Regiment 28th Bn

Date of birth  20th May 1892

Date of death 16th November 1916

Age at death  23 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

King A.2016-04-05T19:09:44+01:00

Private Alfred King  Service number R/27655  army service corp badge

Regiment Army Service Corps Labour Coy

Date of birth  17th April 1883

Date of death 5th July 1917

Age at death  34 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Kirby H.A.2016-04-05T19:11:04+01:00

Driver H.A. Kirby  Service number 548585  royal engineers signals

Regiment Royal Engineers Signal Sect. Training Centre

Date of birth  1st quarter 1892

Date of death 14th April 1918

Age at death  25 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Kiteley F.2016-04-05T19:12:28+01:00

Rifleman Frederick Kiteley  Service number 210514  Rifle Brigate Cap Badge

Regiment Rifle Brigade 25th Bn. transf. to (591564) Labour Corps

Date of birth 2nd quarter 1878

Date of death 25th February 1919

Age at death  40 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Lacey A.W.2016-04-05T19:13:47+01:00

Corporal A.W. Lacey  Service number 8313  Royal_Army_Pay_Corps_cap_badge

Regiment Army Pay Corps

Date of birth  3rd quarter 1877

Date of death 19th August 1918

Age at death  40 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Ladlow E.2016-04-05T19:15:05+01:00

Rifleman Edwin Ladlow  Service number 841786  london regiment

Regiment London Regiment 32nd Bn.

Date of birth 10th August 1884

Date of death 17th March 1920

Age at death 35 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Lane R.J2020-06-30T13:57:34+01:00

PTE.RMLI  R.J. Lane  Service number PLY/14732  royal marines light infantry

Regiment Royal Marine Light Infantry

Date of birth 2nd April 1887

Date of death 4th November 1918

Age at death 31 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Lane R.J.2016-04-05T19:16:50+01:00

PTE  RMLI  R.J. Lane

Larner H.2016-04-05T19:18:43+01:00

Able SMN H. Larner  Service number J/34741   royal navy

Date of birth 20th January 1899

Date of death 30th July 1920

Age at death 21 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Lennox W.B.2016-04-05T19:21:10+01:00

Able Seaman RN W.B. Lennox  Service number SS/9172 royal navy

Date of birth  19th May 1900

Date of death 29th December 1919

Age at death 19 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Lester L.2016-04-05T19:22:54+01:00

Gunner L. Lester  Service number 39398 or 39298   Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery “B” Bty. 180th Bde

Date of birth 4th quarter 1886

Date of death 2nd August 1917

Age at death  30 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Linley S.R.2016-04-05T19:24:15+01:00

Private Samuel Randall Linley  Service number 12251  duke cornwall cap badge

Regiment Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Date of birth  11th July 1885

Date of death 28th July 1916

                                                      Age at death  31 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

 

Lissamore E.A.J.2016-04-05T19:25:50+01:00

Lance Corporal E.A.J. Lissamore  Service number 1213  royal defence corps

Regiment Royal Defence Corps

Date of birth  1st quarter 1886

Date of death 20th October 1918

Age at death 32 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Littleboy J.E.2016-05-25T19:30:32+01:00

Private J.E. Littleboy  Service number G/17595 queens_royal_west_surrey_regiment_badge_edited-1

Regiment The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

Date of birth  4th February 187

Date of death 26th January 1921

Age at death  43 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Lobley R.J.2016-04-05T19:27:09+01:00

Private Robert James Lobley  Service number TR/14896 training reserve badge

Regiment Training Reserve

Date of birth  4th March 1899

Date of death 30th May 1917

Age at death 18 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Lofts L.2016-04-06T18:50:17+01:00

Private Leonard Lofts  Service number 8677  queens_royal_west_surrey_regiment_badge_edited-1

Regiment The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Date of birth  3rd quarter 1888

Date of death 4th November 1918

Age at death  38 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Long J.D.2016-04-06T18:52:48+01:00

Gunner James David Long  Service number 31016 Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment  Royal Field Artillery

Date of birth  1st quarter 1885

Date of death 19th December 1920

Age at death 36 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Ludeman F.2016-04-06T18:54:11+01:00

Private F. Ludeman  Service number 71819  canadian infantry

Regiment Canadian Infantry

Date of birth  11th January 1890

Date of death 23rd September 1916

Age at death  26 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Lyus R.2016-04-06T18:56:08+01:00

2nd Private Reuben Lyus  Service number 135071  RAF badge

Regiment  Royal Air Force 89th Wing

Date of birth  14th 1887

Date of death 11th July 1918

Age at death 31 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Macknish R.W.2016-04-06T19:09:13+01:00

Private Reginald William Macknish  Service number 6847   east-surrey-regiment_badge

Regiment East Surrey Regiment

Date of birth  1889

Date of death 12th November 1918

Age at death 29 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

REGINALD WILLIAM MACKNISH: Born1889 in Rotherhithe, Reginald lived in Bermondsey, enlisting at Southwark, serving with the East Surrey Regiment. He disembarked in France on 25th May 1915, and served with the East Surreys until he was evacuated back to the UK. He died, aged 29, on 18 November 1918, at the Fulham Road War Hospital, due to sickness.

