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The importance of newspapers as source material

Newspapers provide invaluable sources of information for historians seeking to present the Great War from varying positions. They also help place the reader into the story of the war rather than through the words of a historian. You can gain … Continue reading

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Where They Lived

For me, this is possibly the most fascinating and the saddest part of the research. Once we discovered the stories of the men, we started pinning their addresses to a modern map of Wokingham. Although we suspected that they would … Continue reading

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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 losses from August to December 1914. There were far more from around the Borough, but these are taken from Wokingham’s … Continue reading

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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 14th September, 2014. We had also invited the descendants of 20 of the fallen and were lucky enough to receive … Continue reading

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Today Sunday 14th September. Meet us at the Town Hall from 11am

Today is Wokingham’s Heritage Day and this year we examine the research put together by many of Wokingham’s local history people. However, there is much more to the day, with a special focus on today’s children and lots for them … Continue reading

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They remembered. What if we forget?

 Six brothers of Emmbrook’s Potter family joined the Great War. Only three returned home and two badly injured. Anna Matthews is the Great Grand Niece of the Potter brothers; her Great Grandmother was their sister Bertha. Anna share’s her thoughts of the … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the Great War. By John Redwood MP for Wokingham

The mass slaughter on a new industrial scale in the 1914-18 war has haunted me from my childhood days. From an early age I was aware of the long shadow of all those deaths. As a young boy I skirted … Continue reading

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A story of the unexpected: Wokingham's Town Hall Memorial.

The War Memorial in Wokingham’s Town Hall provides 217 names of men who fell during the Great War. It is natural to assume the names are made up of all the Fallen who came from around the Wokingham town area. … Continue reading

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Summary of The Great War

Here is a short summary of the main events of The Great War and links have been added to explain them in greater detail. 1914. On the 28th June 1914, the Austria-Hungarian Empire’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was murdered by Gavrilo … Continue reading

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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 website, many more names have been investigated and in truth, it has at times been hard going. After looking through … Continue reading

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