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BBC Radio Berkshire 2nd interview with Wokingham Remembers.
In this second interview, Sarah Huxford and Mike Churcher talks to BBC's Mike Read about the emergence of the symbols… 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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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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Hills Nicholson family: Four sons lost in two World Wars
The Nicholson family have no Wokingham street or building named after them and have sunk below the consciousness of today's… Read more…
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Wokingham News from Reading Mercury 1859-1868
Jim Bell continues his journey to provide us with an overview of Wokingham during the 19th and 20th centuries. This… 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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We continue the conversation between Ken Goatley and his old friend Cecil Culver. Ken: "You were talking about the milkman… Read more…
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Bearwood Roll of Honour, St Catherine’s Church.
Every now again we come across seemingly small pieces of information, which suddenly provides insights into the changing attitude to… Read more…
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Wokingham's news from The Mercury 1913-1923
Jim Bell continues his journey to provide us with an overview of Wokingham during the 19th and 20th centuries. This… Read more…
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Names on St Sebastian's Roll of Honour: Whilst St Sebastian's does not have a War Memorial in the church, there… 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 the local men listed on the War Memorials across Bracknell Forest Borough. He is giving a series of talks to … Continue reading
Visiting Germany's WW1 Centenary events
Andrew Radgick is Chairman of Bracknell Forest Society and a great friend to the Wokingham Remembers project. I thought it would be interesting to hear at first hand the Centenary Commemoration from a German perspective. Andrew provides a very amusing … Continue reading
The people behind ‘Wokingham Remembers’
Any comments regarding the information on this site please contact mike@wokinghamremembers.com Here are the main contributors to the Wokingham Remembers website. All provide this service without charge and their generosity enables us to remain an advert free zone. Listed in … Continue reading
Philip Tice, a Wokingham WW2 Veteran aged 95.
It’s fascinating to see how a network of contacts can pool information together and come up with some global connections. Wokingham Remembers has published hundreds of family trees on its website, as well as the genealogy site, www.ancestry.co.uk . The … Continue reading
Robertson, John. Died 10th March 1917
We have no evidence that a John Robertson was around the Wokingham area during or before the First World War. The nearest is a John Robertson of Tilehurst, near Reading and a part of the regular Royal Berks 1st Battalion. … Continue reading
Mitchell Edwin 1917
FRED MITCHELL Birth place Walton-on-Thames, Surrey Residence Ropley, Hants Died 13th July 1917 Death location France & Flanders Enlistment location Alresford Rank Private Regiment Hampshire Regiment Battalion 2nd Battalion Number 31648 Type of casualty Died of wounds Theatre of war … Continue reading
Butler, Henry 1917
Bombardier Henry Butler, No: 1480, 44th Company, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of Sickness at home on 5th March 1917. Living with his wife Susan and 2 children on the Forest Rd, Wokingham and employed as a labourer. Having already served … Continue reading
Mitchell, Frederick 1917
FRED MITCHELL Birth place Walton-on-Thames, Surrey Residence Ropley, Hants Died 13th July 1917 Death location France & Flanders Enlistment location Alresford Rank Private Regiment Hampshire Regiment Battalion 2nd Battalion Number 31648 Type of casualty Died of wounds Theatre of war … Continue reading