March T.W.2016-04-06T19:11:30+01:00

Gunner MM  T.W. March  Service number 86753  Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery

Date of birth 3rd quarter 1891

Date of death 7th October 1917

Age at death  26 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Marshall J.B.2016-04-06T19:14:11+01:00

Acting Bombardier J.B. Marshall  Service number 804  Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery

Date of birth 3rd quarter 1885

Date of death 25th February 1915

Age at death 29 years

 

poppy-1His Story

Martin G.2016-04-06T19:16:03+01:00

Private George Martin  Service number 20737    london regiment

Regiment London Regiment 7th Bn

Date of birth 1st quarter 1871

Date of death 23rd October 1917

Age at death  45 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Mason P.2016-04-06T19:19:53+01:00

Stoker 1st Class RN  Peter Mason  Service number K26961  royal navy

Regiment Royal Navy

Date of birth 13th August 1891

Date of death 12th November 1918

Age at death 27 years

 

poppy-1His Story

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McCarthy W.T.2016-04-06T18:57:32+01:00

TMR. MMR  W.Thomas McCarthy  Service number 949682  merchant-navy

Regiment  Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M.S. “Peel Castle”

Date of birth  4th quarter 1900

Date of death 15th February 1918

Age at death 17 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

McLaglen F.C.A.2016-04-06T19:00:40+01:00

Captain F.C.A. McLaglen  Service number  lancashire fuisiliers

Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers

Date of birth  21st May 1882

Date of death 26th May 1917

Age at death  35 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

FREDERICK CHARLES ALBERTUS McLAGLEN: The son of a Minister, Frederick was born 21 May 1882 in Bromley Kent and by 1891 he, along with his six siblings, had moved to Burdett Road, Limehouse. Aged 22, Frederick, now a police officer, married Minnie Kettley (27) on 28 February 1904, at St Michael Paternoster Royal in the City of London. The McLaglens then moved to Canada where three children were born.  The family returned to England and Frederick joined the Lancashire Fusiliers, gaining temporary promotion to 2/Lt in October 1915, rising to the rank of Captain by the time of his death on 26 May 1917, aged 35. His widow Minnie never remarried and died in 1958, aged 81.

McLaughlin W.G.2016-04-06T19:06:27+01:00

Private William George McLaughlin  Service number 15944royal-dublin-fusiliers-cap-badge_

Regiment Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Date of birth  19th October 1894

Date of death 4th October 1918

Age at death  23 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

McQuire J.A.2016-04-06T19:07:47+01:00

Private J.A. McQuire  Service number 3051  royal_west_kent_regiment_helmet_plate

Regiment Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Date of birth  26th April 1888

Date of death 22nd October 1918

Age at death 31 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Miles F.D.2016-05-25T19:33:15+01:00

Private Frank D. Miles Service number 6390  artist-rifles

Regiment London Regiment Artists Rifles

Date of birth  29th September 1894

Date of death 20th September 1918

Age at death 23 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Miller W.2016-04-06T19:21:51+01:00

Rifleman W. Miller  Service number 6/241  The-Kings-Royal-Rifle-Corps

Regiment King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Date of birth 1893

Date of death 20th September 1918

Age at death 25 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Milton W.2016-04-06T19:23:13+01:00

Private W. Milton  Service number 895  royal defence corps

Regiment Royal Defence Corps

Date of birth 1st quarter 1865

Date of death 15th May 1918

Age at death 53 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Moore A.2016-04-06T19:24:31+01:00

Corporal A. Moore  Service number 30993  royal_irish_fusiliers_badge

Regiment  Royal Irish Fusiliers

Date of birth c.1888

Date of death 21st November 1918

Age at death 30 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Moore A.E.2016-04-06T19:25:52+01:00

Driver Albert Edward  Moore  Service number 935173  Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery

Date of birth 2nd June 1893

Date of death 2nd February 1918

Age at death 24 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Newson J.2016-04-02T17:03:38+01:00

RAF_Andover_crestAirman 1st Class  James Newson  Service number  95202

Service  Royal Air Force No. 2 Navigation and Bomb Dropping School

Date of birth  13th August 1877

Date of death 28th November 1919

Age at death  41 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Newton J.2016-04-06T19:28:05+01:00

Stoker 1st Class RN  John Newton  Service number K/9528  royal navy

Regiment Royal Navy

Date of birth 2nd quarter 1878

Date of death 22nd January 1918

Age at death  26 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Nicholas H.W.2016-04-06T19:29:30+01:00

Serjeant Henry William Nicholas  Service number 1135  london regiment

Regiment London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

Date of birth 20th February 1892

Date of death 28th August 1916

Age at death 24 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Olley J.G.J.2016-04-06T19:32:01+01:00

Driver J.G.J. Olley  Service number T/292780  army service corp badge

Regiment Royal Army Service Corps 560th H.T. Coy. (Aldershot)

