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People who served in WW1

  • “For Bravery in the Field”

    “For Bravery in the Field”

    About Pte Ben Dann and Pte Harold Blundon
  • 1945 Private Oliver George RAND (d. 10 June 1917)

    1945 Private Oliver George RAND (d. 10 June 1917)

    A Wivenhoe born Australian Soldier (Killed in Action 10th June, 1917)
  • Alexander W. Lancashire Barlow

    Alexander W. Lancashire Barlow

    Served in First World War
  • Capt. John Bawtree Hawkins JP CA, a local hero

    Capt. John Bawtree Hawkins JP CA, a local hero

    From a prominent Colchester family, who moved to Ballast Quay House and made a name for himself locally but died on 30th August 1916 from pneumonia whilst running a Supply Depot at the Front
  • Private Claude WATSHAM - survived the War

    Private Claude WATSHAM - survived the War

    Private Claude Watsham
People
  • 50 Years of Playing the Organ at St Mary's
  • About Emily Jane Chidwick
  • About John Forsdick
  • About Lt. Commander Leonard Cockrell DSO
  • About the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses in Rebow Road
  • About the Rebow Almshouses and Mary Ann Sanford
  • About the Sanford Family and their Legacy
  • About the Wivenhoe Memories Exhibitions
  • About William Sanford b. 1749 -1830
  • Alexander Kay Barlow
  • An early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses - Mary Ann COLE
  • Anna Maria Turner - An early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
  • Arthur Shead
  • Bawtree/Hawkins Family Connection
  • Benjamin Stacey
  • Berkley Sainty
  • Bill Sadler
  • Bill's Model Boats
  • Births, Marriages and Deaths in Wivenhoe
  • Brian Anderton
  • Cllr Bill Sparrow
  • Daryl Williamson: Childhood Memories - A Wivenhoe Lad in the 1960s
  • Dr Wiliam Dean, Doctor in Wivenhoe for nearly 50 years (died Feb 1996)
  • Elsie Emma Harlow
  • Ernest James RAND
  • Essex People 1750-1900
  • Four Generations of the Scofield Family
  • Fred Downing's model Thames Sailing Barge
  • Fun and Games in the 19th Century
  • Harry and Sarah Rice - Incomers at Work WW1
  • Harry William Peck and the History of Cedrics Garage
  • Harvey John Wix
  • Helen Hawkins
  • Henry Foote of Wivenhoe 1595
  • Herring smoking at The Cross
  • Ida Green
  • Jack Barrell Remembered (Born in 1910 and died in 2005)
  • Jean Harding (1923 - 2008)
  • Joan Hickson OBE - 'Miss Marple' [1906 - 1998]
  • John Espinasse's Will 14 July 1726
  • John Martin-Harvey. The Biography of an Actor-Manager
  • John Stewart who died on 5th February 2018
  • John Venstree of Wivenhoe 1591
  • Jonathan Carter's Will 1765
  • Joyce Blackwood: Childhood Memories - 1934 to the Pre Second World War
  • Len Barton & Gordon Green - Greengrocers in Wivenhoe
  • Lily Elizabeth Wade
  • Local Land Army Girls in 1942
  • Lord Hill of Wivenhoe
  • Lt Commander Leonard Charles Cockrell, Master Mariner in the early 1900s
  • Mary Ann Howling - an early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses
  • Mary Ann Turner, one of the first residents in the Sanford Almshouses
  • McEvers Bayard Brown
  • Member of Husk's Shipyard family visits the Wivenhoe Memories Exhibition - April 2015
  • Memories of the Village Bakery
  • Michael William Butt
  • Mr and Mrs Pawsey of Ballast Quay House
  • Mr Peter Green of Wivenhoe in his fishmonger's shop in Eld Lane, Colchester
  • Opening Ceremony of the Wivenhoe Almshouses
  • Otto Magnus Andersen
  • PC Sid Cox - Wivenhoe's policeman 1972 - 1997
  • People who have lived at Jonathan Feedham Court
  • People who have lived at the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
  • People who have worked for Wivenhoe Town Council
  • Phoebe Burrows story from about 1850 to the present day
  • Private Sid Ham Essex Regiment
  • Rear Admiral John Lee Barber's 90th Birthday Celebration - April 1995
  • Rear-Admiral John Lee Barber DSO CB (1905 - 1995)
  • Reflections on life at the Wivenhoe Girls and Infants School
  • Rennie, Ritchie & Newport Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
  • Residents of the Wivenhoe Almshouses
  • Rifleman Harold HARLOW (died 25th April 1917)
  • Samuel Gardiner Green [1839-1921]
  • Sarah Ann Eaton - an early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
  • Semprini lived in Wivenhoe
  • Shead Family - Early 1900s
  • Stanley Cook
  • Story of the Black Buoy Public House under Reg and Jean Blackwell
  • The Conways - Wivenhoe's Forgotten Family
  • The Funeral of Eccentric Millionaire Bayard Brown who died in April 1926
  • The Great Escape in 1870
  • The John Stewart 'Gone Fishing' Memorial Trophy
  • The Nick Butler Interviews
  • The Racing Yacht "Genesta"
  • The Sanford Family Legacy in the 1800s
  • The Three Avian Friends
  • The Watshams
  • The Will of John Potter - 1759
  • The Wivenhoe Doctors in the late 1800s
  • Thomas Cawton (1605-1659)
  • Thomas Corder Goodwin (6 October 1833 – 22 July 1900)
  • Thomas Tunmer - and a Forgotten Spa
  • Tony Forsgate's early memories growing up in Wivenhoe in the 30s and 40s
  • Victor Williamson
  • Visitors to Husk and Son's Boatyard
  • WAGA People
  • Who Lived in Wivenhoe in the 18th Century and What Did They Do?
  • Will of Kezia Hines 20 August 1880
  • Will of Mary Hester Slater Rebow 1777-1834
  • William Brummell (1777-1853)
  • Wivenhoe Families
  • Wivenhoe Football Club
  • Wivenhoe Footballers - 1907
  • Wivenhoe Open Gardens started in 1987
  • Wivenhoe People- Royal Navy
  • Wivenhoe Quarry, W.G. and Mr Bill Loveless
  • Wivenhoe Regatta - July 2016
  • Wivenhoe Sailing Club - 1925
  • Wivenhoe Town Council Mayors
  • Wivenhoe Urban District Council Chairmen
  • Wivenhoe Welslyan Brass Band 1911
  • Workers Education Association - Wivenhoe Branch
  • The Havens Family
  • People Interviewed for the Story of Wivenhoe
  • People who served in WW1
  • Other People
  • The Corsellis Family
  • The de Veres
  • The Rebows and the Martins
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