December 17, 2025 Behram Pacha – Robert Cannon Lieutenant General Robert Cannon – Behram Pacha 1811-1882, Isabella Langford Cannon 1827-1853, Amy Josette L. Massinberd Cannon 1851-1854, Emma Beevor Ronald Cannon 1832-1888 Behind…
December 14, 2025 Frederick Anness Concentration Camp doctor Farmsteads burnt, but still the commando raids continued. Kitchener and his staff couldn’t leave women and children to starve on the Veldt. They brought…
December 3, 2025 Lost at Sea – Richard Frederick Francis, OBE 14th June 1894 – 23rd October 1942 Chief Engineer Merchant Navy, S.S. Empire Star, Blue Star Line S.S. Empire Star slipped out of Liverpool docks on 20th October 1942, heading for…
December 1, 2025 Charles Smiles – Rendezvous Street Tobacconist At 14 Rendezvous Street in Folkestone, in 1891, lived Charles and Elizabeth, with five of their grown-up children. Charles was 61, born at Enfield,…
November 13, 2025 Margaret Care Founder Member of Friends of Folkestone Old Cemetery Margaret Care was a founder member of the ‘Friends of Folkestone Cemetery’, being at the first meeting when the group’s setting-up was discussed over…
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 &…
November 3, 2025 Winter in a Churchyard or Cemetery A winter visit to a churchyard, chapel yard, or cemetery can be a rewarding experience. While you watch redwings and other winter thrushes feasting…
October 20, 2025 Caring For Gods Acre – Resources The Caring for God’s Acre website at www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk is an excellent online resource for anyone involved with volunteer “Friends” groups looking after churchyards and…
October 16, 2025 BBC Item: The island where human remains rise to the surface Published October 2025 — adapted from BBC News reporting, with additional historical context Out in the Medway Estuary, not far from Sheerness, lies a…
August 9, 2025 With Councils under pressure to increase development does this signal a wider trend? Campaigners are opposing plans to build 20 homes on the former Tunbridge Wells Cemetery in Benhall Mill Road, arguing that human remains may still…
