Bertie John Mendham, to give him his full Sunday name, was born on 22 May 1884 in East Wretham, Norfolk, seventh of the nine children of Thomas & Mary (nee Freeman). He was the older brother of Ernest Tom Mendham, who I remembered three weeks ago.
Christened on 5 July 1884 in East Wretham, Bertie was my third cousin four times removed. and he moved with the family to Streatham, London, by 1901. By the age of 16 he was a porter and the 1911 census shows him working as a printer and living in Upper Tooting. Towards the end of that year he married Daisy and they begat two children - Daisy, and Albert who was to die in the next war.
He enlisted in the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment and died on 28 June 1917. With no known grave he is commemorated, along with his brother, on the Menin Gate memorial.
We will remember them.
28 June 2017
22 June 2017
GREAT WAR CENTENARY: Albert Pridmore
Today I remember a man who has already had a mention in this blog in 1914: Albert Pridmore, my sixth cousin a few times removed, was born in Wittering, near Peterborough, in 1879. He was the second of the eleven children (nine boys, two girls) of William & Sarah, nee Culpin, who moved to the Sheffield area soon after he was born. After schooling in the town, Albert worked as a labourer.
In 1913 he married Margaret Richardson in Sheffield and they begat five children before Albert enlisted in the Yorks & Lancs Regiment and was sent to France & Flanders to join the Expeditionary Force from January 1916. He was wounded in action on 2 May 1917 and repatriated to Bradford Military Hospital.
Where he died one hundred years ago today. He was buried in Burngreave cemetery in Sheffield.
We will remember them.
In 1913 he married Margaret Richardson in Sheffield and they begat five children before Albert enlisted in the Yorks & Lancs Regiment and was sent to France & Flanders to join the Expeditionary Force from January 1916. He was wounded in action on 2 May 1917 and repatriated to Bradford Military Hospital.
Where he died one hundred years ago today. He was buried in Burngreave cemetery in Sheffield.
We will remember them.
7 June 2017
GREAT WAR CENTENARY: Ernest Tom Mendham
Ernest Mendham was born in 1886 in East Wretham in Norfolk, eighth of the nine children of Thomas and Mary (nee Freeman). Christened in the local church on 8 August that year, he was next "seen" in the 1901 census, with the family in Streatham, south London. In 1909 he married Lily Hudson and the family lived in Upper Tooting in 1911; he was a librarian's clerk.
In 1914, or thereabouts, he enlisted, at Clapham Junction, in the London regiment. He died in Flanders on this day in 1917 and has no known grave. Along with thousands he is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial.
We will remember them.
In 1914, or thereabouts, he enlisted, at Clapham Junction, in the London regiment. He died in Flanders on this day in 1917 and has no known grave. Along with thousands he is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial.
We will remember them.
2 June 2017
GREAT WAR CENTENARY: Charles William Rumbelow
Charles William Rumbelow was my fifth cousin twice removed, the eldest of five children (four boys & one girl) of George and Laura (nee Mace). Born in 1897 in the village of Wicken in Cambridgeshire, he seems to have lived in the village all of his short life. Aged only three in the 1901 census, he was at school by 1911 - then living with his grandparents.
And that is all I know about him; other than that he died one hundred years ago today, in Birmingham, having been serving with the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. He is buried in the churchyard in Wicken.
We will remember them.
And that is all I know about him; other than that he died one hundred years ago today, in Birmingham, having been serving with the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. He is buried in the churchyard in Wicken.
We will remember them.
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