Events – fofc.uk

November 11, 2025

Armistice Day

As is customary each year on Armistice Day (11 November), veterans and their families, representatives from the office of the Lord Lieutenant, Folkestone &…

October 20, 2025

Baby Loss Awareness Day

On 15th October, our volunteers marked Baby Loss Awareness Day with a touching tribute in the White Garden at Cheriton Road Cemetery. Around 350…

August 7, 2025

Heather Bowden 1947 – 2025

On behalf of the Folkestone Cemetery Volunteer Group, Margaret, Damon and I attended the funeral of Heather Bowden, held today at Hawkinge Crematorium. Heather…

July 26, 2025

Victorian Cemetery Walk and Talk

New Folkestone Society – Event Report We were thrilled to welcome over 60 attendees to our recent Victorian Cemetery Walk and Talk, held in…

June 4, 2025

Collision Of The Ironclads

This account was posted in the London Illustrated of 1878 Though such an appalling accident as that which happened last Friday morning to the…

June 4, 2025

To Commemorate the Sinking of the Grosser Kurfürst, 1878.

Honouring the lives lost off the Kent coast on 31 May 1878. Nearly 150 years ago, almost 300 lives were lost when the German…

December 5, 2024

A talk: Flourishing Folkestone

On Saturday three members of the Friends of Folkestone Cemetery gave a colourful illustrated talk to 45+ interested members of The New Folkestone Society….

August 9, 2024

District Councillors Presentation

On the evening of July 24th, before the full council meeting, members of our group—Janet, Carole, and Rob—had the opportunity to present to the…

March 24, 2024

International Womens Day 2024 – marked with a rose

Each year we celebrate International Women’s Day and over the last few years we now put flowers on graves for some of the significant…

November 16, 2023

Honoring Heroes: Remembrance Day Commemoration 2023

On November 11th, the Remembrance Day event unfolded near the Machine Gun Corps Memorial in the historic Folkestone cemetery. Despite the gloomy and wet…