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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24th Nov 2018 - From the Features Box on the right hand side of the Home Page, select Slide Show to view a video
commemorating all of the men who gave their lives during World War 1.
17th Sep 2022 - Read the latest addition to the Histories section - HMS EREBUS - Journal Found
Photos
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 | Elsie Ethel White | 2 Apr 2024 | |
 | Richard Ladd and his wife Harriett Mantle Headstone in St Nicholas Churchyard, Ash, Kent | 11 Feb 2024 | |
 | Susan Ellis Married Nicholas Walker Soole July 1832. | 1 Feb 2024 | |
 | Susan Ellis From Chrishall Village History | 1 Feb 2024 | |
 | Alfred Mantle Close-up (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 27 Jan 2024 | |
| Alfred Mantle (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 27 Jan 2024 | |
 | William Frederick Good and Dorothy Kate Irving place of marriage. All Saints church, Battle Bridge, Islington, London. | 27 Jan 2024 | |
 | James Brett with his wife Rebecca Mount Harris and his sons Henry Horton, Albert, George, Frederick, Ernest and his daughters Ada, Florence, Alice, Emily and Clara. Probably taken at Bartholomew's. | 9 Jan 2024 | |
 | Rebecca Mount Harris | 9 Jan 2024 | |
 | Emily Rebecca Brett | 9 Jan 2024 | |
 | James Brett | 9 Jan 2024 | |
 | James Brett with wife Rebecca Mount Harris and daughter Emily Rebecca Brett, Probably taken at Bartholomew's. | 9 Jan 2024 | |
 | Wilfred Albert Ronald Disbury marriage to Helen Margaret Scott 1946. | 6 Jan 2024 | |
 | Wilfred Albert Ronald Disbury In TA c.1953. | 6 Jan 2024 | |
 | Wilfred Albert Ronald Disbury | 6 Jan 2024 |
Documents
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 | Dr. Howard David Reynolds Funeral report in Pembroke Guardian 26 Aug 1910 | 5 Nov 2023 | |
 | Crichton Walter Evans Reynolds Tokyo, Japan POW Camp Record Index Card | 5 Nov 2023 | |
 | William Alfred Pierpoint The Morning Post Newspaper report of the killing of his son. | 2 Apr 2023 | |
 | William Alfred Pierpoint The Evening Standard Newspaper report of the killing of his son. | 2 Apr 2023 | |
 | William Alfred Pierpoint The Warwickshire Herald Newspaper report of the killing of his son. | 2 Apr 2023 | |
 | Sarah Pidduck became Sarah Price News report on the death of Sarah Price from Kentish Chronicle, Sat 10 September 1859. | 2 Sep 2022 | |
 | Albert Abelardo Petrali Dissolution of Tailors business between Albert A Petrali and Edgar J B Nobbs | 31 Jul 2022 | |
 | Mark Millington, Susannah Nisbett & Elizabeth Houghton Susannah Nisbett's desertion report of her husband Mark Millington. Also shows statement by Elizabeth Houghton, Mark Millington's mother. | 29 May 2022 | |
 | Victor Riley Newspaper reports from the Burnley Express. | 6 Apr 2021 | |
 | Henry Jeffreys and Ellen Penelope Valpy Marriage announcement published in Launceston Examiner 22 May 1852. | 13 Feb 2021 | |
 | John Benjamin Dike Funeral Service p4 | 19 Oct 2020 | |
 | John Benjamin Dike Funeral Service p3 | 19 Oct 2020 | |
 | John Benjamin Dike Funeral Service p2 | 19 Oct 2020 | |
 | John Benjamin Dike Funeral Service Cover | 19 Oct 2020 | |
 | John Benjamin Dike Poem -'Loss Of The Margate Surf Lifeboat' by T.J.C. | 19 Oct 2020 |
Headstones
Histories
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 | Sgt. Daniel Bryant and HMS 'Erebus' Capt. Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to locate the Northwest Passage | 28 Oct 2023 | |
 | Alice Rose Davies St Michael & All Angels – Bosherston, Pembrokeshire The Squint Window and the West Window These were erected by a schoolmistress, Alice Evans Davies, who taught for many years in the old Bosherston School (now the Church Hall). The squint window depicts St Nicholas as the patron saint of sea-farers and is in memory of Petty Officer George Evans, her husband, who was killed in the battle of Jutland. The west window is a depiction of Jesus. The Resurrection and the Life was erected in memory of her father, James Walter Davies of Pembroke Dock. | 28 Oct 2023 | |
 | POW in Milag Nord nr. Bremen The SS St Margaret (Master: David Sidney Davies) left Liverpool as part of convoy ON-165 at 0800 Tuesday 2nd February 1943. The vessel, sailing to South American ports, was carrying machinery, whisky, stout, textiles, military stores for the Falklands Islands and Yardley’s products,. Among the passengers, on her way to join her husband in Buenos Aires, there was Octave Osten with her daughter Ruth Schaeffear and son in law Tony Schaeffear. They had managed to escape from Germany just before the war. Also on board was Matron Frances Gowans who was matron in charge at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands hospital. Having purchased her trousseau in England she was returning to be married. In addition, two Belgians and a Hungarian Jew were also travelling. Overall, there were fifty persons aboard, the seven passengers and forty-three officers and crew. At 13.55 19th Feb 1943 SS St Margaret was given orders to disperse from the convoy, and to continue her passage South to Pernambuco, Brazil for refuelling and subsequent delivery of supplies and passengers to their various destinations. At 