BAMBER, JOHN FREDERICK, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. (-), 1/8th (Territorial) Battn. (Irish) The King’s (Liverpool Regt.), eldest s. of the late Samuel Bamber, of Bebington, Decorator; b. Manchester, 23 Aug. 1873; educ. Lower Bebington Schools; joined the Navy, and served 22 years; served in the South African War, 1899-1902, with the Red Cross; was offered the post of Swimming Instructor for the Municipal Authorities in Johannesburg on the termination of hostilities, which he accepted and held for some time: returned to England, and volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, being subsequently appointed Instructor for a few months; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from April, 1915; was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres and invalided home; returned to France, and was reported missing after the fighting at Guillemont 8 Aug. 1916, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date. He m. at Liverpool, 13 Feb. 1910, Mary (9, King Street, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead), dau. of John Arrowsmith, and had three children: John, b. 1 Jan. 1912; Thomas, b. 29 Dec. 1913, and Ernest, b. 26 Aug. 1914. He was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s medal for saving life.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5