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Category Archives: Wartime
Encouraging children to take an interest in their genealogy
What motivates children to take an interest in genealogy? Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family Tree, Genealogy, Wartime, WDYTYA
Tagged Be A Family Tree Detective, books, children, FindMyPast, Genealogy, genealogy for kids, Who Do You Think You Are
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Remembrance 2012
Remembrance Sunday 2012 – Remembering the bravery of those who have served in, and gave their lives to war. Continue reading
Posted in Wartime
Tagged 7th Northamptonshire Regiment, Armistice Day, First World War, Herbert Martin, poppy, Remembrance Sunday, Second World War, WWI, WWII
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Remembrance 2011
Remembrance 2011 – remembering the brave and heroic who fought and who were lost in war. Continue reading
Remembrance: Owen Newman
Remembrance: Owen Gilbert Newman (1919-1944) who died when the Japanese ship he was on, was torpedoed and sunk by American forces. Continue reading
Posted in Newman, Wartime
Tagged 288 Field Company, Hainan Island, Japanese, Kachidoki Maru, Owen Gilbert Newman, poppy, POW, remembrance, Royal Engineers, Sapper, Second World War, torpedo, war, WWII
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Remembrance: Ernest Edward Thomas Dewey
Remembrance: Ernest Edward Thomas Dewey (1896-1991). Continue reading
Posted in Dewey, Wartime
Tagged Egypt, Ernest Edward Thomas Dewey, First World War, France, poppy, remembrance, Suffolk Yeomanry, survivor, Susan Jane Dewey, Susan Jane Moden, war, wartime, WWI
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Remembrance: Albert Martin
Remembrance of Albert Martin (1899-1918) who died in a hospital in Germany. Continue reading
Posted in Martin, Wartime
Tagged 1918, Albert Martin, bravery, CICR, Comité International de la Croix-Rouge, Dülmen, First World War, Fismes, Germany, hero, Homberg, hospital, International Red Cross, krankenhaus, Laon, Münster II, Northumberland Fusiliers, poppy, POW, private, remembrance, wartime, WWI
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Remembrance: Herbert Martin
Remembrance of Private Herbert Martin, 1884-1917. Continue reading
Remembrance: Owen Yarrow
A series of images of brave soldiers who fought in the First and Second World Wars. Continue reading
Posted in Wartime, Yarrow
Tagged 1st Battalion Post Office Rifles, 5th Suffolk Regiment, bravery, Cumbrai, First World War, France, hero, Owen Yarrow, poppy, postman, remembrance, soldier, war, wartime, WWI
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Remembrance
Today – the 11th of November at 11am, large areas of the UK were silent to remember the bravest people and animals who had lost their lives during wars. I wear my poppy with pride, and always try to observe … Continue reading
Dig For Victory Leaflet
Nestled in a copy of hardbacked leatherbound edition of ‘Modern Practical Cookery (undated)’ that belonged to my Great Grandmother, I’ve just found a Dig For Victory leaflet (no. 11) on “Bottling and Canning Fruit and Vegetables”. This is the first … Continue reading
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Tagged bottling, campaign, canning, cookery, D4V, Dig For Victory, fruit, leaflet, make-do, saving, Second World War, thrift, thrifty, vegetables, war, WW2, WWII
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