09.42 on Saturday 27th February the St Margaret was, by now, in the middle of the Sargasso Sea, in the central North Atlantic, when a huge explosion occurred. This was the result of a torpedo from a U-Boat hitting the engine room on the port side. On investigation three men were missing. George Brady, a 21 year old Fireman, Patrick Edward Loughran, a 24 year old Donkeyman and Capt. Davies’s very good friend, John Bradford Meadley the Chief Engineer. Although severely damaged and stopped there was no immediate danger of the vessel sinking, so Captain Davies ordered everyone to abandon ship via the lifeboats. This was eventually achieved, after some struggles with the lifeboats, and eventually all survivors were away from the St Margaret. A little over an hour after being struck by the torpedo and as Capt. Davies had surmised, a further torpedo struck. 10 minutes later the St Margaret was gone. The U-Boat that brought about the destruction of SS St Margaet was U-66, commanded by Lieutenant Captain Friedrich Markworth. Markworth, knowing that the abandoned people in the lifeboats could not fight back, raised the U-Boat to the surface and approached the lifeboats. He than demanded that Captain Davies go aboard the U-Boat who was then taken as a Prisoner of War. At 0815 on 2nd March, the other survivors were eventually rescued by USS Hobson and taken to Bermuda. Meanwhile, Captain Davies had been transferred to another U-Boat. Around the 1st March 1943 he was transferred to U-460 commanded by Lieutenant Captain Ebe Schnoor, and taken to St. Nazaire. Four days later, on the 5th of March. Capt. Davies was sent to a merchant navy Prisoner of War camp, Milag Nord near Breman. This camp was liberated by the Welsh & Scots Guards at 10:30 pm on the 27th of April 1945 – they were a highly welcome sight to Davies, who was Welsh and spoke that language. | 22 Aug 2023 | |
 | Fortitude Brian Hambleton's WW2 story concerning his mother and a time bomb. | 17 Oct 2020 | |
 | Ellender's Bakery, Sandwich, Kent 1863-1933 Business Fixtures and Fittings for just £6 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 17 Oct 2020 | |
 | Air Raid On Croydon Airport 62 Civilians killed | 17 Oct 2020 | |
 | A Trunk and Letters in a Canvas Cutlery Holder Surviving letters written in 1854/5 by Colour Sergeant George Clarke and sent to his wife Mary Anne in Corfu and England, which sparked the research into a family history. | 17 Oct 2020 | |
| Herbert Theodore Ghent and Eliza Strutton Not cut out for the military. | 17 Dec 2013 |
CWGC WW1
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 | James William Evans CWGC Commemoration | 13 Nov 2023 | |
 | George Price Davies CWGC Commemoration | 23 Oct 2023 | |
 | John Thomas Davies CWGC Commemoration | 23 Oct 2023 | |
 | Jeffrey Victor Harvey CWGC Commemoration | 4 May 2022 | |
 | James William Gerhard CWGC Commeration | 4 May 2022 | |
 | Henry Frederick Peet CWGC Commemoration | 28 Jan 2021 | |
 | Charles William Stanley Irving CWGC Commemoration | 18 Nov 2020 | |
 | Ernest James Ghent CWGC Commemoration | 18 Nov 2020 | |
 | Thomas Alfred Good CWGC Commemoration | 17 Nov 2020 | |
 | Wilfred Richard Kempson CWGC Commemoration | 17 Nov 2020 | |
 | Arthur George Moat CWGC Commemoration | 16 Nov 2020 | |
 | Frederick William Margetts CWGC Commemoration | 30 Sep 2020 | |
 | Capt. Gilbert Pigé Leschallas CWGC Commemoration | 16 Sep 2020 | |
 | Alfred Edward Tipping CWGC Commemoration | 27 Jul 2020 | |
 | Percy Rainbird CWGC Commemoration | 16 May 2020 |
CWGC WW2
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 | John Peter Reed CWGC Commemoration | 31 Oct 2022 | |
 | Albert John Mantle CWGC Commemoration | 31 Oct 2022 | |
 | Harold Ernest Mantle CWGC Commemoration | 7 Oct 2022 | |
 | Roy Littlewood Couves CWGC Commemoration | 11 Sep 2021 |
Individuals
| ID | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Born/Christened | Location | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I14119 |
 WOOLLETT, Frederick |
b. 1877 | Elham, Kent  | 21 Apr 2024 |
| I14118 |
WOOLLETT, Frances nnie |
b. 1872 | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| I14117 |
WOOLLETT, Charles |
b. 1876 | Elham, Kent | 21 Apr 2024 |
| I14116 |
WOOLLETT, Elizabeth |
b. 1869 | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| I14115 |
WOOLLETT, George Edward |
b. 1868 | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| I14114 |
WOOLLETT, Ellen |
b. 1866 | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| I14113 |
WOOLLETT, Harriet |
b. 1864 | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| I14112 |
WOOLLETT, Caroline |
b. 1861 | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| I14111 |
WOOLLETT, Emma |
b. 1860 | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| I14110 |
WOOLLETT, John |
b. 1858 | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| I14109 |
HOPKINS, Mary |
b. 1832 | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| I14108 |
WOOLLETT, William |
b. 1823 | Kent | 21 Apr 2024 |
| I14104 |
WOOLLETT, Mary Matilda Hopkins |
b. 1856 | Stelling, Kent | 21 Apr 2024 |
| I14107 |
ELLENDER, William |
b. 1880 | Elham, Kent | 21 Apr 2024 |
| I14106 |
ELLENDER, Elizabeth |
b. 1877 | Elham, Kent | 21 Apr 2024 |
Families