Regiment: Royal Field Artillery 70th Brigade C Battery

Born Shorncliffe, Chatham, Kent, 1886. Second Son of John and Sarah Ann Brooker. Secomd of four sons. He had one sister, Lydia. His father was a Retired Army Sergeant. Charles Edwin Brooker, joined the army young and was a regular soldier when war began. Married at Medway, in 1912. Husband of Harriet Victoria Riley, (born on 20 April 1 […]

BORN BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE 1891. SON OF EDITH ROSE SKINNER & JOHN EDMUND HOWARTH, OF 26 BECKSIDE, BEVERLEY. A LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL ON 31/10/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/04/1915. SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER IN THE 70TH BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE SOMME, ON 22/08/1916, AGED 25. HE LEFT A WIFE AND CHILD. H […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1891. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM PYBUS (1865-1946) & MARY ELIZABETH PYBUS (1861-1949), OF 173 FINKLE STREET , COTTINGHAM.  SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. ELDEST  OF FIVE SONS. WORKED AS A SHOP ASSISTANT IN A GROCERS. HIS WIFE LOTTIE SLIGHT, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD AR […]