Bertram Edgar Spark Bertram Edgar Spark served as a rifleman with the 1st Battalion of the Queen’s Westminster regiment. He was the only son of Edgar and Ella Mary Spark, of 13 Warner Road, Bromley in Kent. Prior to war he had taken up an appointment at Lloyd’s Royal Exchange, London E.C. which would have remained open for him, had he survived the war. His obituary noted that he was very fond of sports, especially football, cycling, and swimming. He attested as a volunteer at 18 years of age and…
Day: October 13, 2023
Sergeant Thomas Beattie
Thomas Beattie Sergeant Thomas Beattie served with the RAF voluntary reserve as an observer during world War 2. He was killed on the 10th December 1942 and is buried at Beckenham crematorium and cemetery. Source:CWGC entryService Number: 1386746 Photo credit:Taken by Simone Harris, March 2023
Private Ernest John Accleton
Ernest John Accleton Private E.J. Accelton, 1957, of the 1/4th Royal West Kent Regiment, has been killed in the Persian Gulf on February 7th [1916]. At the outbreak of war, Private Accleton was in the employ of Mr. James Russel, of Halstead Place, as a footman, and joined the Sevenoaks Territorials on the 12th of August 1914. He at once volunteered for foreign service, and was sent with the Indian Expeditionary Force to the Persian Gulf. Private Accleton was 25 years of age, and was very popular among his comrades. …