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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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Florence Edith Rebecca Nicholls
Florence Edith Rebecca Nicholls
 
  25 Nov 2023
Dr. Howard David Reynolds
Dr. Howard David Reynolds
 
  5 Nov 2023
 Dr Howard David Reynolds, Agnes Joan Enoy Rixon, Harry Howard Rixon Reynolds, Elizabeth Evans.
Dr Howard David Reynolds, Agnes Joan Enoy Rixon, Harry Howard Rixon Reynolds, Elizabeth Evans.
Street where Dr Reynolds and his family lived. Probably taken just after the 2nd World War in 1945 as there is evidence of cleared bomb sites on both sides of the road.  
  5 Nov 2023
Elizabeth M Revill
A NZ citizen for 30 years, now residing in Australia. Liz Blackett is also a British citizen. During her time in Wellington NZ Liz revived her passion for Theatre and Film and studied at Victoria University Wellington in the Dept. of Theatre and Film. She also attended many workshops at Toi Whakaari and Wellington Performing Arts School. Liz moved to Brisbane Australia in 2012. She has the right to work in NZ and Australia, and the UK. Liz (nee Revill) was born in Nottingham in the United Kingdom and went on to graduate in 1971 with BSc. Hons from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. She was married in 1974 to a New Zealander and she and her husband lived in Nigeria, West Africa from 1975-1980, teaching mathematics at a girls secondary college. They then moved to Wellington, New Zealand in 1981. Liz has 3 children , born between 1979 and 1986. She was divorced in 1991.
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) 
  2 Nov 2023
Elizabeth M Revill
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) 
  1 Nov 2023
Alice Rose Davies, P.O. George Evans and James Walter Davies.
Alice Rose Davies, P.O. George Evans and James Walter Davies.
Alice had these stained glass windows installed in memory of her husband and her father. 
  1 Nov 2023
Residence of John Thomas Davies, Frances Anne Davies, Elizabeth Miriam Jones and David Morgan Jones
Residence of John Thomas Davies, Frances Anne Davies, Elizabeth Miriam Jones and David Morgan Jones
 
  25 Oct 2023
George Price Davies
George Price Davies
2nd Lt. 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers 
  25 Oct 2023
Frederick Hopwood
Frederick Hopwood
 
  20 Oct 2023
Louisa Anne Evans
Louisa Anne Evans
 
  9 Oct 2023
Alice Rose Davies
Alice Rose Davies
 
  9 Oct 2023
George Evans
George Evans
 
  9 Oct 2023
George Evans with his wife Alice Rose Davies and daughter Louisa Anne Evans
George Evans with his wife Alice Rose Davies and daughter Louisa Anne Evans
Studio Portrait 
  9 Oct 2023
Left: Alfred George Canton with his wife Sarah Alice Evans and Right: Bernard James Barber with his wife Martha Jane Evans.
Left: Alfred George Canton with his wife Sarah Alice Evans and Right: Bernard James Barber with his wife Martha Jane Evans.
 
  6 Oct 2023
Sarah Alice Evans
Sarah Alice Evans
 
  6 Oct 2023

Documents

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Dr. Howard David Reynolds
Dr. Howard David Reynolds
Funeral report in Pembroke Guardian 26 Aug 1910 
  5 Nov 2023
Crichton Walter Evans Reynolds
Crichton Walter Evans Reynolds
Tokyo, Japan POW Camp Record Index Card 
  5 Nov 2023
William Alfred Pierpoint
William Alfred Pierpoint
The Morning Post Newspaper report of the killing of his son. 
  2 Apr 2023
William Alfred Pierpoint
William Alfred Pierpoint
The Evening Standard Newspaper report of the killing of his son. 
  2 Apr 2023
William Alfred Pierpoint
William Alfred Pierpoint
The Warwickshire Herald Newspaper report of the killing of his son.  
  2 Apr 2023
Sarah Pidduck became Sarah Price
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
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
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
Victor Riley
Newspaper reports from the Burnley Express. 
  6 Apr 2021
Henry Jeffreys and Ellen Penelope Valpy
Henry Jeffreys and Ellen Penelope Valpy
Marriage announcement published in Launceston Examiner 22 May 1852. 
  13 Feb 2021
John Benjamin Dike
John Benjamin Dike
Funeral Service p4 
  19 Oct 2020
John Benjamin Dike
John Benjamin Dike
Funeral Service p3 
  19 Oct 2020
John Benjamin Dike
John Benjamin Dike
Funeral Service p2 
  19 Oct 2020
John Benjamin Dike
John Benjamin Dike
Funeral Service
Cover 
  19 Oct 2020
John Benjamin Dike
John Benjamin Dike
Poem -'Loss Of The Margate Surf Lifeboat' by T.J.C. 
  19 Oct 2020

