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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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 | Flora Amy Foster | 14 Dec 2024 | |
 | William Jefford | 14 Dec 2024 | |
 | Gerald R Clifton | 29 Nov 2024 | |
 | Penelope Mosley | 28 Nov 2024 | |
 | Henry Every Bt. | 28 Nov 2024 | |
 | Dulce Sylvia Hopkinson | 27 Nov 2024 | |
 | Lina Mariana Hopkinson | 27 Nov 2024 | |
 | Mariana Dulce Siemens | 27 Nov 2024 | |
 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 27 Nov 2024 | |
 | Alice Hopkinson Plaque on sundial. | 24 Nov 2024 | |
 | Alice Hopkinson Memorial Sundial in Newnham College, Cambridge. | 24 Nov 2024 | |
 | John Hopkinson and his son John Gustav Hopkinson Plaque installed on extension to Cambridge Engineering Laboratory. | 21 Nov 2024 | |
 | Rudolf Cecil Hopkinson Close-up | 21 Nov 2024 | |
| Rudolf Cecil Hopkinson | 21 Nov 2024 | ||
| Bertram Hopkinson | 21 Nov 2024 |
Documents
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 | Samuel Stannah and Emma Richardson Report in The Staffordshire Advertiser of their marriage July 15 1820. | 17 Dec 2024 | |
 | Samuel Stannah Article from the Morning Advertiser dated 03 Nov 1830. | 17 Dec 2024 | |
 | Samuel Stannah Article from the Morning Advertiser dated 21st July 1830. | 17 Dec 2024 | |
 | James Novell Death Certificate | 8 Dec 2024 | |
 | Brian Peter Gregory Clifton and Greta Eileen Morris Marriage report in The Norwood News 1955 with photo. | 30 Nov 2024 | |
 | Alice Hopkinson Inscription on memorial plaque. | 24 Nov 2024 | |
 | John Hopkinson with John Gustav, Alice and Lina Evelyn Hopkinson. Obituary in the Philadelphia Times 1898 | 21 Nov 2024 | |
 | 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 |
Headstones
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 | Richard Novell and Harriett Robinson Headstone in St Paul's Churchyard, Tongham, Guildford, Surrey |
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5 Dec 2024 | ||
 | Evelyn Oldenbourg Close-up of headstone in Cambridgeshire. |
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24 Nov 2024 | ||
 | Evelyn Oldenbourg Headstone in Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. |
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24 Nov 2024 | ||
 | John Hopkinson with his son John Gustav and his daughters Alice and Lina Evelyn.
Died together in a climbing accident on Petite Dent de Veisivi in the Val d'Herens, Switzerland |
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21 Nov 2024 | ||
 | 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 |
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 | |
 | 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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| I12144 |
 STANNAH, John Richardson |
b. 31 Oct 1823 | Westminster, London  | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I15308 |
CHALLISS, Alfred Benjamin |
b. 1830 | Croydon, Surrey | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I15307 |
CHALLISS, Caroline Harriet |
b. 1828 | Croydon, Surrey | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I15306 |
CHALLISS, William Jones |
b. 1826 | Downham Market, Norfolk | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I15305 |
JONES, Caroline |
b. 1803 | Lambeth, Surrey | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I15304 |
CHALLISS, William |
b. 1803 | Downham Market, Norfolk | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I15303 |
CHALLISS, Sarah Jane Mary |
b. 1839 | Downham Market, Norfolk | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I15302 |
STANNAH, Frederick Augustus |
b. 3 Nov 1854 | North Adelaide, South Australia | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I15301 |
STANNAH, John Leonidas |
b. 25 Oct 1853 | Aboard SS 'Leonidas', en route to Adelaide, South Australia | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I15300 |
PORTER, Rosamond |
b. 1835 | Chelmsford, Essex | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I0006 |
GHENT, Stanley Cyril |
b. 15 May 1916 | Croydon, Surrey | 21 Dec 2024 |
| I12140 |
STANNAH, Samuel |
b. 1794 | Baltimore, U. S. A. | 17 Dec 2024 |
| I9927 |
STANNAH, Emily |
b. 11 Mar 1827 | Westminster, London | 17 Dec 2024 |
| I12139 |
STANNAH, Samyntas |
b. 1821 | U. S. A. | 15 Dec 2024 |
| I12141 |
RICHARDSON, Emma |
b. 1799 | Tettenhall Wood, Staffordshire | 15 Dec 2024 |
Families