Rochester and Borstal in the First World War
A community history project funded by the AHRC Gateways to the First World War Centre

Month: December 2016

Joyce, Frank Rupert (1897-1916)

By twocenturies | 21 December 2016

Frank Rupert Joyce was born in about January 1897 in St Ives, Huntingdon.  Frank was the middle child of five children born to Frank Joyce … Read more

Chantler, Albert Peter (1892-1916)

By twocenturies | 21 December 2016

Albert Peter Chantler was born in the first quarter of 1892 in Snodland to Alfred and Sarah Amelia. He was baptised 25th January at All … Read more

Martin, Richard Charles (1896-1915)

By twocenturies | 21 December 2016

Richard Charles Martin was born in Strood in the first quarter of 1896. He was the son of Charles and Mary Martin and brother to … Read more

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