William David Frank Slowley (1901-1961) My father (k.a. Dave) joined the Royal Navy as a ‘boy’ in 1916 just after…
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My great grandfather was Arthur Trout. He was a stoker in the navy during World War I. I have a…
All these items from the First World War relate to my family. Carving Canon Robert Shipman (1873- 1958) was Rector…
Foreword August 4th 2014 marks the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. Hardly any British family can have…
A Family at War 1914-1918 Richard Sawtell Foreword August 4th 2014 marks the centenary of the outbreak of World War…
The photographs above are of the few items of memorabilia associated with my father, Frederick Webb. The shell has…
Robert William Webb Service in the Northamptonshire Regiment during the Great War Memorial in Nieuport, Belgium Frederick Webb Naval Service…
Like many people I have always kept my father’s medals. I knew that he and my uncle both served in…