Henry House (1835 – ?) (Reg. No. 3163)
By Irma Walter, 2020. Henry House was born in 1835 at Meare in Somerset. He was 17 years old when…
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Britain’s Garrotting Epidemic in the Mid-19th Century.
By Irma Walter, 2020. Reports of the killing on 25 May 2020 of George Floyd by a policeman in Minneapolis…
Edward Chatterton (1827 – 1897) (Reg. No. 1739)
By Irma Walter, 2020. Edward Chatterton was christened at Prees in Shropshire on 19 August 1827. His parents were Thomas…
‘D’ For Deserter
By Irma Walter, 2021. Prior to 1879 deserters from the British army were forcibly branded after capture, with a permanent…
Dr Ronald Barrington Knight OBE, JP
Gary Van Burgel, a Harvey Shire Councillor, gave the following address at the presentation of the Harvey Shire Council’s 1992…
Thomas Crowde, (c1821 – 1868) (Reg. No. 2310)
By Irma Walter, 2020. Thomas Crowde (aka Crow, Crowed, or Crowd), soldier, was born at Swingfield in Kent in 1821.…
Patrick Clancey (c1826 – 1885) (Reg. No. 3330)
By Irma Walter, 2020. Patrick Clancey (or Clancy), aged 29, came to Western Australia on the Stag, arriving on 23…
Manning Family Obituaries
Joseph Manning (c1851 – 1930) Mr. Joseph Manning, of Beach road, Bunbury, passed away at St. Clair’s Hospital on Sunday,…
William Holmes (c1830 – 1888?) (Reg. No. 4561)
By Irma Walter, 2020. William Holmes, a soldier aged 28, was convicted of desertion on 18 February 1856 at the…
William Hall (c1835 – ?) (Reg. No. 3796)
By Irma Walter, 2020. William Hall was born at Nottingham St Mary, to John Hall and his wife Ann. The…