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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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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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Another casualty of the Great War: Wokingham's Mayor.
Our focus on the government of the Great War tends to be at national level, but Jim Bell’s extensive research… Read more…
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Members of the tragic Hills Nicholson family to visit Wokingham
USA born Victor Nicholson is the grandson of Lt Colonel E Hills Nicholson and will be visiting Wokingham in March… 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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The Great War: 1915 – Wokingham’s Volunteers go into battle.
Today’s article focuses on the names listed on the Town Hall War Memorial and their part in a war which… Read more…
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Wokingham Baptist Church Memorial The local Baptist Church in Milton Road is housed in a beautiful building first opened in… Read more…
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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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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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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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Cecil and Ken in Conversation 1996. By Jim Bell
Jim Bell: “Cecil’s reminiscences are taken from three interviews by his old friend and historian, Ken Goatley. The first two were recorded on audio tape in 1996 when he described his life and reminisced about Wokingham during the first twenty-five … Continue reading