Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Ploegsteert Memorial | Panel 3. Ploegsteert | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.129 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 23B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Education & Career :
Wine Merchant, Ilford (1912).
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 2/7 The King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
2/7th Battalion Formed in Bootle in October 1914 as a Second Line battalion. 8 February 1915 : attached to 171st Brigade, 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division. February 1917 : landed in France. |
| Action : The Battles of the Lys |
9 April - 29 April 1918. As the first phase of the great German campaign of 1918 lost momentum and failed in its objective to split the British and French armies, subsidiary attacks were shift the balance of the attack and to seek opportunities to exploit other sectors. On the Lys the Germans initially enjoyed spectacular success against a Portuguese Division but the gap was soon plugged and the advance halted.
Detail :
Probate: MAYLIN Bertram Henry of 230 High-road Ilford Essex 2nd lieutenant Liverpool Irish regiment died 11 or 12 April 1918 in France or Belgium Probate 9 April to William Daybell solicitor and Leonard Gordon Lester bank manager. Effects &8990 2s. 9d.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Langthorne No. 1421 E.C. | Essex |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
28th March 1912 | 23rd May 1912 | 27th June 1912 |
Steward
"Reported Missing June 1918"
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley