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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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 | Walter Chester Military Commemorative Plaque in Rookwood Cemetery. | 19 Nov 2024 | |
 | Walter Chester | 19 Nov 2024 | |
 | Ralph Chester Army Photo taken 28 July 1944 | 14 Nov 2024 | |
 | Ernest Henry Brabon | 11 Nov 2024 | |
 | Deborah Lachberg | 11 Nov 2024 | |
 | Isabel Judson Baxter | 1 Nov 2024 | |
 | Dorothy Frances Kenward | 1 Nov 2024 | |
 | Dorothy Frances Kenward | 1 Nov 2024 | |
 | Alice Wright | 28 Oct 2024 | |
 | Alice Wright with her daughters Nellie May Rayner (oldest)& Joyce Joan Rayner (youngest) | 28 Oct 2024 | |
 | Elais Judith Williams | 26 Oct 2024 | |
 | Sir Alfred Hopkinson | 25 Oct 2024 | |
 | Charles Ronald Howes 'Ron' Howes - Speedway rider - Rayleigh | 8 Oct 2024 | |
 | Charles Ronald Howes Speedway rider, seen seen when captain of Rayleigh | 7 Oct 2024 | |
 | Capt. Maynard Percy Andrews M.A. Oxon | 6 Oct 2024 |
Documents
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 | Woolf Lachberg Newspaper report of Court proceedings against Woolf by his mother Sarah. | 20 Nov 2024 | |
 | Raphael Lachberg Newspaper report of his accidental death in The Gazette April 1907. | 20 Nov 2024 | |
 | Raymond Michael Child and Doris Joan Good Marriage Certificate 1954 | 14 Nov 2024 | |
 | Ernest Henry Brabon Obituary report in The South Eastern Gazette 17 Oct 1916. | 11 Nov 2024 | |
 | Ernest Henry Brabon Newspaper obituary in Kent Messenger 28 Oct 1916. | 11 Nov 2024 | |
 | Ernest Henry Brabon Birth Certificate | 11 Nov 2024 | |
 | Alfred Amyas Hopkinson and Margaret Roper Taylor Wedding report in The East Kent Times of 01 Dec 1945 | 26 Oct 2024 | |
 | David Francis Hubback Obituary in The Guardian newspaper 20 Mar 1991 | 26 Oct 2024 | |
 | David Martin Hopkinson and Diana Mary Hubback Wedding announcement in Hampstead and St John's Wood News and Advertiser of May 4th 1939 | 25 Oct 2024 | |
 | Jane Dukinfield Fletcher Birth Certificate | 24 Oct 2024 | |
| John Fountaine Hopkinson, son John Michael Hopkinson, grandchildren Lorna and Edward Hopkinson and great grand child Maxim Daniel Sefton. Obituary report in The Daily Telegraph Jan 1994 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 16 Oct 2024 | |
 | Capt Maynard Percy Andrews M.A. Oxon UK, British Army World War 1 Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920 | 6 Oct 2024 | |
 | Capt Maynard Percy Andrews Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour | 6 Oct 2024 | |
 | Martin Hopkinson Newspaper Obituary Gloucestershire Echo 1948 | 29 Sep 2024 | |
 | James Hartnoll 1914-18 War Medal Card | 27 Sep 2024 |
Headstones
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 | Ernest Henry Brabon Military Headstone |
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11 Nov 2024 | ||
 | Kennett Thomas Kemp and his wife Dorcas Mary Ann Reynolds Headstone | St Margaret of Antioch Churchyard, Womenswold |
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3 Nov 2024 | |
 | John Shepherd Fletcher and his wife Ellen Helen Chorley Headstone in Monton Unitarian Chapelyard, Eccles, Manchester |
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24 Oct 2024 | ||
 | Capt Maynard Percy Andrews M.A. Oxon Military Headstone |
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6 Oct 2024 | ||
 | Martin Hopkinson and his wife Christine Holliman Hartnoll Headstone in All Saints Churchyard, Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. Also remembers their son Richard Adrian Hopkinson - lost near Stavanger, Norway. |
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28 Sep 2024 | ||
 | James Hartnoll Military Headstone |
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27 Sep 2024 | ||
 | James Brett & his wife Rebecca Mount Harris & their daughter Ada Mary Brett & their sons Frederick John Brett & Walter Henry Brett Headstone close up. |
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3 Sep 2024 | ||
 | George Allen Corbin Headstone in Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada. | Camp Hill Cemetery |
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15 Aug 2024 | |
 | William Langley Headstone in Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada. | Camp Hill Cemetery |
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15 Aug 2024 | |
 | Phoebe McCoubrey All that remains of her headstone. |
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10 Aug 2024 | ||
 | Christopher Adrian Gage Headstone in Czech Republic |
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4 Aug 2024 | ||
 | Charles Breeze & Matilda Holland with William Charles Stanley Headstone in Pelsall Parish Church Graveyard, Pelsall, Staffordshire |
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9 Jul 2024 | ||
| Fanny Matilda Tuck, Henry Todd, Isaac Todd, Walter Henry Todd, Elizabeth Christine Todd and Ronald Roy Todd. Headstone |
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11 Jun 2024 | |||
 | John Ellender and Louisa Court Headstone in Cheriton Road Cemetery, Folkestone, Kent | Cheriton Road Cemetery |
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10 Jun 2024 | |
 | Charles William Bullen and his wife Ena Marshall Headstone in Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens |
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2 Jun 2024 |
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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 | Ernest Henry Brabon CWGC Commemoration | 11 Nov 2024 | |
 | Capt Maynard Percy Andrews CWGC Commemoration | 6 Oct 2024 | |
 | James Hartnoll CWGC Commemoration | 27 Sep 2024 | |
 | Ernest Ellender CWGC Commemoration | 25 Jun 2024 | |
 | Henry Ellender CWGC Commemoration | 24 Jun 2024 | |
 | Albert Ellender CWGC Commemoration | 24 Jun 2024 | |
 | 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 |
CWGC WW2
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 | Richard Adrian Hopkinson CWGC Commemoration | 28 Sep 2024 | |
 | Isaac Todd CWGC Commemoration | 11 Jun 2024 | |
 | Walter Fox CWGC Commemoration | 8 Jun 2024 | |
 | 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 |
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| I15208 |
 UNKNOWN, Anne |
20 Nov 2024 | ||
| I11286 |
CHESTER, Walter |
b. 1919 | 20 Nov 2024 | |
| I968 |
LACHBERG, Raphael |
b. 1872 | Riga, Latvia  | 20 Nov 2024 |
| I11287 |
CHESTER, Anita |
b. 1928 | Perth, Western Australia | 19 Nov 2024 |
| I15207 |
WIDDESON, Leslie A |
19 Nov 2024 | ||
| I11289 |
LEASK, Vivienne Beth |
18 Nov 2024 | ||
| I11284 |
CHESTER, Morris |
b. 1894 | Sfat, Palestine | 18 Nov 2024 |
| I15186 |
MCKEON, John |
b. 25 Apr 1860 | Manchester, Lancashire | 18 Nov 2024 |
| I15206 |
UNKNOWN, Catherine |
18 Nov 2024 | ||
| I15205 |
MCKEON, Unknown |
18 Nov 2024 | ||
| I15204 |
MCKEON, Joseph |
b. 1890 | Liverpool, Lancashire | 18 Nov 2024 |
| I15203 |
MCKEON, Mary Ann |
b. 1882 | Oldham, Lancashire | 18 Nov 2024 |
| I15193 |
READY, Eliza |
b. 28 Sep 1858 | Liverpool, Lancashire | 18 Nov 2024 |
| I15202 |
WHITLAM, Laura A |
18 Nov 2024 | ||
| I15199 |
HIGGINS, Thomas |
b. 1895 | Oldham, Lancashire | 18 Nov 2024 |
Families