by Jess Gibby | Nov 5, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Trayton Charles Douglas Burgess was Fred’s proper name but he seems to have been known as Fred and he even enlisted in the army with this name. It is not clear where the initials H. G. arise. Fred was born in Kensington, London in the first quarter of...
by Jess Gibby | Oct 16, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Frederick John Manning was born in Bishopsteignton on the 18th Jan 1875 to William Manning and Elizabeth P Manning. His father William was born in the village and was noted in the 1851 census as a shoemaker at aged 15 years . His grandfather John Manning...
