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Cecil Culver's Wokingham. Three: Fun, Friendship, Fraternity.
Jim Bell's final instalment of the life of Cecil Culver tells us about how the Wokingham community organised its leisure and the… 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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What was in the Wokingham news during the Great War ?
These articles are all taken from one of the area’s principal newspapers, “The Reading Mercury (also including Oxford Gazette, Newbury… Read more…
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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… Read more…
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1860: Wokingham opens the New Town Hall
Jim Bell is renowned for the 30 short books he has written on Wokingham. In this article Jim tells the… Read more…
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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… Read more…
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WW2 Garth: Wokingham's Destroyer
Jim Bell provides us with a fascinating insight into Wokingham's contribution to World War Two. Here we learn of how… Read more…
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River Loddon – once a navigable waterway
The area surrounding Wokingham is usually considered to have been a secluded region until the development of the road and… Read more…
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374 pages of Wokingham Gold by Jim Bell
Wokingham Remembers presents a picture of a small forest town and how it was affected by the Great War. There… Read more…
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Names on St Sebastian's Roll of Honour: Whilst St Sebastian's does not have a War Memorial in the church, there… Read more…
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The following WW1 names appear on the memorial inside Wokingham Town Hall. Click on a name to discover their biography:
Charles A Ballard : Albert Edward Barker : John Barker : Thomas F Barker : William Barker : Dudley Barnard : David Southon Beasley : Sidney Bedford : Arthur Bendle : Ernest George Bennett : Wilfred Bingham : John Bird : Thomas Bosher : Frederick James Bourton : James William Bowyer : Horace A Boyd : Charles Brackley : Charles Brant : Frederick Brant : Henry Brant : William Brant : William Walter Brant : Charles Henry Brown : George Brown : Owen Brown : Sydney Bryant : Frank Buckle: Walter George Buckle : A Cranston Buckner : Alfred Butler : Henry Butler :
Hi Could you please let me know why you posted a photo of a WW1 soldier on “Ancestry” for WGJ Band and the caption “Bands of 12 Rose Street”
An early reply would be appreciated
Regards
Alan
Hi Alan. I had a look through the basic question as to why we placed this on the Ancestry site.
We have hundreds of photos of men from Wokingham who either lived or died from the war. Whilst we are sticking to a particular war memorial in the town, we send out some photos which we hope will be of interest to others as they are very rare. This one caught the eye because the title said he was missing, which invariably meant death. The tree we did put together told a different story as you say, he survived. I’ve sent you a link to it. I hope the photo is of interest to you and if you his biography and he is indeed from Rose Street, I would be delighted to put up the page on Wokingham Remembers.
Hope this helps
Mike
In Nov-2014 I found info on Robert Brant b. 1705 at the following link,
http://wokinghamremembersco.ipage.com/Family%20trees/Bowyer%20James/499.htm
He married Mary Alright and their daughter Mary married William Shorter. My Grandmother was a “Shorter” and I’m researching her family.
My issue is that I can not access the info currently, nor find by searching. to continue that research. Would appreciate any suggestions on how to find him.
Thanks,
Bob
Good afternoon,
I am looking for more information regarding my great grandfather William Brant CSM, Service number: 10330 – died 25 April 1917. After his death his wife Mary Ann (O’Neill), my great grandmother brought her 3 children back to Ireland. Also his brother Henry Brant died 25th October 1914. How can I access both military records please? I have a huge interest in all information regarding both,
Kind regards
Gillian