Date of birth 20th January 1892

Date of death 20th February 1919

Age at death 27 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Osborn J.2016-04-02T17:05:30+01:00

Private J. Osborn  Service number  91629 royal defence corps

Regiment  Royal Defence Corps

Date of birth  1st quarter 1880

Date of death 29th November 1919

Age at death  39 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Palmer E.S.2016-05-10T18:53:04+01:00

Leading Stoker RN  E.S. Palmer   Service number K/3790  royal navy

Regiment Royal Navy

Date of birth 22nd June 1891

Date of death 18th October 1919

Age at death 28 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Parker W.F.2016-05-10T18:57:39+01:00

Able Seaman RN  William Francis Parker    Service number J/254  royal navy

Regiment Royal Navy

Date of birth 3oth April 1892

Date of death 12th November 1918

Age at death 26 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Patmore G.A.2016-05-10T19:02:04+01:00

Sapper G.A. Patmore    Service number 22906  royal_engineers_badge

Regiment Royal Engineers

Date of birth 13th December 1887

Date of death 11th August 1915

Age at death 28 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Pearson W.J.2016-05-10T19:04:39+01:00

Corporal W.J.  Pearson    Service number 230976   13403 wiltshire-regiment

Regiment  Wiltshire Regiment

Date of birth c.1894

Date of death 23rd November 1918

Age at death 26 years

His Storypoppy-1

Perry L.R.2016-05-10T19:06:53+01:00

Rifleman L.R. Perry    Service number 44765 Rifle Brigate Cap Badge

Regiment Rifle Brigade

Date of birth  1st quarter 1900

Date of death 7th September 1918

Age at death 18 years

His Storypoppy-1

Pickhaver B.2016-04-05T12:53:54+01:00

Rifleman Bert Pickhaver  Service number  2277 or 2377 royal defence corps

Regiment 17th Bn. transf. to (33944) Royal Defence Corps

Date of birth  2nd quarter 1897

Date of death 11th November 1918

Age at death  21 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Piper G.W.2016-05-10T19:09:17+01:00

Gunner  G.W. Piper    Service number 159650 royal garrison artillery badge

Regiment  Royal Garrison Artillery 

Date of birth 2nd quarter 1887

Date of death 5th November 1918

Age at death  31 years

His Storypoppy-1

Polybank A.W.2016-05-25T19:35:31+01:00

                  Arthur Wellesley Polybank

                                    Rank: Private

Service number: 94837 royal army medical corps

Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps

Born: 4th quarter 1889

Died: 5th March 1919

Age:  29 years

 

 

His Story:

POLYBLANK*, Arthur Wellesley.    1889-1919.   *Shown as POLYBANK on the war memorial.

His birth was registered in Poplar in 1889 and he was baptised on 14th May 1890 at St. Michael and All Angels, St. Leonards Road, the son of George, a shipwright and Rebecca of 243 Brunswick Road, Bromley by Bow.    George was born c.1849 at Rotherhithe and he may be the person who was bound as an apprentice to Richard Waters of Limehouse on 13th February 1866 (Thames Watermen and Lightermen records).

Arthur’s parents were married in Poplar in 1875 the birthplace of his mother Rebecca French.   Rebecca’s father Robert was born at Northfleet in Kent but by 1871 he and his wife Elizabeth, their son and 2 daughters plus a 10 year old grandson (Thomas F. Goss) were living at 15 Bow Lane, Poplar.   Robert aged 63 and his 23 year old son William were employed as shipwrights.

In 1891 George and Rebecca are still at the above address together with their nine children, the eldest Alice is 15 whilst Arthur, the newest arrival, is 1.   Sadly by 1897 both parents had died within 5 weeks of each other.   Rebecca, aged 46 died on 17th January and her husband followed her on 22nd February at the age of 48.   The Death Duty indexes show that George was Rebecca’s executor, whilst an A. R. Polyblank was George’s executor.   Arthur would have been only 7 years of age when left an orphan.

By 1901 the siblings had moved and were living at 50 Star Lane, Canning Town, in a household headed up by their eldest brother George aged 22 who was working as a stevedore in the docks.   Alice is missing but the rest of the family are occupying the whole house and the majority are working.   William 18 is a butcher’s assistant,  Albert 17 a printer’s warehouseman, Alfred 15 is an apprentice leather bag maker whilst Arthur 11 (presumably still a schoolboy) is assisting on a milk round.   Beatrice aged 20 is a waitress but her 23 year old sister Annie has no occupation shown so perhaps she looked after the home whilst their 13 year old sister Vera, who should have been shown as a scholar but this entry is blank, seems to have changed her name from Ethel.

In the December Qtr. of 1914 Arthur married  Florence Hilda Plater at Lambeth;  she was born on 11th May 1888 at Wycombe?   This couple had 2 children – Edgar born on 12th September 1915 and Cynthia born on 25th December 1917.   Both births were registered at Lambeth.

Arthur joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as Private 94837 and died on 5th March 1919.   His last known address was 169 Railton Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 while his brother William was living at 132 Railton Road in 1911 with his wife and son.  Arthur was buried in Grave No. 9719 in Square 4.   If there was a stone to mark the grave it has since disappeared but the grave is just in front of a large headstone recording his mother’s French family.

