Fadedgenes.co.uk

“He is not Lost – He is Here”

This is a project to re-discover the ancestry of some of those who gave their lives during the First World War. I am gathering the names from various war memorials around East Kent, with the intention of providing some ancestral details for those listed.

For the many individuals where the ancestral research has not yet been done, I have attempted at least to identify the person, and to provide a link to their details on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.

An index of those individuals for which some ancestral research has been completed can be found here:

Index of Names for which there are Ancestries

As the database grows, family relationships between some of those who were lost will be revealed. (Those already discovered can be found here):

Discovered Connections

This is an ongoing project and the website will be updated with new information at intervals, so check it regularly. (I am more than happy to receive contributions from other researchers).

East Kent Villages

Aldington	Ickham	Selling (near Faversham)
Alkham	Kingsnorth	Sheldwich
Ash (by Sandwich)	Kingston	Shepherdswell
Barham	Littlebourne	Smeeth
Bekesbourne	Lower Hardres	Stanford
Boughton Aluph	Lydd	St Margarets-at-Cliffe
Brook	Lympne	Stourmouth
Chartham	Mersham	Swingfield
Chilham	Monkton	Temple Ewell
Coldred	Newington-next-Hythe	Tilmanstone
Dover Town Memorial	Nonington	Waltham
Dunkirk	Ospringe	Westmarsh
Dymchurch	Petham	Wingham
East Langdon	River (near Dover)	Woodchurch
Eastry	Saltwood	Woodnesborough
Elham	Sandwich	Worth
Hougham	Sellindge

I have also now included information from some other areas of Kent

Benenden

Lenham

Loose (near Maidstone)

Lower Halstow

Upchurch (near Sittingbourne)

West Malling

My thanks to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission who in many cases have provided the “first link” in the chain, as well as many other details. Link to their excellent website here.

See also the UK National Inventory of War Memorials (look for the UKNIWM links on the individual memorial pages).

Links to other sites with similar themes: (Kent)

The “Fallen” of Kent

The “Fallen” of the Ashford Area

“Roll of Honour” Index to memorials in Kent

Sittingbourne Remembers

Kyle Tallett’s Memorial Pages

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I can be contacted at Dave@fadedgenes.co.uk if you have information to contribute, or if you need clarification on any of the sources referred to in my research

Please note that the research for these ancestries relies mostly on Censuses, Indexes, Parish Registers and information from other researchers. No direct reference has been made to Birth, Marriage or Death certificates in the majority of cases. This may result in some errors, and I am more than happy for these to be brought to my attention, in order that the correct information may then be displayed.

You may also like to visit the Kent War Memorials Forum

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