by Sarsfield Blog | Apr 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Frederic John Walker was born 3 June 1896 in Plymouth, Devon. He joined the Royal Navy at the young age of 13; and it’s fair to say that the sea was his life till the day he died. His early career saw mixed fortunes: he chose anti-submarine warfare as his specialist...
by Sarsfield Blog | Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
This impressive and unusual memorial in Anfield Cemetery bears a touching picture of Iorwerth Ap Owen on the side and was erected in his memory by his parents after his death on May 7th 1917. Iorwerth Ap Roland Owen was born on July 22nd 1896 to Dr Roland and Mrs...
by Sarsfield Blog | Mar 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
George Edward Nurse (14 April 1873 – 25 November 1945) was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland but grew up in Guernsey where his father was a hotel keeper. Aged 18, he signed up with the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, having previously served in the Guernsey...
by Sarsfield Blog | Mar 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Liverpool’s continuing growth in the nineteenth century as a major international commercial and manufacturing centre presented a huge range of fire risks, from packed warehouses full of combustible goods to densely-packed residential areas. The city’s proud...
by Sarsfield Blog | Mar 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
This week, the intriguing story of an American who arrived in Liverpool on a secret mission and never left… James Dunwoody Bulloch was born in 1823 in Georgia, a southern US state heavily dependent on its cotton-based economy and the slaves on its plantations....
