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This bookmarked and printable CD resource contains the 1823 and 1844 Pigot's directories for Dorsetshire. It carries local listings of major professions, of nobility, gentry, and clergy, of transport and freight services; and information on the education, public services, and public houses of the area. Towns, villages and parishes are listed with background historical and topographical information. A comprehensive directory, this CD gives you valuable insight into two generations of public count More Info
An alphabetical directory works its way through the towns and villages of Dorset, from Abbotsbury to Yetminster, detailing the settlements' amenities, history and locations, and listing commercial traders by name and profession. Larger towns, such as Weymouth or Wimborne, also list aldermen, council members, magistrates, public establishments, public officers, schools, clergy and Gentry. The work also lists Members of Parliament and Justices of the Peace. Over 350 pages. More Info
This directory is an ideal resource for those looking for a snapshot of Dorset just before the Second World War. It includes a colour map of the county, along with a towns and villages directory, private residents directory, trades directory, and a short history and geology of Dorset. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable * Colour map of Dorset * Over 480 pages More Info
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**Released by Barnsley FHS: August 2016.** **Dedicated to the 121 men of Worsbrough Bridge and Worsbrough Dale, who made the supreme sacrifice.** Chapter headings by year: 1914-1919 With 121 detailed biographies. The final chapter is dedicated to the 11 Worsbrough men killed in action (1914-1918) whose names are not recorded on the memorial. **Surnames in index:** ABR...More Info
Oliver Nugent, Ireland’s longest-serving divisional commander of the Great War, led the Ulster Division on the western front from 1915 to 1918. That period saw the operational transformation of the British army and his own development as a general, from the heroic but doomed assault at Thiepval in July 1916, through the triumph of Messines, the heartbreaking failure at Ypres and the mixed succes...More Info
Hertfordshire Monumental Inscriptions Series Volume 19 published in 1988 with the National Children's Home memorials being added in 2011. A 58 page A5 book containing transcriptions of monumental inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of St. Nicholas and memorials in the Chapel and Burial Ground of the National Children's Home. Includes introductions, plans and a surname index.
Following on from our 2015 publication about the men on the Chipping Barnet War Memorial who died in World War One, we have now researched the 149 men and women from World War Two. This book tells their stories inside a timeline of World War Two and alongside articles about their, and Barnet’s, part in the War.