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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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1857 Wokingham Elections: Tories and Whigs at war
This article originally published in 1st May Wokingham Paper 2015. In this week’s edition of ‘Wokingham Remembers’ we turn our… Read more…
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Winnie the Pooh and The Great War
Written by Mike. I'm not sure why we did it, but in 2003 my wife and I drove across Canada… Read more…
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We continue the conversation between Ken Goatley and his old friend Cecil Culver. Ken: "You were talking about the milkman… Read more…
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Great Uncle William Churcher killed during the Bombing of West Hartlepool
In 1989, I began my own journey of tracing the Churcher family tree. I was eventually to be introduced to… Read more…
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Bearwood Roll of Honour, St Catherine’s Church.
Every now again we come across seemingly small pieces of information, which suddenly provides insights into the changing attitude to… Read more…
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Cecil Culver. Introduction by Jim Bell
Today we start a magnificent series of recollections by Cecil Culver, one of the great cornerstones of the Wokingham community.… 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… Read more…
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The local historians who pointed to Wokingham's Future
Edna Goatley passed away on Wednesday the 3rd April 2013 at the age 86 years. Her funeral takes place at… 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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Names A
These names all appear on the memorial inside Wokingham Town Hall:
Frederick Alexander: George Alexander : William Alexander : Frederick Allen : F. de V. Bruce Allfrey : Arthur Annetts : Robert C H Appleby : Sidney C Ayers
there are two names on the forest road memorial that do not appear on this site
dick saxe and a skates
have you information on these men
I am researching my family history and a distant uncle , Brig Gen Felix Frederick Hill lived at Frog Hall in 1909. Furthermore his wife’s family were the Askews of Burwood Park Walton in Thames. If you have any details of either I would be very grateful.
I obtained details of his address from the Probate Calendar .