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It is our intention to include articles here relating to Silton village. CLICK TEXT At present...

It is our intention to include articles here relating to West Stour village. In May 2021 we completed the stories of WW1 soldiers...

It is our intention to include articles here relating to Stour Provost village. In May 2021 we completed the stories of WW1 soldiers...

It is our intention to include articles here relating to Kington Magna village. In May 2021 we completed the stories of WW1 soldiers...

It is our intention to include articles here relating to Fifehead Magdalen village. At present we are researching the WW1 soldiers who...

It is our intention to include articles here relating to East Stour village. At present we are...

It is our intention to include articles here relating to Bourton village. At present we are researching the WW1 soldiers who gave their...

It is our intention to include articles here relating to Buckhorn Weston village. At present we are researching the WW1 soldiers who gave...

Milton on Stour War Memorial Unveiling 1920 The Western Gazette of 16 April 1920 reported the unveiling of Milton War Memorial. A...

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...

On a brief visit to Gillingham Museum on Wednesday June 27th the Bishop of Sherborne "threw the switch" to illuminate a stained glass...