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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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 | Charles William Stanley Irving | 9 Jul 2024 | |
 | Augustus William Edward Couves | 21 Jun 2024 | |
| Ronald Roy Todd 1933-1992 | 11 Jun 2024 | ||
 | Ronald Roy Todd | 11 Jun 2024 | |
 | Louisa Court | 10 Jun 2024 | |
| Louisa Court | 10 Jun 2024 | ||
| Edith Louise Iverson Court After her mother Louisa Court married John Ellender in 1893, Edith took the surname Ellender. | 10 Jun 2024 | ||
| Edith Louise Iverson Court | 10 Jun 2024 | ||
| John Henry Hudston and Dorothy Elvira Ellender Wedding Day photo in 1928 | 10 Jun 2024 | ||
| John Henry Hudson Wearing Royal Engineers Cap Badge | 10 Jun 2024 | ||
| John Henry Hudston and Hilda May Unknown Wedding Day photo in 1971. John's 2nd marriage. Hilda had previously married a Chapman. | 10 Jun 2024 | ||
 | John Henry Hudston | 10 Jun 2024 | |
 | Margaret Joan Linkin Became wife of Peter Davies | 9 May 2024 | |
 | Peter Davies | 9 May 2024 | |
 | Charles William Arthur Davies POW no.16903 at Lamsdorf Camp Stalag VIII-B Germany. | 5 May 2024 |
Documents
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 | John Whittle and Isabel Judson Baxter Announcement of their marriage in the Morpeth Herald and Reporter 1904 | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | Hubert George Worsley Obituary in Dover Express 30 Nov 1990 | 14 Jul 2024 | |
 | Euphemia Macdonald GEDDES Page 2 of Report of her death in Ukraine. | 13 Jul 2024 | |
 | Euphemia Macdonald GEDDES Page 1 of Report of her death in Russia (now Ukraine) | 13 Jul 2024 | |
 | Euphemia Macdonald GEDDES Birth Record from Scotlands People | 13 Jul 2024 | |
 | Grace Madeleine Lonfat Birth certificate | 2 Jul 2024 | |
| Jane Ellender marriage announcement to Stephen Ansell Whitstable Times 17 Oct 1868 | 2 Jul 2024 | |
| Augustus William Edward Couves Obituary in The Reading Standard 24 September 1948 | 25 Jun 2024 | |
 | Walter John Hart and Mary Ann Burke Marriage Document | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| Ronald Roy Todd Death notice in the Folkestone Herald 10 Apr 1992. | 11 Jun 2024 | |
 | Henry Robert Ellender Death notice in the Dover Express, 05 Jan 1990 | 10 Jun 2024 | |
 | Rose Dyer Rose married George Ellender. News report of her funeral in the Dover Express and East Kent News. | 10 Jun 2024 | |
 | Edith Louise Iverson Court Birth Certificate | 10 Jun 2024 | |
| Phyllis Taylor & Doris Taylor Members of the Crystal Palace Football Supporters Club Committee (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 21 May 2024 | |
 | William Ellender and his marriage to Clara Costa Published in The Province Fri 22 Aug 1902 | 20 May 2024 |
Headstones
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 | 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 | |
 | William Ellender and his wife Clara Costa Headstone in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Mountain View Cemetery |
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20 May 2024 | |
 | Adrien Auguste Lonfat Headstone in Cheriton Road Cemetery, Folkestone, Kent | Cheriton Road Cemetery |
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10 May 2024 | |
 | Harry Davies Military Headstone. Harry having added James to his name. | Hawkinge Cemetery & Crematorium, Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge, Kent |
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7 May 2024 | |
 | Elizabeth Mantle nee Clarke Wife of Walter William Mantle, Died 21st October 1937 | Boatmans Hill Cemetery |
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5 May 2024 | |
 | Walter William Mantle, Elizabeth Clarke and Florence Emma Mantle. Headstone in Boatmans Hill Cemetery, Woodnesborough Road, Sandwich, Kent (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | Boatmans Hill Cemetery |
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5 May 2024 | |
 | Frederick William Dane with his wife Alice Eliza Brunell and daughter Myra Irene Dane with her partner Arthur Gustav Egidius Johansen. Gravestone | Marsden Valley Cemetery MV01A009 |
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28 Feb 2024 | |
 | Hannah Agnes Doolan Her ashes scattered here. | Waikumete Cemetery Eucalyptus Glade |
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28 Feb 2024 | |
 | Lawrence James Heatley & his wife Margaret Josephine Doolan headstone Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Manawatu, Horowhenua, New Zealand. Sec. P, Block 007, Plot 027 | Kelvin Grove Cemetery |
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26 Feb 2024 | |
 | Samson Ellender, Elizabeth Edith Stokes, Mary Ann Stokes, and both James John Ellenders Headstone. Headstone in Boatmans Hill Cemetery, Sandwich, Kent. |
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26 Feb 2024 | ||
 | Boatmans Hill Cemetery, Sandwich, Kent - Entrance Final resting place for some of the Ellender family. | 26 Feb 2024 | |||
 | Richard Ladd & wife Harriett Mantle Complete Headstone in St Nicholas Churchyard, Ash, Kent. |
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11 Feb 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 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 | |
 | Wilfred Richard Kempson CWGC Commemoration | 17 Nov 2020 | |
 | Arthur George Moat CWGC Commemoration | 16 Nov 2020 | |
 | Frederick William Margetts CWGC Commemoration | 30 Sep 2020 |
CWGC WW2
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 | 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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| I14590 |
 TURNBULL, George M |
b. 9 Jul 1884 | 25 Jul 2024 | |
| I14591 |
TURNBULL, Cynthia M |
b. 26 May 1929 | 25 Jul 2024 | |
| I14574 |
BAXTER, Isabel Judson |
b. 1887 | Skelton in Cleveland, Yorkshire NR  | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14589 |
WHITTLE, Doris Welburn |
b. 1921 | Chevington, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14588 |
WHITTLE, James Darwin |
b. 1919 | Chevington, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14587 |
WHITTLE, Ada Mary |
b. 1915 | Chevington, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14586 |
WHITTLE, Catherine |
b. 1911 | Chevington, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14582 |
WHITTLE, John |
b. 1869 | Amble, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14585 |
WHITTLE, John Robert |
b. 1909 | Chevington Drift, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14584 |
WHITTLE, Annie Isabel |
b. 1906 | Chevington Drift, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14583 |
WHITTLE, Margaret Jane |
b. 1905 | Chevington Drift, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14581 |
BAXTER, Susannah |
b. 1901 | Morpeth, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14580 |
BAXTER, Nellie |
b. 1900 | Chevington, Northmberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14579 |
BAXTER, Henry Welburn |
b. 1899 | Radcliffe, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I14578 |
BAXTER, Maud |
b. 1896 | Warkworth, Northumberland | 25 Jul 2024 |
Families