Gilbert Cooper was born in 1892, Abbots Bromley to Charles H and Alice. The family lived at Georgian House, Bagot Street where Gilbert once scratched his name into the window. Our records show the family living at the house in 1901. By 1903, the family emigrated to Canada to start… Read More »Abbots Bromley’s Lost Generation
Arthur Fowell died of wounds while serving in France on the 28th of September 1915 aged 25. Arthur died just 22 days after being allowed home on leave to dance the Horn Dance which was known as the ‘Khaki Horn Dance’. Arthur served with the Lincolnshire Regiment. His resting place… Read More »Brothers
Charles T Preedy was born in 1892 and served with the Durham Light Infantry. Charles sadly lost his life on the 30th of July 1915 from wounds received while training in England. He was buried on the 3rd of August 1915 in St Nicholas Churchyard. Charles was just 23 years… Read More »Abbots Bromley’s Lost Generation
Remembering the boys and men who went to war from the village and sadly never returned. These smiling men in this photo were some of the first to join up in September 1914, little did they know what lay ahead.