Headstones

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James William Evans
James William Evans
Military Headstone in St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Bosherston Pembrokeshire, Wales 
     13 Nov 2023
George Evans
George Evans
Headstone at Bosherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales 
     11 Nov 2023
Frances Jane Evans with her daughter Jane Marjorie Hindmarsh and her son William Evans Hindmarsh
Frances Jane Evans with her daughter Jane Marjorie Hindmarsh and her son William Evans Hindmarsh
Headstone in Bosherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales  
     11 Nov 2023
Edward William Davies
Edward William Davies
Headstone (side of parents headstone) in Llanion Cemetery, Pembroke Dock. 
Llanion Cemetery     29 Oct 2023
James Walter Davies and his wife Louisa Anne Jones
James Walter Davies and his wife Louisa Anne Jones
Headstone in Llanion Cemetery, Pembroke Dock 
     29 Oct 2023
William Price with wife Ann Cole and their son Benjamin Price
William Price with wife Ann Cole and their son Benjamin Price
Headstone in St Michael and All Angels churchyard, Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, Wales 
     21 Sep 2023
Shirley Good
Shirley Good
Headstone in Carshalton & Morden Cemetery 
     11 Sep 2023
Noah Evans and his wife Jane Owen, & son Frederick Charles Evans and grandson Magnus James Evans.
Noah Evans and his wife Jane Owen, & son Frederick Charles Evans and grandson Magnus James Evans.
Headstone in Gilhead Chapel Cemetery, Pembrokeshire, Wales 
     5 Sep 2023
Thomas Evans with his wife Annie Paterson Wares and their son Donald Richard Evans.
Thomas Evans with his wife Annie Paterson Wares and their son Donald Richard Evans.
Headstone in Llanion Cemetery, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales  
     28 Aug 2023
Jotham Phillips and wife Miriam Jones
Jotham Phillips and wife Miriam Jones
Headstone in Llanddowror Parish Churchyard, Carmarthenshire, Wales 
     18 Aug 2023
Thomas, George, John Ghent Headstone
Thomas, George, John Ghent Headstone
St Martin’s Church Cemetery
Seamer in Cleveland
Yorkshire
England
photo acquired from www.gravestonephotos.com 
     15 Aug 2023
John Williams with wife Elizabeth Davies and Daughter Margaretta Williams.
John Williams with wife Elizabeth Davies and Daughter Margaretta Williams.
Headstone in St Twrog Churchyard, Llanggador, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales 
     13 Aug 2023
Thomas Beadle Addison and Mary Ann Jones
Thomas Beadle Addison and Mary Ann Jones
Headstone in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Eggleston, Durham 
     31 Jul 2023
William Simpson and Elizabeth Chandler Pigg
William Simpson and Elizabeth Chandler Pigg
Headstone in Stanley New Cemetery, Durham 
     28 Jul 2023
Harold Ernest Mantle
Harold Ernest Mantle
Headstone in Hanover War Cemetery 
     7 Oct 2022

Histories

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Sgt. Daniel Bryant and HMS 'Erebus'
Sgt. Daniel Bryant and HMS 'Erebus'
Capt. Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to locate the Northwest Passage 
  28 Oct 2023
Alice Rose Davies
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
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
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
Air Raid On Croydon Airport
62 Civilians killed 
  17 Oct 2020
A Trunk and Letters in a Canvas Cutlery Holder
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
Herbert Theodore Ghent and Eliza Strutton
Not cut out for the military. 
  17 Dec 2013

CWGC WW1

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James William Evans
James William Evans
CWGC Commemoration 
  13 Nov 2023
George Price Davies
George Price Davies
CWGC Commemoration 
  23 Oct 2023
John Thomas Davies
John Thomas Davies
CWGC Commemoration 
  23 Oct 2023
Jeffrey Victor Harvey
Jeffrey Victor Harvey
CWGC Commemoration 
  4 May 2022
James William Gerhard
James William Gerhard
CWGC Commeration 
  4 May 2022
Henry Frederick Peet
Henry Frederick Peet
CWGC Commemoration 
  28 Jan 2021
Charles William Stanley Irving
Charles William Stanley Irving
CWGC Commemoration 
  18 Nov 2020
Ernest James Ghent
Ernest James Ghent
CWGC Commemoration 
  18 Nov 2020
Thomas Alfred Good
Thomas Alfred Good
CWGC Commemoration 
  17 Nov 2020
Wilfred Richard Kempson
Wilfred Richard Kempson
CWGC Commemoration 
  17 Nov 2020
Arthur George Moat
Arthur George Moat
CWGC Commemoration 
  16 Nov 2020
Frederick William Margetts
Frederick William Margetts
CWGC Commemoration 
  30 Sep 2020
Capt. Gilbert Pigé Leschallas
Capt. Gilbert Pigé Leschallas
CWGC Commemoration 
  16 Sep 2020
Alfred Edward Tipping
Alfred Edward Tipping
CWGC Commemoration 
  27 Jul 2020
Percy Rainbird
Percy Rainbird
CWGC Commemoration 
  16 May 2020

