Author: twocenturies

Arthur Francis Cooke was the youngest son of Susan Ann and Robert Cooke of 25 Sidney Road in Borstal. Robert Cooke was originally from Portsmouth … Read more

Alfred Graystone was born in Strood around 1894, and was the youngest son of the Graystone-Dale family.  Whilst his mother’s family were from the Medway … Read more

Ossian Cameron was born on 27 February 1891 in Campbeltown in Argyllshire, to David Rutherford and Elizabeth Cameron. He had an older brother, Clement, then … Read more

Walter Edward White was born in Borstal, Kent in 1892. Walter first appears on the 1901 census, aged 9, living at 1 Sidney Road, Borstal. … Read more

Sidney George Watkins was born in Strood, Rochester in the spring of 1890. Sidney first appears in the 1891 census aged 1, living in Wykeham … Read more

Charles Walter Edwards was born in 1899, in Rochester, Kent. He first appears on the 1901 census aged 2, living at 6 Medway View, Wouldham, … Read more

William Richard Vince Davis was born in Borden, Kent in 1892, and was baptised on 19th July 1892 in Upchurch, Kent. William first appears on … Read more

John Butler was born in Chatham in 1878, the second to youngest child of George Whiterod Butler and Mary Ann; George and Mary had eight … Read more

  James Tuff (or Luff) Jolley was born in April 1899 in Rochester, Kent. In 1901, the Census shows the family living at 22 Catherine … Read more

Herbert Leonard Jesshope was born in Strood, Kent on 22 February 1897 to parents William Jesshope and Louisa Ann Stockbridge.  He has six siblings.  In … Read more