Before Arthur was called up he was employed at Smithfield Market in London where his name is displayed on the Market’s war memorial.

Arthur’s widow Florence does not seem to have remarried as she is living at Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire in 1939 with her daughter Cynthia Radford and her son-in-law Eric Radford, a van driver employed by the Co-operative Society.   At this time her son Edgar is married and living in Croydon employed as a Precision Fitter Mechanic with the words ‘ARP Ambulance’ also shown against his name in the 1939 Register.

One of Arthur’s brothers, Alfred Mordaunt Polyblank fortunately survived the war and distinguished himself in the submarine world.  He joined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth in 1903 aged 18 and was mentioned in the London Gazette twice when he was awarded the Roumanian Cross of Military Virtue 2nd Class and received the DSM in 1919 for services in submarines.   He enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on 25th March 1919 as Boatman II (AB), No. 3661.   It would appear he stayed in Australia for the rest of his life.

 

Porter G.2016-05-10T19:11:37+01:00

Lance Cpl George Porter   Service number 29040  somerset-light-infantry_badge

Regiment Somerset Light Infantry

Date of birth  22nd October 1887

Date of death 24th May 1918

Age at death 31 years

His Storypoppy-1

Pritchard J.2016-05-10T19:16:22+01:00

Shoeing Smith  J. Pritchard    Service number 39806 Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery

Date of birth 4th quarter 1893

Date of death 31st May 1917

Age at death 23 years

His Storypoppy-1

Private E. Abrahams2016-03-11T13:55:15+00:00

Civil_Service_Rifles_badgePrivate Edward Abrahams  Service number 54236

Regiment London Regiment (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles) 15th Battalion

Date of death 27th January 1919

Age at death

 

poppy-1His Story   

Pubs2019-11-09T12:14:21+00:00

We run a pub

 

Purday S.E.2016-05-14T19:47:31+01:00

Sapper S.E. Purday  Service number 1907 royal engineers signals

Regiment Royal Engineers

Date of birth 2nd quarter 1894

Date of death 2nd December 1915

Age at death 21 years

 

His Story

PURDAY, Samuel Esau.   1894 – 2nd December 1915

 Samuel Esau was born in 1894 at Leyton, the eldest son of Samuel Esau Purday, a plumber and his wife Nancy Finch who married on 25th December 1890 at Highbury, North London.   The 1911 census for 179 Dawlish Road, Leyton, reveals this couple had been married for 21 years and had produced 10 children

At St. Mark’s church, Victoria Park on 15th July 1914 Samuel married Florence Alice Lock, a 20 year old spinster of 173 Armagh Road, Bow, daughter of Frederick a boot maker.   Samuel was 22, a hot water fitter of 516 Old Ford Road, son of Samuel with the same occupation.

In 1915? Samuel enlisted at Victoria Park for the Royal Engineers as Sapper No. 1907 with the 2nd/1st London Field Company.  He died aged 23 on 2nd December 1915 having served with his regiment at ‘Home’ and his death was registered at Ipswich.   On 25th June 1919 his widow Florence was awarded a £4.6s.5d. gratuity.

PURDAY, Samuel Esau.   c.1870–1930 aged 60

His father also named Samuel Esau saw service in WW1.   Aged 45 Samuel, was part of the British Expeditionary Force and joined the Royal Army Service Corps on 27th August 1915 as Private 15881 where he was attached to the 51st Artizan Works Company.

 

 

Rankin T.G.2016-05-14T19:50:18+01:00

1st Air Mechanic  T.G. Rankin Service number F/24306 royal-naval-air-service

Regiment Royal Naval Air Service

Date of birth  16th October 1898

Date of death 17th October 1917

Age at death 19 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Reeves J.2016-05-14T19:52:52+01:00

Private James Reeves  Service number G/21055  royal_fusiliers_cap_badge

Regiment Royal Fusiliers

Date of birth 5th March 1892

Date of death 1st September 1918

Age at death 26 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Restell J.W.2016-05-14T19:57:01+01:00

Lance Serjeant James William Restell  Service number G/4535  middlesex-regiment_badge

Regiment Middlesex Regiment

Date of birth 7th August 1895

Date of death 12th November 1918

Age at death  24 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Richardson W.J.M.2016-05-25T19:38:39+01:00

Engineer Lieutenant William Joseph Martin Richardson  Service number royal navy reserve

Service Royal Navy Reserve

Date of birth  1st July 1861

Date of death 15th February 1919

Age at death  57 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Ricks F.A.2016-05-14T19:59:21+01:00

Rifleman F.A. Ricks  Service number 359

Regiment Rifle Brigade

Date of birth 5th December 1884

Date of death 23rd August 1917

Age at death 33 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Rimini M.2016-05-14T20:07:10+01:00

Private M. Rimini  Service number 20270

Regiment

Date of birth

Date of death 8th August 1915

Age at death

 

His Story

Rimini M.2016-05-15T18:40:16+01:00

Private M. Rimini  Service number 20270 london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth  1871

Date of death 8th August 1915

Age at death 41 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Michael was born to Dutch Jewish parents from Amsterdam. He was born in Whitechapel in 1871. He appeared on the 1911 Census as a greengrocer, and was living at 83 Parnell Road, Bow. He died of pneumonia at Bethnal Green Military Hospital on 8 August 1915. Given that he does not have a Medal Index Card, it would appear he was a Home Service soldier who died before having the opportunity of going overseas, and obtaining a campaign medal.

