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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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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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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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The double life of Arthur Hill, 6th Marquess of Downshire
By Jim Bell. This article first appeared in 'The Wokingham Paper', 24th April 2015 A young man sits holding the… 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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Here is a short summary of the main events of The Great War and links have been added to explain… Read more…
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1915. Wokingham's heroes from The Great War
In this article we will take you back one hundred years to early 1915, a time when the first cinema… Read more…
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Tales from the Dark Forest – Rosa Rose 1869
This week local historian ROGER LONG tells of the mysterious story of Rosa Rose, accused of murdering her son and… Read more…
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Great Britain: Changing into the 20th Century (Part Two).
One of the lesser known stories of the changes which took place in Britain during the 20th century, was the… 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 C
The following WW1 names appear on the memorial inside Wokingham Town Hall. Click on a name to discover their biography:
Gerald Raymond Carey : Ernest Challis : William Challis : Charles Chamberlain : Frederick Chambers : Albert Chandler : JR Chandler: Leslie Joseph Chaston : Harry Chivers : Albert A Clarke : Walter Clayton : Charles H Clements : William A Cockrell : John Ernest Collins : Charles Dan Collyer : Henry Collyer: William Collyer : Henry Cooper : Norman W Cooper: Samuel Henry Cooper : Hector Corbyn : Philip Victor Cornish : John Edward Cotterell : John Croome :
SURVIVED: Henry George Caiger – 1892 to 1962
Lance Corporal Sydney Coles B.1883 Wokingham of 6th Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment – Son of John and Alice Mary Coles of Nine Mile Ride (1911 census)
Found on your Ancestry Tree page
Please note that Sydney is also on the Roll of Honour at Holy Trinity Church, Redhill, Surrey near to where he lived at Monson Road, Redhill in 1911 census
Siblings
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Gladys
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Steve
On behalf of Redhill Centre for Local & Family History