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Local exhibition for India’s warriors of the Great War
An exhibition organised by the Wokingham and Reading Sikh community will recount India’s support for the British Empire during World… Read more…
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1919: The British keep fighting.
Here is a story from the author's own family history. Tracing our own ancestry can provide real insights into some… 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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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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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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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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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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It's 1860 and Wokingham's new Town Hall opens for business
Wokingham's Town Hall was completed in 1860; the scale of its structure dominates the surrounding shops and offices. The history… Read more…
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Cecil Culver's Wokingham. One: The early years
Jim Bell continues with the magnificent series of recollections by Cecil Culver, one of the great cornerstones of Wokingham's 20th… 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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The following WW1 names appear on the memorial inside Wokingham Town Hall. Click on a name to discover their biography:
Henry Sadler : James Sadler : James W Sadler : Frederick A Sargeant : Robert Sargeant : Victor Sargeant : Arthur Sharp : Ernest Shuttle : Alfred G Smith : Norman H Smith : Richard Smith : Francis A Stanley : Frank C Stokes : George Street : Harold S Street : William Sturgess : Edward J Swadling : Frederick J Swain : H V Surman : Frank Sutton
Thank you for this very informative website. Richard Smith was the brother of my grandmother, Ellen. I had already managed to find information about Richard from The Commonwealth War Graves website but to see the details you provided in the biography and of course the photograph, was very moving but greatly appreciated.