Tag: Strood

Henry Moorey was one of two brothers to serve and die for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps – the other was Jesse Moorey. Around the … Read more

Henry Phillips was born in 1878 in the village of Frindsbury, near Strood.  In the 1891 census he can be found living in Sone Street, … Read more

Joseph (Joe) Phillips was born in Strood in the early months of 1892.  According to the 1901 census, his father, William was a brickfield labourer … Read more

Sidney Abbotson was born in 1889 in Strood, which was then part of the city of Rochester.  He spent much of his childhood at 84 … Read more