Gilbert Ernest Adams, DFC
Surbiton man killed serving in WW2. Pilot Officer Gilbert Ernest Adams DFC was the third of the five children of Ernest George Adams (b.1884) and Florence Annie Adams née Arkell (1887-1949). His b...
African and Caribbean Armed Forces
After the outbreak of WWI, black recruits could be found in all branches of the British armed forces. They volunteered at recruitment centres, and were joined by West Indians, travelling at their o...
Carmen Isobel Henrietta Aguirre
Carmen Isobel Henrietta Aguirre was born in 1899 in Anerley, Kent (now Greater London), the eldest of the three children of Enrique Blas Aguirre (1866-1926) and Henrietta Emma Aguirre née Rogers (1...
Enrique Manuel Aguirre, B.A.
Enrique Manuel Aguirre was born on 25 May 1903 in Anerley, Kent (now Greater London), the youngest of the three children of Enrique Blas Aguirre (1866-1926) and Henrietta Emma Aguirre née Rogers (1...
WW2 aircraft crash
The story of this crash is very well told at Their Last Night. Here we give a brief summary. The plane was a a Mark 5 Halifax No DK 253 of 427 Squadron based at Leeming, Yorkshire. It was one o...