On 13 November 1919, an aeroplane named Endeavour took off from Hounslow aerodrome on the first leg of a journey to Australia.
A FAILED ENDEAVOUR: AN AEROPLANE CRASH IN SURBITON, 1919 Read More »
A war memorial panel was unveiled in Surbiton Park Congregational Church on 12 November 1922.
SURBITON PARK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH MEMORIAL Read More »
The memorial commemorates six men: two officers and four other ranks who died in the Great War, 1914-1918.
THE GREAT WAR MEMORIAL AT SURBITON HILL METHODIST CHURCH. BEHIND THE NAMES Read More »
The Great War memorial of Christ Church, Surbiton [KT5 8JJ] commemorates 76 men, and best matches were found for 60 of them.
THE GREAT WAR MEMORIAL OF CHRIST CHURCH, SURBITON HILL, KT5 8JJ. BEHIND THE NAMES. Read More »
The pandemic of 1918-1920 of what was known as “Spanish Influenza” killed about 250,000 people in Britain.
TWO SPANISH INFLUENZA VICTIMS IN SURBITON CEMETERY Read More »
Seething Wells is an area in Surbiton, the “Seething Well” spring probably was on land surveyed for the Lambeth Water Company in 1848
SEEKING SURBITON’S SEETHING WELLS Read More »
DISCOVERING THE WAR DEAD OF ST ANDREW’S & ST MARK’S PARISH, SURBITON: BEHIND THE NAMES.
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The tombstone of Josiah Clues who died in 1842 was found in Memorial Gardens, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1RP. Through merit alone, he rose from the ranks to be a Lieutenant in the British Army
JOSIAH CLUES, 1778-1842. A KINGSTON LINK TO THE NAPOLEONIC WARS. Read More »
A Fundraising Talk In Support Of The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development [Cafod] Given In The Alexander Hall Of St Raphael’s Church, Kt1 2Na, On Palm Sunday, 24 March 2024 By David A. Kennedy, Phd
Lenten Reflections On The War Memorial At St Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church Read More »
The Queen’s Promenade Bandstand, Surbiton, and a glimpse of the local musical band movement, 1893-1910.
The Queen’s Promenade Bandstand, Surbiton Read More »