Tag: Royal Engineers

Ossian Cameron was born on 27 February 1891 in Campbeltown in Argyllshire, to David Rutherford and Elizabeth Cameron. He had an older brother, Clement, then … Read more

Arthur Samuel Joys was born in about May 1884 in the parish of St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent. On 7 November 1904, Arthur joined the Royal … Read more

Frank Herbert Parker was born on 11 February 1889 in Aldershot.   He was the son of a sergeant (later a Company Sergeant Major) in the … Read more

Reginald Bowes was born in Chatham early in 1895.  He lived at Fort Pitt Military Hospital in Chatham where his father, Peter Bowes, was a … Read more

James Henry Bell was born in Darlington, County Durham c.1898.  He is thought to have enlisted with the Royal Engineers (RE) in Gillingham.  He was … Read more

William Thomas Baxter was born in Strood in the summer of 1888.  In 1891 he was living in Strood with his father (also William Thomas) … Read more

William John Baker was born in Rochester in July 1893.  At the previous census (1891) his family were living at 4, St Peter’s Place, Rochester.  … Read more

Private Albert Adams was born in Rochester on 18 September 1876.  Albert first served in the Royal Engineers, enlisting on 26 February 1917, and transferring … Read more

Sidney Abbotson was born in 1889 in Strood, which was then part of the city of Rochester.  He spent much of his childhood at 84 … Read more