Today I want to remember the following people from my family tree who gave their lives fighting in two World Wars in the last century:-
Ernest Aldersley (1899 – 1918)
Philip Melville Cardell (1917 – 1940)
Prince Dawson (1893 – 1915)
Frederick Espley (1881 – 1916)
George Hurtley (1891 – 1918)
Arthur Lockington (1892 – 1915)
Thomas Musgrove (c1894 – 1918)
Allen Simpson (1923 – 1943)
Frederick Ellis Spink DFC (1921 – 1944)
Also the following family members who all signed up for service in the Great War of 1914 – 1918:-
| Hugh Buckley (c1888 – ) | Herbert Carradice (1896 – 1935) |
| Thomas Carradice (c1884 – ) | Arthur Dawson (1879 – 1944) |
| Clifford Dawson (1900 – 1953) | Harry Dawson (1895 – 1954) |
| John Dawson (c1890 – ) | Watson Emmott Dawson (1887 – 1944) |
| William Dawson (1880 – 1939) | Jim Hurtley (1887 – 1947) |
| Tom Hurtley (1897 – 1977) | Harry Musgrove (1889 – 1974) |
| James Musgrove (1894 – 1925) | Tom Musgrove (1898 – 1969) |
| Thomas William Paley (1892 – 1943) | Walter Dawson (1883 – 1942) |
I have written about each of these brave men and you can find their stories in the Military Monday category of my blog.
