Sapper Abraham Hemingway
| Date of Birth | c.1889 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 28 |
| Date of Death | 23 April 1917 |
| Service Number | 556278 |
| Military Service | 248th Field Company Royal Engineers |
| Merton Address | |
| Local Memorial | King's College School, Wimbledon |
Additional Information
Abraham Hemingway was born in Fulham c1889, the eldest son of Abraham and Annie Hemingway. By 1901 his parents had moved to Wimbledon with Abraham, his brother Herbert and his sisters Doris and Hilda. They had two servants. Ten years later the family, together with a third sister, Annie Constance, was living at Langley, Durham Road, Cottenham Park, Wimbledon. His father, Abraham senior, listed his profession as ‘landlord’.
Abraham junior was a pupil at Kings College School. On leaving school Abraham qualified as an architect and surveyor and married Miss Pandella Tolson, the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Tolson, also of Wimbledon, in 1916.
Sapper Hemingway, 556278, joined the 248th Field Coy., Royal Engineers on October 6th 1915 and left for the Front on August 20th 1916. He was 28 years old. He died on 23 April 1917.
He is commemorated on a circular stone column in the grounds of Kings College School and at the Thiepval memorial. The Thiepval Memorial bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men who died in the Somme sector before 20th March 1918.