Selected Biographies

Bareham, Arthur Albert – Born: Sudbury, Suffolk on 21.10.1885.  Parent: Charles Bareham (Cowkeeper) and Emma [née Green].  Family Connections: Brother to Percy David Bareham [b1892]. Home: 27 Gregory Gardens, Sudbury, Suffolk (1891), 35 Sepulchre Street, Sudbury, Suffolk (1901), 64 Millais Road, Leyton, Essex (1911), 15 Tudor Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (1939).  Occupation: Cowkeeper’s Assistant (1901), Locomotive Fireman (1911), Water Main Labourer (1939).  Married: Ethel M. Cotterill in 1906.  Service Record: Arthur enlisted on 12.12.1915 as Spr. WR/272723 with the Royal Engineers, being posted to France from 26.7.1917.  He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant receiving a gunshot wound to his right arm on 6.3.1918, while serving with N^o.34 (Broad Guage Railway) Company, RE.  He remained in the Western Front until his discharge in 1920.[1]  Died: Rochford, Essex in 1957.

Bareham, Percy David – Born: Sudbury, Suffolk on 6.6.1892.[2]  Parent: Charles Bareham (Cowkeeper) and Emma [née Green].  Family Connections: Brother to Arthur Albert Bareham [b1885]. Home: 35 Sepulchre Street, Sudbury, Suffolk (1901), Rotten Row, Long Melford (1911), 7 Fair View Cottage, Upper Abbey Road, Belvedere, Kent [1919], 51 Sutherland Road, Belvedere (1939) to [1965].  Occupation: Butcher (1911) and [1919], Pig Breeder and Dealer (1939).  Married: Bertha Hardy of Long Melford in 1913 and Gladys Benbow in 1934.  Service Record: Percy was conscripted on 27.7.1916 as Driver, later promoted to Bdr.158174 with 5^th Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.  He was posted to France from 16.2.1917, transferring to 12^th Trench Mortar Battery on 1.11.1918, then to 12^th Divisional Ammunition Column in February 1919.  Bareham returned to England in August, receiving his discharge in December 1919.[3]  Died: Canterbury, Kent in 1972.

Notes – [1] Pension Record, Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329], and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [2] Date of birth from Baptism Register 25.7.1892, St Peters Church, Sudbury. [3] Soldiers’ Documents and Pension Claims, First World War [WO 364], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].