Wokingham’s War Memorial is placed inside the Wokingham Town Hall
The following WW1 name appears on the memorial inside Wokingham Town Hall. Click on his name to discover his biography:
Leonard Yalden
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The fateful meeting on Finchampstead Ridges, 1501.
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a part of the religious and political upheavals which had lasted over a century.… Read more…
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BBC Radio Berkshire interview with Wokingham Remembers
On the 13th September 2014, Wokingham Remembers was invited to discuss its findings since its launch in 2011. The stories… Read more…
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Wokingham Families: The Purseys, Brants, Rances and Alexanders
Wokingham Families and the Great War. Recalling the 1914-18 war often involves descriptions of military strategy and the bewildering numbers… Read more…
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Chemical warfare starts October 1914.
Chemical warfare enters in October 1914. Sneezing powder. The Germans used 3,000 shells containing the Niespulver, mixed with shrapnel and… Read more…
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An introduction to visiting the battlefields of the Great War.
Sarah starts this series of articles of her family's experiences on visiting the battlefields of the First World War. During… Read more…
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Wokingham to launch local Poppy Appeal events
The Wokingham Centenary Poppy Appeal The First World War Centenary Year has finally arrived. Throughout 2014, we will witness many… Read more…
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Remembrance Day – The Incredible Story
This year's Remembrance Day will have a special significance as it is the centenary year of the start of the… Read more…
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BBC Radio Berkshire 2nd interview with Wokingham Remembers.
In this second interview, Sarah Huxford and Mike Churcher talks to BBC's Mike Read about the emergence of the symbols… Read more…
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2013 Centenary: Wokingham's First Cinema !
We have now mostly identified the names on the town’s memorial and have tried where possible to provide details of… Read more…
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Jim Bell's new book: Memories of Wokingham Town Hall 1947-2005
For the most part, the histories presented in this Wokingham Remembers page are of events steeped in a past which… Read more…
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