What's New
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24th Nov - 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 - Read the latest addition to the Histories section - Fortitude
Photos
| Thumb | Description | Linked to | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Richard Valpy | 17 Jul 2021 | |
 | Enid Maud Mantle (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 27 Jun 2021 | |
 | Elizabeth Clarke | 3 Jun 2021 | |
| Walter William Mantle (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 3 Jun 2021 | |
| Walter William Mantle and his wife Elizabeth Clarke Taken in 1934 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 3 Jun 2021 | |
 | Raymond Child | 7 Apr 2021 | |
 | Victory Riley Taken in Stalag IXC. | 6 Apr 2021 | |
 | Victor Riley Photo taken in Stalag IXC when a Prisoner Of War, having been wounded and captured on Crete. | 6 Apr 2021 | |
 | Ida Mary Doughty | 2 Apr 2021 | |
| Jennifer Mantle (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 31 Mar 2021 | |
| Sydney Edward Thomas Mantle with his wife Agnes Stoneham and children. Family photo taken in 1932 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 31 Mar 2021 | |
| Sydney Edward Thomas Mantle (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 31 Mar 2021 | |
| Sydney Edward Alan Thomas Mantle (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 31 Mar 2021 | |
| Philip Ernest Mantle (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 31 Mar 2021 | |
| Mildred Joan Mantle (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 31 Mar 2021 |
Documents
| Thumb | Description | Linked to | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 | |
 | John Benjamin Dike Coroner's Hearing & Report. | 14 Oct 2020 | |
 | John Benjamin Dike The Margate Surfboat Disaster of 1897 From The Margate Handbook Nov. 2009 Author: Mick Twyman. | 9 Oct 2020 | |
 | Derek James Jeremy Gerhard Publication of C.B. Award for services to the Royal Mint. | 19 May 2020 | |
 | Ellen Penelope Valpy Newspaper obituary report. | 27 Mar 2020 | |
 | Henrietta Penelope Jeffreys Birth Certificate | 23 Feb 2020 | |
 | Louisa Ellen Maria Robinson Birth Certificate (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 20 Feb 2020 | |
 | John Robinson and Elizabeth Hand Marriage Certificate | 20 Feb 2020 | |
 | Eliza Emma Maud Couves Birth Certificate | 17 Feb 2020 |
Headstones
| Thumb | Description | Cemetery | Status | Linked to | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Richard Valpy Tomb in Kensal Green Cemetery, London |
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17 Jul 2021 | ||
 | Ellen Penelope Valpy Headstone Southern Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Married Henry Jeffreys |
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10 Apr 2021 | ||
 | Henry Peter Pigé and his wife Charlotte Coulden Family vault in Highgate Cemetery |
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7 Feb 2021 | ||
 | Albert Frederick Edwards
Military Headstone | Plot II Row C No.3 |
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27 Jan 2021 | |
 | Elizabeth Ghent nee Hennessy with her daughter Gwendoline Nita Anderson nee Ghent and son in law Leslie Stuart Anderson Headstone in Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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6 Jan 2021 | ||
 | Waikumete Cemetery Auckland, New Zealand |
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6 Jan 2021 | ||
 | Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon Gravestone |
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22 Nov 2020 | ||
 | Thomas, George, John Ghent Headstone St Martin’s Church Cemetery Seamer in Cleveland Yorkshire England photo acquired from www.gravestonephotos.com |
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15 Oct 2020 | ||
 | Robert Birley and Mary Caroline Gilder Headstone |
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15 Oct 2020 | ||
 | Thomas Larkins Walker Headstone |
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20 Jul 2020 | ||
 | Ann Philpot Gravestone. Ann married Charles Hopwood | 20 Jul 2020 | |||
 | James William Gerhard Military Headstone |
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17 May 2020 | ||
 | Eleanor Elizabeth West nee Richardson, Lewis Victor West and Evelyn L West. Headstone in St Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery, Bendale, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. |
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16 May 2020 | ||
 | Caroline Jeffreys Headstone |
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27 Mar 2020 | ||
 | Patrick Bowes-Lyon Headstone Memorial |
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11 Mar 2020 |
Histories
| Thumb | Description | Linked to | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 | |
 | Sgt. Daniel Bryant and HMS 'Erebus' Capt. Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to locate the Northwest Passage | 17 Oct 2020 | |
| Herbert Theodore Ghent and Eliza Strutton Not cut out for the military. | 17 Dec 2013 |
CWGC WW1
| Thumb | Description | Linked to | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 | |
 | James William Gerhard CWGC Commeration | 17 May 2020 | |
 | Percy Rainbird CWGC Commemoration | 16 May 2020 | |
 | Joseph Keinch CWGC Commemoration | 16 May 2020 | |
 | John Lewis Daniel CWGC Commemoration | 16 May 2020 | |
 | James Walduck CWGC Commemoration | 16 May 2020 | |
 | Henry Beadle CWGC Commemoration | 16 May 2020 |
CWGC WW2
| Thumb | Description | Linked to | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Roy Littlewood Couves CWGC Commemoration | 16 May 2020 |
Individuals
| ID | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Born/Christened | Location | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I613 |
 VALPY, Francis Edward Jackson |
b. 22 Feb 1797 | Reading, Berkshire  | 17 Jul 2021 |
| I612 |
VALPY, Abraham John |
b. 1787 | 17 Jul 2021 | |
| I10078 |
VALPY, Richard |
b. 7 Dec 1754 | St John's, Jersey, Channel Islands | 17 Jul 2021 |
| I10080 |
JEFFREYS, Caroline Emma |
b. 18 Jan 1853 | Otago, New Zealand | 10 Jun 2021 |
| I10083 |
JEFFREYS, Edmond Francis |
b. 1861 | Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand | 10 Jun 2021 |
| I611 |
JEFFREYS, Eveline Valssy |
b. 24 Jan 1859 | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia | 10 Jun 2021 |
| I9970 |
VALPY, Ellen Penelope |
b. 12 Feb 1827 | Hamirpur, Bengal, India | 10 Jun 2021 |
| I610 |
RYAN, Edmund |
b. 1848 | Kilcommon, Tipperary, Ireland | 16 May 2021 |
| I609 |
RYAN, Martin |
b. 1851 | The Mines, Kilcommon, Tipperary, Ireland | 16 May 2021 |
| I9473 |
RYAN, Martin |
b. 1806 | Tipperary, Ireland | 16 May 2021 |
| I9474 |
MACKEY, Ellen |
b. 1810 | Hollyford, Tipperary, Ireland | 16 May 2021 |
| I608 |
DWYER, Catherine |
16 May 2021 | ||
| I607 |
MACKEY, Patrick |
16 May 2021 | ||
| I606 |
RYAN, Patrick |
b. 1854 | Kilcommon, Tipperary, Ireland | 16 May 2021 |
| I0837 |
GHENT, George William |
b. 1849 | North Shields, Tyne & Wear | 14 May 2021 |
Families