Tag: KIA
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SPAIN, Ernest Frank (1915 – 1945)
#Kent #KIA #Military #WWII Ernest Frank SPAIN was the only child born to Ernest Thomas SPAIN (1884 – 1954), a Baker, and Minnie May SAWYER (1888 – 1962). His father was born in the Dover area but the family had moved around west Kent prior to this it appears. His mother’s family were from around…
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LAWRENCE, George Henry (1895 – 1915)
#Bridge #Deal #Kent #KIA #Military #WWI George Henry LAWRENCE was the eldest of eleven children born to John LAWRENCE (1871 – 1956), a Labourer, and Edith Harriet FAGG (1878 – 1936). John’s ancestors moved from Deal towards Bridge it seems. Edith was born near Ash and her parents lived around that little bit of Kent. …
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BAILEY, George (1891 – 1917)
#England #Kent #KIA #Military #WWI George BAILEY was the middle of five children born to Robert BAILEY (1852 – 1923), a Labourer then Beer House Keeper, and Sarah Mary BELSEY (1863 – 1940). Robert’s family seems to have been living and working around the outskirts of Dover. Sarah was born in Nonington and most likely…
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ABBOTT, William Charles (1894 – 1973)
#Ashford #Buckland #Chilham #Death #Dover #England #Faversham #Kent #Military #WWI William Charles ABBOTT was the eighth of nine children born to Henry ABBOTT (1844 – 1908), an Agricultural Labourer, and Sarah ANDREWS (1857 – 1943). Henry was born in Buckland, part of Dover, Kent, England but seems to have headed towards Faversham by the time…
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ABBOTT, John Henry (1886 – 1916)
#Ashford #Buckland #Chilham #Death #Dover #England #Faversham #France #Kent #KIA #Military #WWI John Henry ABBOTT was the eldest boy and fifth of nine children born to Henry ABBOTT (1844 – 1908), an Agricultural Labourer, and Sarah ANDREWS (1857 – 1943). Henry was born in Buckland, part of Dover, Kent, England but seems to have headed…
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ABBOTT, Ernest Walter (1896 – 1917)
#Ashford #Buckland #Chilham #Death #Dover #England #Faversham#France #Kent #KIA #Luddenham #Military #WWI Ernest Walter ABBOTT was the youngest of nine children born to Henry ABBOTT (1844 – 1908), an Agricultural Labourer, and Sarah ANDREWS (1857 – 1943). Henry was born in Buckland, part of Dover, Kent, England but seems to have headed towards Faversham by the…
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Remembering Alan Gordon Gavin
#Alkham #Arnhem #Belgium #Death #England #Goirle #Kent #KIA #Leopoldsburg #Military #Netherlands #Poppel #Tilburg #WWI #WWII As we are coming up to Remembrance Sunday I thought that I would write a post about one of my wider family members who fought in World War II and sadly did not return home again. Alan Gordon GAVIN was…