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Hyman Lubel, died for King and Country, The Great War
for Civilisation, 1914 - 1918
Below is a poignant letter
from my correspondent Jon Friend. Jon has written previously
about his father's butcher's shop in Wentworth Street,
Spitalfields
Hello again Phil,
Upon investigation I was delighted
to find my great uncle Hyman Lubel's name engraved on the
Stockwell War Memorial in South London.
This was very heartening as I am the now only living member
of my mother’s family who has any idea of who he was.
Hyman Lubel was born in Mile End around 1894 and was the
eldest of 5 children. The family were orphaned around 1906
after which he took on the responsibility for bringing
up his younger siblings in very tough times and in relative
poverty. Nevertheless, he was very sporty and active in the
Brady Club of Whitechapel. In the 1909 Brady Club photo,
below this article, he is second from the left in the front
row.
Just before the Great War he moved to South London and began
a small printing company. Subsequently he was called up to
serve in the Great War and lost his life in 1918. I possess
his last hand written letter from the trenches, dated 29 January
1918, which was received shortly before his death.
My own grandfather served in the Suffolk Regiment & survived
the war, after which he took over the business in South
London. I understand he never came to the terms with the
death of his older brother. He died in 1946.
A sad tale of a poor East End kid, dead for King and Country
at 23.
Jon
Hyman Lubel, 2nd from left in
front Row, Brady Club, 1909
Hyman Lubel's name engraved on the
Stockwell War Memorial, South London
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Stockwell War Memorial, South London
