Born in 1892 in Lewisham, Bernard Sercombe was my 3rd cousin twice removed and youngest of the six children of Horatio and Ellen (nee Ongley). The family stayed in the area and by 1911 they were living in Lee (Kent/London) and Bernard was listed as "no occupation" - which I take to mean unemployed.
Come the Great War Bernard enlisted in the London Regiment and advanced to Corporal. He was not married but the Probate index suggests that there was a young lady left behind. He died on 21st May and is named on the Arras Memorial.
We will remember them.
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