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Another casualty of the Great War: Wokingham's Mayor.
Our focus on the government of the Great War tends to be at national level, but Jim Bell’s extensive research… Read more…
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Film of the Wokingham men we lost in 1914
What was the impact of World War One on Wokingham in 1914? Here is a short film which shows the… Read more…
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BBC's 'Birdsong' and the story of the miners in The Great War
Birdsong has completed its two episodes on the BBC. Author, Sebastian Faulkes tells us of a story about a soldier… Read more…
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Review of Heritage Day – September 14th, 2014
Research into Wokingham's fallen started in 2011 and after three years, the information was presented to the people on Sunday… Read more…
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The Great War: “I just think of all the poor mothers”
Mother's Day: Thinking of Mothers Past. Although we have posted over 200 biographies of the men of Wokingham on this… Read more…
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A family reunites for Alfred Hurdwell.
Although we are still adding the names of the Wokingham Fallen to our website, we have already witnessed our first… 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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Wokingham Families: The Purseys, 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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Visit to Dachau – Summer 2013.
Here are some notes from a family visit to Dachau in the summer of 2013. It was part of a… Read more…
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Wokingham's news from The Mercury 1913-1923
Jim Bell continues his journey to provide us with an overview of Wokingham during the 19th and 20th centuries. This… Read more…
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Wokingham Remembers articles for The Wokingham Paper
A heritage page was launched in March 2015 with the title Wokingham Remembers with the objective of telling the Wokingham story as an area and not just the town of the same name. Local historians have given their time without … Continue reading
The Wokingham Paper launches its heritage page titled: ‘Wokingham Remembers’
A heritage page was launched in March 2015 with the title Wokingham Remembers with the objective of telling the Wokingham story as an area and not just the town of the same name. Local historians have given their time without … Continue reading
Journey to the centre of the dark Forest
In last week’s article we discovered the origins of the Royal Windsor Forest and its influence on the early communities of Wokingham and its surrounding villages. This week and with the help of local historian PETER SHILHAM we take a … Continue reading
Cockrell William Died 1917
William Cockrell. Died 11 November 1917 William Archer Cockrell, 3rd child of Alfred Herbert Horatio Nelson Cockrell and Elizabeth Gowan Wall, was born in January 1852 in St Bride, Fleet Street, England. William was baptized on the 7th March 1852 … Continue reading
The people behind ‘Wokingham Remembers’
Any comments regarding the information on this site please contact mike@wokinghamremembers.com Here are the main contributors to the Wokingham Remembers website. All provide this service without charge and their generosity enables us to remain an advert free zone. Listed in … Continue reading
Philip Tice, a Wokingham WW2 Veteran aged 95.
It’s fascinating to see how a network of contacts can pool information together and come up with some global connections. Wokingham Remembers has published hundreds of family trees on its website, as well as the genealogy site, www.ancestry.co.uk . The … Continue reading
Cockrell William. 1917
William Cockrell. Died 11 November 1917 William Archer Cockrell, 3rd child of Alfred Herbert Horatio Nelson Cockrell and Elizabeth Gowan Wall, was born in January 1852 in St Bride, Fleet Street, England. William was baptized on the 7th March 1852 … Continue reading
Mead, Thomas H 1916
Thomas Hallard Mead Died 24th July 1916 Thomas was born in 1889 in Micheldever, Hampshire to father, William and mother Sarah. He was the third born and had three siblings, two brothers and a sister. Sarah had given birth to … Continue reading