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BORN EDGBASTON, 31/12/1885. SECOND SON OF GEORGE FROST (1858-1938) & ELIZA JANE BLOOMER (1859-1933) , OF STRATFORD UPON AVON, WARWICKS. HIS FATHER WAS A PROFESSOER OF MUSIC AND AN ORGANIST. HE WAS EDUCATED WITH HIS THREE BROTHERS AS KING EDWARDS VI, SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM. HE WAS A SINGLE MAN. WORKED AS A BANK CLERK LIVING WITH PARENTS […]

BORN HULL 01/07/1880. PARENTS LIVED HOWDEN, YORKSHIRE. WIFE LILLY LIVED ABOVE. NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS. The Battle of Coronel HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth were sunk by the German fleet (Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee), superior in both shell range and speed. Armoured cruisers Gneisenau and Sharnhorst lead the main attacks in the Battl […]

BORN EARLSTOWN, LANCASTER, 21/03/1895. SON OF SABRINA AND PETER MYERS, OF 78 NICHOLSON STREET, HULL. HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AS A PRINTER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 1546 ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 1ST ROYAL IRISH RIFLES. DIED ON 20/02/1918. BURIED IN FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO GEORGE AND BESSIE […]

BORN HULL 1898.  SON OF EDWIN WILLIAM TINEGATE (1871-1953) AND CLARENDA HOWARTH (1864-1911). SON OF A TIMBER MERCHANT AND SAWMILL OWNER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. LIVED AT 140 HUNTER ROAD, BIRMINGHAM (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN BIRMINGHAM. SERVED WITH THE 9TH WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 10/08/1915, AG […]