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Andrew Radgick's books on Bracknell's Fallen of the Great War.
'Bracknell's Great War' By Andrew Radgick Andrew Radgick, History Officer of The Bracknell Forest Society, has spent four years researching… Read more…
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Visit to Dachau – Summer 2013.
Here are some notes from a family visit to Dachau in the summer of 2013. It was part of a… Read more…
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Great Britain: Changing into the 20th Century (Part Three and conclusion).
Joshua Allerton completes his look at changing Britain with the War's role in women's suffrage. It is commonly believed that… Read more…
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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… Read more…
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Welcome to Wokingham's Halloween !
Aside from the plastic pumpkins, fancy dress witches, sweets and latent threats which accompany the Trick or Treater, there lies… Read more…
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Victor Nicholson visit: Mike Read Interview
Click to hear the latest interview with Mike Read of BBC Radio Berkshire (or click on picture):
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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… Read more…
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1856: Cholera arrives in Wokingham
Flush the loo, turn on the taps and wash your hands; a simple act which came from decades of debate… Read more…
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Wokingham Families: The Purseys, Brants, 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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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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Ellis, Albert 1915
Albert Ellis. Died 31 May 1915 Albert was born on 17th August 1888 in Wokingham, the son of Reuben and Mary Ann. They lived at 4 Havelock Place, Wokingham. Albert served in the Royal Navy and by 1916 he was … Continue reading
Nicholson Hills Victor 1917
Victor Hills Nicholson. Died 9th August 1917 Victor was the youngest son and youngest child of Alfred and Letitia (nee Hills) Nicholson. He was born at Glebelands , Wokingham on 27th May 1897 and was educated at the Royal Naval … Continue reading
Lewer, Ernest 1919
Ernest William Lewer. Died 1919 Ernest William was the 3rd child of William and Eliza Lewer, he was born in Reading in 1882. In June of 1898 at the age of 15 Ernest joined the Army, the Royal Fusiliers, 4th … Continue reading
Williams, Harvey 1919.
Harvey Llewelyn Williams Died 1919 Harvey Llewelyn Williams was born in Reading and by the age of 16 was a labourer to a Brewery Analyst, a job found by his father, a brewery blacksmith. Harvey died in 1919 as a … Continue reading