This CD contains an alphabetical list of men from the Sherborne School, Dorset, who fought in the Great War. Contains name, rank, regiment and military history. Other information recorded includes injuries sustained, awards received and a roll of honour.~ *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Fully searchable *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable ~Information available varies. Original book was titled "Old Shirburnian Navy and Army List 1914-1919". Requires Adobe More Info
Densely-packed directories for Law and the Civil Service, Navy, Army, Militia, plus a Colonial Directory, Court and Parliamentary Directory, lists of Peers, Baronets, Knights, Judges, and Members of the House of Commons, the mayors of cities and boroughs, and the magistrates of English and Welsh counties. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable *Contains over 900 pages More Info
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The Beginnings of Ingestre; Barber and Colman; John Derbyshire, an Ashton-on-Mersey Lad in Nelson’s Navy; John Moore (1774-1857) and the Peterloo Massacre
The Crimean War is remembered for the heroism of Florence Nightingale, and the incompetence of the British high command. If your ancestor shivered outside Sebastool, fought in the Battles of Alma and Inkerman, or sailed with the Navy in the Baltic and the Black Sea, then this booklet will help you find out more about him.
Contents: The Dewdney Family and East Surrey Mills; Dad's Army; Air Raid Precautions; Wapses Lodge Roundabout; Tightening the Green Belt in Caterham; Men of the Trams; Memories of WWII in Caterham; PCC Wills at the Family Records Centre; St Anne's College, Sanderstead; The Bombing of the Caterham Motor Company; Francis Henry Atkins -'Caterham Boy' to 'Home Boy'; Donald Howard and the Bunce Brother...More Info
The 1909 edition of the area covers the town and East and West End as well as some of the barracks. The back has an essay by Tony Painter of the history of the original village and the arrival of the army. The Kelly’s directory extract includes some private residents and part of Aldershot Camp.
Contains references to Lincolnshire men joining the Metropolitan Police Service, starting in 1824 Sources include service and pension, plus miscellaneous records. The Hue and Cry Police Gazette for the years 1830, 1838, 1839, 1877, 1879 & 1884. This paper was used by the police, army and other authorities, searching for criminals, deserters and other miscreants. Full descriptions of those bein...More Info