Ritta A.T.2016-05-15T18:43:19+01:00

Private Alfred Thomas Ritta  Service number 18564 royal-rish-regiment

Regiment Royal Irish Regiment

Date of birth  6 November 1885

Date of death 5th December 1918

Age at death 33 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Alfred was born in Bethnal Green on 5 November 1885. In July 1894, he attended Pritchard’s Road School and resided at 11 Seabright Gardens, Haggerston. In 1909 he married his wife, Nellie.  He appeared on the 1911 Census as a Wood Chopper, and was living at 60 Skidmore St, Stepney. He died at Mile End Military Hospital, Bancroft Road on 5 December 1918. He received the British War Medal and Victory Medal, which suggests that he was conscripted into the army, and that he saw combat from 1916 onwards.

Roberts J.H.2016-05-15T18:46:27+01:00

Private J.H. Roberts  Service number 532 (S) royal-marine-engineer-corps

Regiment Royal Marine Engineers

Date of birth  28th March 1894

Date of death 23rd October 1918

Age at death  24 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Roberts J.H.2016-05-15T18:50:35+01:00

Private J.H. Roberts  Service number 118887  royal army medical corps

Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps

Date of birth 2nd quarter 1881

Date of death 19th July 1919

Age at death 37 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Roney H.2016-05-15T18:53:23+01:00

Private H. Roney  Service number 14171 royal-munster-fusiliers_badge

Regiment Royal Munster Fusiliers

Date of birth 1st quarter 1897

Date of death 23rd October 1918

Age at death  22 years

 

His Story

Henry was born in 1897 at Hackney the son of George and his wife Emma.   His parents were married on 17th March 1890 at St. Thomas, Bethnal Green.

In 1901 the family have moved to Laburnham Street, Shoreditch with their sons George aged 10, Harry 4 and Alfred aged 1.

In 1911 they are to be found at 5 Triangle Terrace, Hackney where the father George.  They have now been married for 21 years during which time Emma has given birth to 9 children, 3 of whom have not survived.

Henry enlisted at Finsbury for the Connaught Rangers as Private 5266 but later transferred to the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, No. 14171.   He served in both regiments at ‘Home’.

Henry died on 23rd October 1918 aged 21 at Devonport Military Hospital of influenza.   He was awarded the Victory and British medals which were sent to his parents at 53 North Street, Mare Street, Hackney.   His mother Emma received his effects totalling £22.17s.5d.

 

 

Ross T.A.2016-05-15T18:55:55+01:00

Private T.A. Ross  Service number R/37747 Royalregimentoffusiliersbadge

Regiment Royal Fusiliers

Date of birth  30th December 1882

Date of death 17th November 1918

Age at death 36 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Saffron J.2016-05-19T18:48:19+01:00

Private J. Saffron  Service number 1804  london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth 30th October 1890

Date of death 12th August 1918

Age at death  28 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Salmon J.2016-05-19T18:50:56+01:00

Private John Salmon  Service number D/18880 norfolk-yeomanry

Regiment Norfolk Yeomanry

Date of birth 4th quarter 1881

Date of death 18th February 1919

Age at death 39 years

 

His Story

SALMON,  John.   c. 1881 – 18.2.1919

He was born in Stepney the son of John and Sarah Salmon.    In 1891 the  family are at 69 Silver Street. The father John is a 40 year old horse keeper/groom born at West Wratting in Cambridgeshire while his wife Sarah is 38,  a native of Devizes in Wiltshire.   They have 6 daughters and 2 sons.   By 1901 John’s mother is a widowed 49 year old working from home as a laundress at 36 Halley Street, Stepney.   Only 4 of her children are still at home.

On 15th April 1906 at St. Peter’s church in Stepney John was married to Violet Frances Amelia Batson,  22.

The 1911 census for 20 Jupp Road, Mile End, reveals Thomas Batson  51 as a tea cooper and general labourer born in the parish of St. Matthias, Bethnal Green.   Wife Frances was born in Wickham Market, Suffolk and has been married 29 years and had 6 children but one has died;  she is now employed as a trouser finisher.   Her 2 daughters, both in their mid-20s are working in the leather trade whilst their 19 year old brother is a general labourer.

John and Violet Salmon had 2 young sons born before the 1911 census where they were living at 54 Shepton House, Bethnal Green.   John’s was then employed as a butcher’s assistant.

He served with the 2nd/1st Norfolk Yeomanry as Private D/18880.