CWGC WW2

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John Peter Reed
John Peter Reed
CWGC Commemoration 
  31 Oct 2022
Albert John Mantle
Albert John Mantle
CWGC Commemoration 
  31 Oct 2022
Harold Ernest Mantle
Harold Ernest Mantle
CWGC Commemoration 
  7 Oct 2022
Roy Littlewood Couves
Roy Littlewood Couves
CWGC Commemoration 
  11 Sep 2021

Individuals

 ID   Last Name, Given Name(s)   Born/Christened   Location   Last Modified 
I13842 
FAGAN, Joseph Adams 
b. 12 Nov 1915  34 Broom Hill Street, Glasgow, Scotland  30 Nov 2023
I13843 
PETERS, Violet Kathleen 
b. 19 Oct 1923  Lewisham, Greater London  30 Nov 2023
I13845 
VAUGHAN, Elsie Mabel 
b. 13 Sep 1905  Lewisham, London  30 Nov 2023
I13852 
BATES, Florence 
b. 4 Jul 1890  Hastings, Sussex  30 Nov 2023
I13850 
MORRIS, Lionel Eric 
b. 7 Jul 1918  Hastings, Sussex  30 Nov 2023
I13851 
MORRIS, Edward Tom 
b. 1890  Hastings, Sussex  30 Nov 2023
I13854 
MORRIS, Ernest Frank 
b. 1915  Hastings, Sussex  30 Nov 2023
I13853 
MORRIS, Arthur Edward 
b. 1915  Hastings, Sussex  30 Nov 2023
I13849 
PETERS, Norah Lillian 
b. 1925  Lewisham, Greater London  30 Nov 2023
I13848 
ADAMS, Margaret S 
b. 1886   30 Nov 2023
I13847 
FAGAN, Joseph 
b. 1879   30 Nov 2023
I13789 
SCORE, Joyce 
b. 1950  Lewisham, London  30 Nov 2023
I13846 
PETERS, Dorothy Elsie 
b. 19 Oct 1922  Lewisham, London  28 Nov 2023
I13844 
PETERS, Edward William 
b. 1901   28 Nov 2023
I13841 
FAGAN, Joseph Adams 
   27 Nov 2023

Families
               
 ID   Father ID   Father's Name   Mother ID   Mother's Name   Married   Last Modified 
 F3170 
 I13851  Edward Tom MORRIS  I13852  Florence BATES  1913  30 Nov 2023
 F3169 
 I13850  Lionel Eric MORRIS  I13849  Norah Lillian PETERS  19 Sep 1944  30 Nov 2023
 F3167 
 I13844  Edward William PETERS  I13845  Elsie Mabel VAUGHAN  1922  30 Nov 2023
 F3168 
 I13847  Joseph FAGAN  I13848  Margaret S ADAMS  22 Apr 1904  30 Nov 2023
 F3166 
 I13842  Joseph Adams FAGAN  I13843  Violet Kathleen PETERS  1942  27 Nov 2023
 F3165 
 I13841  Joseph Adams FAGAN  I13789  Joyce SCORE    27 Nov 2023
 F3164 
 I13835  William WELLS  I13836  Henrietta HOLLIS    26 Nov 2023
 F3163 
 I13834  Frederick WELLS  I13826  Ivy Josephine HANCOCK  1937  26 Nov 2023
 F3162 
 I13833  Charles P J FISHER  I13824  Nellie Emily HANCOCK  1937  25 Nov 2023
 F3160 
 I13823  William Henry HANCOCK  I13827  Florence Edith Rebecca NICHOLLS  2 Jun 1928  25 Nov 2023
 F3161 
 I13828  George William NICHOLLS  I13829  Annie Rebecca SLADE    25 Nov 2023
 F3159 
 I13821  William James HANCOCK  I13822  Nellie Laura BLAND  1906  23 Nov 2023
 F3158 
 I13819  Unknown CUCKSTON  I13820  Unknown MILLER    23 Nov 2023
 F3157 
 I13818  Vincent H FREDERICK  I13816  Thelma S SCORE    23 Nov 2023
 F3155 
 I13785  Stephen James SCORE  I13811  Gladys Mary WILSON  1937  23 Nov 2023