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12 September 2023 A Blencowe daughter who moved to Saskatchewan, Canada. Both her sons served WW! and one of them tragically lost his life while serving.   Mary Louise Blencowe was born in 1854 in Brackley, Northampton, where her father…

Date 30 Nov 2023 Number of total entries 6,640 Number of ww1 entries completed 171 Number of ww2 entries completed 88 I have customised the Event/Attribute types and as of this date there are 629 such attributes, mostly I hope…

Leonard Hester Page 1882-19nn Father Nm: Leonard Bendy Page 1858–1934 born Jul 1858 Bermondsey died 3 NOVEMBER 1934 • Camberwell Mother Nm: Marriage Dt: K comments: Both Daughters Eileen Mary and Joan Margherita Page served in WW2 Spouse comments: Children.…

While we have on partial service records for the 321 men and woman so far identified as serving in WW1 we can find records for eight men who caught this killer disease. The eight represent the global impact of this disease…

Thomas Blencowe, C1475, Marston St Lawrence John Blinko d.1694 Marston St Lawrence Rev Samuel Jackson Blencowe 1709 Marston St Lawrence Edward Blencowe, C1774, Northants James Blencowe 1781 Northampton Francis Blencowe, 1655, Helmdon William Blincko 1635 Hedgereley James Blincoe C1646 England…

This index is to quickly look up a PDF file in the very comprehensive listing of the Order of Battle of all armies in World War One from The U.S. Army Combined Arms Center .website . This website has since…

  My notes from the diary of the 72nd Machine Gun Company 1916-1918 Note: In 1918 the 72nd became part of 24th Battalion MGC. 1916 10th Mar. Embarked from Southampton on ‘Bellerophon’ to Le Havre 12th Mar Entrained to Poperinghe…

LETTERS OF THE REV’D J.W. BLENCOWE FROM GALLIPOLI 1915 The uniform of the Chaplaincy to the ForceLeft John in uniform Right cap badge and brass Maltese Cross lapel badges Letter instructing J W B to report for Chaplaincy duties War…