John Salmon died on 18th February 1919 at Ballinasloe Workhouse Infirmary, Co. Galway of influenza    His widow Violet was paid £7.3s.1d. on 30th May 1919 which included a War Gratuity of £6.15s.

 

Samways J.W.2016-05-19T18:54:51+01:00

Private J.W. Samways  Service number 27207 royal defence corps

Regiment Royal Defence Corps

Date of birth 2nd November 1869

Date of death 16th July 1918

Age at death 48 years

 

His Story

Joseph was born on 2nd November 1869, the son of Joseph William, a mariner, and Mary Samways (nee Long) at 4 Reynold’s Terrace, Old Church Road, Mile End Old Town.   The following year his father is at sea but Joseph, his mother and two much older sisters of 15 and 17 are at 4 Old Church Road.

In 1881 he is living with his parents at 18 White Horse Street, Ratcliff where this time his father is home but still described as a mariner.

Joseph is 21 in the 1891 census and has already chosen a different way of life to his father as he is a railway porter living at his previous address with his parents.   His father is shown as a general labourer aged 65, obviously too old now to go to sea and they are supplementing their wages by taking in a lodger.

On 12th June 1892 at St. Thomas’ church, Stepney, Joseph now a 22 year old signalman living at 33 Stepney Causeway married Alice Elizabeth Alchin.

Between 1896 and 1903 the family are at 12 Robeson Street where the family has increased by 3 young children between the ages of 3 and 8.   Between 1905 and 1909 a Joseph Samways is living at 4 Barnes Street, Limehouse but by 1911 they are settled at 99 Ravenscroft Road, Canning Town. Now they have 7 children (none have died) aged between 18 and 7 months old –  Arthur born in Canning Town.

On 28th December 1914 Joseph William Samways aged 45 and the father of 9 children, enlisted as a member of the Royal Defence Corps.   He was discharged on 4th May 1917 due to illness and was issued with a Silver War Badge on 11th May (No. 172756).   He received a war gratuity of £6.5s. but sadly died on 16th July 1918 aged 48.

 

Sargent F.H.2016-05-19T18:57:23+01:00

Rifleman F.H. Sargent  Service number 2783london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth 1st August 1896

Date of death 10th August 1916

Age at death 19 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Saward C.2016-05-19T19:00:07+01:00

Rifleman Charles Saward  Service number 207286  Rifle Brigate Cap Badge

Regiment Rifle Brigade

Date of birth 7th February 1895

Date of death 21st July 1918

Age at death 23 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Sawyer W.J.2016-05-19T19:03:02+01:00

Private W.J. Sawyer  Service number 29436 london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth 3rd quarter 1875

Date of death 11th March 1915

Age at death 40 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Schieferstein C.W.2016-05-19T19:05:38+01:00

Private C.W.Schieferstein  Service number 84115 middlesex-regiment_badge

Regiment Middlesex Regiment

Date of birth 2nd quarter 1878

Date of death 15th February 1919

Age at death 41 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Scoulding A.G.2016-05-19T19:08:37+01:00

Private A.G. Scoulding  Service number 189868 machine gun corps

Regiment Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Date of birth 4th June 1889

Date of death 25th November 1918

Age at death 26 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Scurr W.C.D.2016-05-19T19:11:42+01:00

Rifleman W.C.D. Scurr  Service number B/203684 Rifle Brigate Cap Badge

Regiment Rifle Brigade

Date of birth 18th February 1897

Date of death 20th February 1917

Age at death 20 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

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Shackleton C.P.2016-05-19T19:14:35+01:00

Lance Serjeant C.P. Shackleton  Service number 7032277 london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth 1st quarter 1893

Date of death 24th April 1918

Age at death 26 years

 

 

His Storypoppy-1

Sheers W.F.2016-05-19T19:17:07+01:00

Rifleman William Frederick Sheers  Service number 572210 london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth 14th August 1892

Date of death 24th October 1918

Age at death  26 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

 

 

Short E.G.2016-05-19T19:20:14+01:00

Corporal E.G. Short  Service number WR/314442 royal engineers

Regiment Royal Engineers

Date of birth 4th quarter 1884

Date of death 18th February 1919

Age at death  36 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Siddle S.E.E.2016-05-19T19:23:19+01:00

Rifleman S.E.E. Siddle  Service number 576226 london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth  1st February 1898

Date of death 13th January 1920

Age at death 21 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Singer E.A.2016-05-19T19:26:29+01:00

Pioneer E.A. Singer  Service number WR/150871 royal engineers

Regiment Royal Engineers

Date of birth 1st March 1897

Date of death 3rd March 1919

Age at death 22 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Skinner J.R.2016-05-19T19:29:32+01:00

Private James Richard Skinner  Service number GS/M/332 middlesex-regiment_badge

Regiment Middlesex Regiment

Date of birth 13th May 1894

Date of death 8th November 1918

Age at death  24 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Smith F.G.V.2016-05-19T19:32:13+01:00

Serjeant Frank Charles Victor Smith  Service number 52248 Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery

Date of birth 10th August 1891

Date of death 24th October 1918

Age at death  27 years

 

 

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Smith H.J.2016-05-19T19:34:45+01:00

