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12th March 2021 Susan Morris and Robert Bullock Leave a Comment

Avis Emptage and Harold Harding

Avis Emptage had a difficult and complicated life but in 1913 she married Harold Harding and could have hoped for years of happiness to come. Alas, it wasn’t to be.

22nd December 2018 Tim Emptage Leave a Comment

WW1 Military Biographies

We honour the memory of all our ancestors who played their part in World War One at home or away.

So we are pleased to present short biographies of all those whose names we have found in the military records.

12th April 2018 David Emptage Leave a Comment

Henry Thomas Emptage jnr

Henry Thomas Emptage lied about his age when he enlisted at only 16. He had already lost both his parents and no doubt saw a life in the Army as a way out of poverty and an opportunity for travel and excitement and it may have helped him deal with an very tragic personal life. His career in the army saw him serve in two wars before being called up to serve again at the outbreak of WW1.

7th April 2018 David Emptage Leave a Comment

George William Emptage

Descended from a long line of mariners, George William Emptage joined the Royal Navy on his 18th birthday. In civilian life he became a postman but when war was declared in 1914, he transferred from the Naval Reserves to active service.

3rd April 2018 David Lindsey Emptage & Susan Morris Leave a Comment

George William Stone Emptage

Throughout his short life George William Emptage suffered from what we would now describe as learning difficulties, however this didn’t prevent him from enlisting for what turned out to be a very brief military career.

29th March 2018 David Emptage Leave a Comment

William Alfred Emptage

William Alfred Emptage was 18 when he enlisted in the 3rd Battalion of The East Kent Regiment “The Buffs” in 1900, following his brother Henry Emptage who had joined in 1897. They both saw action in South Africa in the second Boer War. William transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery in 1902. In 1914, by then a reservist, William was one of the first to be called up at the outbreak of war.

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