Local History

The following servicemen gave their lives in WW2 and have associations with Gillingham. IN PROGRESS - This is how the names appear on the Gillingham War Memorial plaque - DL 13 July 2025 ALGER P A COLLIS W DAVIES R DEAR D E FOULKES J GATEHOUSE C GOODSHIPS J GOULD J HUNT A KINGHAM H MOORE EA PITMAN P READ K SHARPE EE SHARPE EE SMITH EL TUCKER FHG WHITMARSH R GOULD Henry Joseph 5720230 Warrant Officer Henry Joseph GOULD 1 RSM 12th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery died on either

Over 450 soldiers from Gillingham are known to have returned from war service although a large number were wounded or gassed. A few of...

The soldiers named below all had associations with Gillingham. They will all be researched in time and those completed are featured after...

Soldiers of World War One David Lloyd, Alan Whiffen and Lynda Grange are researching the lives of soldiers with Gillingham connections. ...

Soldiers of World War One David Lloyd, Alan Whiffen and Lynda Grange are researching the lives of soldiers with Gillingham connections. ...

COMRADES’ CLUB OPENED The opening of the Haig Club happened on Saturday 13 March 1920.

A violent thunderstorm on Thursday 28th June 1917, accompanied by unprecedented rainfall caused devastation in the locality of Wincanton,...

A brief History Extracted from "Gillingham Grammar School, Dorset - An Historical Account" by A F H V Wagner, MA, with a fleeting present...

In the Museum at Gillingham, Dorset there is a touch screen display which tells of the association of John Constable RA with the town....

Gillingham's First Fire Engine Purchased by the Vestry Committee (fore-runner of the Parish Council) in 1790 from the makers, Bristowe of...

The earliest known settlement in Gillingham is a lake dwelling at Bay dating from around 2500 BC.  During Roman times, around 200AD, a...