Bombardier H.J. Smith  Service number 10157  L/19247 Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery

Date of birth 3rd quarter 1894

Date of death 15th February 1919

Age at death 24 years

 

His Storypoppy-1

Smith J.G.2016-05-19T19:37:21+01:00

Private Jack Gilbert Smith  Service number 10157  wiltshire regiment badge

Regiment Wiltshire Regiment

Date of birth c. 1892

Date of death 15th December 1918

Age at death 23 years

 

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Spinks G.2016-05-19T19:40:15+01:00

Private G. Spinks  Service number 19550  duke cornwall cap badge

Regiment Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Date of birth 16th December 1894

Date of death 7th October 1918

                                                    Age at death 23 years

 

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Spoel J.2016-05-19T19:42:53+01:00

Petty Officer J. Spoel  Service number 236468 royal navy

Regiment Royal Navy

Date of birth 5th July 1889

Date of death 20th April 1917

Age at death 27 years

 

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Thurgood W.J.2016-05-23T18:46:08+01:00

Private W.J. Thurgood  Service number 540182  Civil_Service_Rifles_badge

Regiment London Regiment (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles)

Date of birth 3rd quarter 1901

Date of death 27th January 1919

Age at death 17 years

 

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Tompkins F.J.2016-05-23T18:48:54+01:00

surrey yeomanryPrivate Frederick John Tompkins  Service number L/8944

Regiment Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary’s Regiment)

Date of birth 3rd quarter 1878

Date of death 31st December 1918

Age at death 40 years

 

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Turner E.A.2016-05-23T18:51:14+01:00

Rifleman Edwin Arthur Turner  Service number A/202347  The-Kings-Royal-Rifle-Corps

Regiment King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Date of birth 1st quarter 1898

Date of death 9th November 1918

Age at death 21 years

 

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Turner J.E.2016-05-23T18:53:44+01:00

Corporal J.E. Turner   Service number 50450  MH49 RAF cap & beret 1919-54

Regiment Royal Air Force

Date of birth 25th November 1888

Date of death 13th July 1918

Age at death 29 years

 

 

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Turner W.2016-05-23T18:56:22+01:00

C. Serjt. Major W. Turner  Service number 107170  duke cornwall cap badge

Regiment Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Date of birth c. 1889

Date of death 4th July 1918

Age at death 29 years

 

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Vaughan A.F.C.2016-05-23T19:07:40+01:00

 A.F.C.Vaughan Sub-Lietenant

Service number  royal navy reserve

Service Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Date of birth

Date of death 1st March 1915

Age at death

His Story

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Walton A.2016-05-23T19:04:44+01:00

Gunner Alfred Walton  Service number 109168 royal garrison artillery badge

Regiment Royal Garrison Artillery

Date of birth 13th December 1897

Date of death 3rd March 1919

Age at death 21 years

 

 

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Waren J.2016-05-23T19:10:40+01:00

Driver John Waren  Service number 30972 Royal_field Artillery_Cap_Badge-1

Regiment Royal Field Artillery

Date of birth 8th November 1874

Date of death 28th September 1919

Age at death  44 years

 

His Story

Watson R.V.2016-05-23T19:15:08+01:00

Private Richard Victor Watson  Service number 357 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Regiment Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Date of birth 14th June 1895

Date of death 5th May 1916

Age at death 20 years

 

His Story

Wessel A.W.2016-05-23T19:18:13+01:00

Private A. W. Wessel Service number G/36294 middlesex-regiment_badge

Regiment  Middlesex Regiment

Date of birth 2nd quarter 1896

Date of death 5th September 1918

Age at death  22 years

 

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West G.T.2016-05-23T19:22:01+01:00

Private G.T. West  Service number Ch/13569 oyal marines light infantry

Regiment Royal Marine Light Infantry

Date of birth  24th August 1885

Date of death 23rd April 1918

Age at death 32 years

 

                   His story

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Private George Thomas West is unique among the service personnel buried in Tower Hamlets Cemetery because he is the only one to have died in action. George enlisted in the Royal Marines in 1902 in the Chatham Division. He was ‘underage’ until the 23rd August of the following year.

As well as serving at shore bases in England, such as HMS Pembroke at Chatham, George served on seven different vessels, sometimes for only a few months. At the time of the outbreak of the War, George was serving on HMS Implacable. In March 1915, George embarked for the Dardanelles where the Implacable supported the main allied landings at Cape Helles. George arrived in Singapore on February 17th 1916 and back at Devonport on 17th February 1917. He now experienced the opposite end of the Naval experience, as he served on a depot ship with the British North Russian Squadron, patrolling the White Sea. On 23rd April 1918 the Intrepid was involved in the Zeebrugge Raid when she was deliberately sunk at the entrance to the Bruges Canal to try and prevent it being used by German U-Boats. George’s body was returned to England and buried in Tower Hamlets Cemetery on 2nd May 1918. George left behind a widow, Elizabeth.

 

Details of George Thomas West’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”.

