Patemans in Kent


Book Description

This is the story of the Pateman family in Kent as recorded by the registration of births, marriages and deaths from 1837 and in the national census 1841-1911.




Patemans By County


Book Description

This is the story of the Pateman family in England by county since 1837 as recorded in the registers of births, marriages and deaths.




Royal West Kents in Orpington


Book Description

This is the story of the men from Orpington who fought and died in the Royal West Kent Regiment in the Great War and the Second World War.




The Rauceby Burial Grounds


Book Description

This is the story of Rauceby Asylum near Sleaford in Lincolnshire and its two burial grounds containing over 700 former patients.Case studies are given on several patients based on medical notes made at the turn of the century.




Patemans By Census


Book Description

This is the story of the Pateman family in England as recorded by the National Census between 1841-1911 and in Parish Baptism, Marriage and Burial records.




Ten Pound Pom: Victor Poxon Goes To War


Book Description

This is the story of Victor Poxon and time in the Royal Navy during the Second World War on HMS Aurora and his life in Australia in the 1960s and 70s.




Ontario to Orpington


Book Description

This is the story of the 110 Canadian Great War soldiers who died at Orpington Hospital and / or were buried at Canadian Corner or All Saints, Orpington.




The Ontario Military Hospital


Book Description

This is the story of the Ontario Military Hospital which was built in Orpington, Kent in 1916. The hospital was extended in 1917 and became the No.16 Canadian General Hospital. In 1919 the hospital was taken over by the Ministry of Pensions and later by Kent County Council. In 1948 Orpington Hospital became part of the NHS. Today only the Canada Wing remains.




Cray to Canada: Frank Rodbourne Goes To War


Book Description

The story of Frank Rodbourne and his time in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force during the Great War.




Seven Steps to Glory: Private Pateman Goes to War


Book Description

This is the story of Walter Pateman, a Gypsy who was born at Leg of Mutton Common, Farnborough, Kent in 1886 and who died in action during the Great War near Leg of Mutton Wood, Bouchavesnes, France in 1917.