The son of Thomas Edward and Elizabeth Mockridge of Shortlands, Gunner Robert Edward Mockridge married Grace Kezia Mockridge of Waldo Road, Bromley and was listed as a milkman on the 1911 census. They had a son called Robert in c.…
A nurse with the Red Cross, Miss Birkett had taken up nursing 3 years earlier. Her knowledge of French was invaluable when nursing the Belgian soldiers. She lived at Summerhill Villas, Chislehurst. The newspaper reported that she had been ill on the…
(Samuel) James Crisp was one of five sons of Mr and Mrs S. J. Crisp, of 12 Godwin Road Bromley, three of whom were serving in his Majesty’s Forces. James was a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps. He…
Private Harry Robert Eldridge of the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, third son of Mr and Mrs E. Eldridge of 23 Albert Road St Mary Cray, was reported as missing in the Bromley & District Times on 19th July 1940. Private…
John George Crisp was one of five sons of Mr and Mrs S. J. Crisp, of 12 Godwin Road Bromley, three of whom were serving in his Majesty’s Forces. John was a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps. He is…
Private Charles Frederick Crisp was one of the five sons of Mr and Mrs S. J. Crisp, of 12 Godwin Road Bromley, and one of three sons serving in his Majesty’s Forces. After leaving school in Bromley, he joined the…
Served with the Honourable Artillery Company. He was the son of Frederick Smart of Thornhayes, London Lane, Bromley. His brother Geoffrey Smart also served in the Honourable Artillery Company Before taking up service, Claude was an artist by profession and…
Miss Beatrix Batten was Commandant of Abbey Lodge V.A.D. Hospital, Chislehurst She was born in April 1886 and lived with her parents and sister at Foxdeane in Lower Camden, Chislehurst. Her father was a solicitor. Known as Trixie she graduated…
William was an old boy of Aylesbury Road School in Bromley. During World War One he served in the Shropshire Light Infantry. He features in the Bromley & District Time on 11th September 1914, page 3
Second-Lieutenant John B. Bassett of the Royal Artillery, was reported as a Prisoner of War in the Bromley & District Times newspaper on 6th September 1940. His parents, Mr and Mrs W.R. Bassett of 144 Murray Avenue, Bromley, received a…
