Rochester and Borstal in the First World War
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Tag: Battle of the Somme

Graystone, Alfred (1894-1916)

By twocenturies | 10 October 2017

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

Davis, William Richard Vince (1892-1916)

By twocenturies | 24 February 2017

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

Joys, Arthur Samuel (1884-1918)

By twocenturies | 22 February 2017

Arthur Samuel Joys was born in about May 1884 in the parish of St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent. On 7 November 1904, Arthur joined the Royal … Read more

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

Dyer, Ernest Henry (1894-1916)

By twocenturies | 25 November 2016

Ernest Dyer was born in Rochester in the third quarter of 1894. He was recorded in the 1901 census as living at 4 Garden Place, … Read more

Bowes, Reginald Leonard Ronald (1895-1917)

By twocenturies | 18 November 2016

Reginald Bowes was born in Chatham early in 1895.  He lived at Fort Pitt Military Hospital in Chatham where his father, Peter Bowes, was a … Read more

Baxter, William Thomas (1888-1916)

By twocenturies | 11 November 2016

William Thomas Baxter was born in Strood in the summer of 1888.  In 1891 he was living in Strood with his father (also William Thomas) … Read more

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