White J.P.2016-05-23T19:24:29+01:00

Rifleman J.P.White  Service number 4392 london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth 3rd quarter 1872

Date of death 27th July 1915

Age at death  43 years

 

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Wildig P.2016-05-23T19:27:24+01:00

Private P. Wildig  Service number DM2/224703 army service corp badge

Regiment  Army Service Corps

Date of birth 15th March 1888

Date of death 31st October 1918

Age at death 30 years

 

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Williamson A.2016-05-23T19:32:47+01:00

Rifleman Alfred Williamson  Service number 881508 london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth 1888

Date of death 26th February 1919

Age at death 30 years

 

 

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Windebank W.H.2016-05-23T19:35:46+01:00

Private William Herbert Windebank   Service number 368058  london regiment

Regiment London Regiment

Date of birth c.1897

Date of death 23rd September 1918

Age at death 23 years

 

His Story

William, born circa 1897 in Bethnal Green, was the grandson of William Charles Jessup and his wife Theresa and was living with them at 131 Bancroft Road, Mile End in 1911. He served with 1/11th London Regiment and the London Regiment 7th Battalion.  He died on 23rd September 1918, in the No. 2 Military Hospital in Reading. He was buried in Grave R1502 on 28th September 1918.

Details of William Herbert Windebank’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

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Wood G.2016-05-23T19:39:31+01:00

Private C. Wood  Service number 18823 bedfordshire regiment

Regiment Bedfordshire Regiment

Date of birth c.1892

Date of death 11th August 1916

Age at death 24 years

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Charles Wood was born c. 1892 in Stepney.  He married Norah King on 4 August 1913 at St John the Evangelist, Limehouse and they had two children Norah and Charles F.  Charles enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment at Stratford and embarked for France on 13th May 1915.The Battalion was present at the Somme offensive at Arras as well as at High Wood between 20th-25th July 1916 and Longueval from 27th-30th July 1916. Charles died at Devonport Military Hospital on 11 August 1916 and was buried in the cemetery, Grave R133, on 19 August (his surname is shown as Woods in the burial register).

Details of Charles Wood’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

Wright H.2016-05-23T19:42:16+01:00

Lance Corporal H. Wright  Service number 205389 middlesex-regiment_badge

Regiment Middlesex Regiment

Date of birth 30th March 1898

Date of death 12th April 1918

Age at death 20 years

His Story

Herbert, one of eight children of Charles and Agnes Wright, was born in 1898, St George in the East.  Very few details of Herbert’s war service exist, described as 5ft 6in tall with blue eyes and light brown hair, he attested in February 1915 and was called up immediately to join the London Regiment Royal Fusiliers. Herbert died 12th April 1918, in the South Eastern Hospital in Greenwich  aged 20 years and was buried in grave R1467, on 18th April 1918.

Details of Herbert Wright’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

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Wright J.2016-05-23T19:45:22+01:00

Private J. Wright  Service number 5563293 wiltshire_regiment_cap_badge

Regiment Wiltshire Regiment

Date of birth 18th June 1902

Date of death 18th October 1920

Age at death 19 years

 

His Story

Born in Haggerston in 1902 to Robert and Fanny Wright, James served as a Lance Corporal in the Middlesex Regiment, 33 Works Battalion and died at Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Westminster on 28th October 1920 aged 19 years. His death certificate states that his service number was 5563298 and that he was a Private in the 1st Wiltshire Regiment of Portobello Barracks, Dublin.  James was buried in Grave P1403, on 28th October 1920

Details of James Wright’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

 

Yeo G.H.2016-05-23T19:48:05+01:00

Private G.H. Yeo  Service number G/92434 royal-artillery_badge

Regiment Royal Fusiliers

Date of birth 17th October 1897

Date of death 24th November 1918

Age at death 21 years

His Story

George Henry, the eldest child of Henry and Ellen Yeo, was born in 1897. Serving in the 9th London Regiment as a Private from July 1917 to February 1918 before he transferred 18th Kings Royal Rifles Corps between July-August 1918 and then to the 3rd London Regiment. He died in the Temporary Military Hospital, Gosforth, Northumberland on 24 November 1918 and was buried in Grave R1542 on 4th December 1918.

Details of George Henry Yeo’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

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Yewman A.2016-05-23T19:50:39+01:00

Able Seaman Alexander Yewman  Service number J/21237  royal navy

Service Royal Navy

Date of birth 5th August 1898

Date of death 17th September 1918

Age at death 21 years

 

His Story

Alexander Yewman,  born in Bethnal Green in 1897 to  George and Emma Yewman. Alexander joined the Royal Navy and can be found on HMS Ganges on 22nd November 1912 aged 15 as a Boy II. He then served on HMS Victory Ibefore going to sea, on HMS Fearless on which he would become an Ordinary Sailor on his 18th birthday. He served on several ships before being transferred to HMS Glatton on 31st August 1918, his last ship. Alexander died of injuries on 17th September 1918 at the Military Hospital Dover the day after the ship exploded.  He was buried in Grave R1489 on 26th September 1918.

Details of Alexander Yewman’s life and family are available in our publication “Hidden Histories”

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