Soldier. Born George Thomas Dorrell in Paddington. Wikipedia informs that he joined the army at the age of fifteen and first served in the Second Boer War. On 1st September 1914, at Néry, France, d...
Campaigner for animal welfare. Alice Marie Drakoules (née Lambe) was born c.1850 near Brussels to English parents. 1876 married William Lewis, the managing director of the Union Assurance Company...
The regiment was formed from the union of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot and the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot. Following action in all major conflicts it was gradually disbanded in th...
Civil servant, journalist and author. He served in the Indian Civil Service, for North-Western Provinces from 1867 to 1876, after which he worked in London as a journalist. From the 1880s onwards, ...
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By June 1915, the population of Belgian refugees in Britain rose to 265,000. But we couldn't find anything on the web about the school in Cale Street.
Walter George Flegg was born in 1889 in Ipswich, Suffolk, one of the eight children of John Flegg (1857-1943) and Maria Flegg née Moody (1857-1939). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1...
Alfred William Forder was born on 14 June 1880 in Paddington, Middlesex, (now Greater London), the eighth of the eleven children of Edward Forder (1851-1937) and Rachel Forder née Thain (1850-1934)...
Richard Henry Foster was born on 1 May 1921, the second of the three children of Bertie Foster (1888-1966) and Edith Kate Foster née Nixey (1891-1967). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter o...
Rifleman. Number R/25270 of the 17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Born in Southwark. He is commemorated on on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Henry James Freeman was born in 1887 in Peckham, a son of James Daines Freeman (1858-1925) and Annie Clementine Freeman née Johnson (1865-1955).His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1887 i...
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