Well Hello There

I came across this website on a Google search on some family history!! I must say thank you!!

Albert and Leonard Mears were my great uncles that were bopth killed on the same day in WW1.
I am curious to know where you got the picture of Leonard Mears,as I am trying to get information on my family history,and since you are in the U.K. you might have a few leads.

I have a picture of Albert and Leonard Mears that I can send if you would like to update your site.They were taken in around 1916

Please keep up the Good Work

Mike

A truly fascinating site. Well done. I'm inspired to go find my copy of the poem "A Private of the Buffs", and read it again ... and again.

Thank you for your efforts to remember the young men of Kent who gave their lives for King and Country.

Thank you for us the priviledge of viewing your website. It is good to remember those who fought for us in both world wars and we should never forget what the they did for us. Keep up the good work.

having moved away from sittingbourne nearly thirty years ago iwasnt aware of the tree's and plaques being moved or cut down in rememberance ave in the name of progress what a shame i still remember reading the nameplates like it was yesterday

Your website is incredible ! Thankyou !!

The memory must be kept.

Thank you for sharing this invaluable information, done with such loving care.

A fantastic site - such wonderful history you've gathered here.
Thank you for all the work you've put into this and the respect that comes through - I'll mention this site whenever I get the chance.
Fantastic work.

Everyone: My apologies.

The server suffered a severe hardware failure, resulting in the loss of all data.

I managed to restore most files, but unfortunately, some of the guestbook database was lost.

Can I ask that if you found this site useful in any way, that you take the time to help build up the guestbook again with some feedback.

Many Thanks.

Chris.

Researching my own family history in the first war, come across th is site, very interesting i must say, i'm originally from south wales, but my wifes'great granfather served with the buffs in mesopatamia, and we have some letters photos etc, if you are interested in copies of these please let me know.

Hi, I am a teacher at Murston Junior School in Sittingbourne. I am planning 'A Local Study' for my year 5/6 Class on the area and decided to look look at World War I. This site has been fantastic and the information about people from the local area invaluable. Thanks. I plan for the children the write letters to the soldiers in the trenches commenting on their situation. I am very excited about this project.

What a superb website! Easy to navigate and full to the brim with interesting and hard to obtain local information. Well done to all concerned. Surely a fine example to those of us interested in the Great War and local civic tributes...

I didn't know this was here until now i'm looking on here for a history project that we are doing :)

i did'nt know this site was here but i'm pleased now that i've come across it. GREAT WEBSITE!

Nice page i lived in eastbourne street near the paper mill until i was 11 years old,most of my family worked in the paper mill.
If anyone from easbourne st reads this i would love to hear from them.
My familys name Horsford

This is an informative, well structured site. I recently visited the area for the first time to see Upchurch, Where my Grandfather and Great-grandfather lived. I particularly liked the memorial in St Mary's commemorating my grandfather's brother. The hospitality of the villagers was amazing.
Dennis

I found this page very helpfull, as I am researching Milton & Sittingbourne my self.

I came across your site whilst researching the Trowell family, my ancestors. An absolutely fascinating set of pages and very distracting. I was interested to find a reference to Alfred Edgar Trowell and don't know if we are related or not. However the other information you provide is so fascinating this could keep me sidetracked for hours.

Believe it or not I was tracking a parcel when your town came up as the first stop for my goods. Like you I lost a lot of relatives in the Great War and it is good to see they are not forgotten. Excellent

Steve, I had not visited the site for some time, I am more impressed with the content than before, my eldest son has spent hours on it researching, keep up the good work.
We and our children MUST NEVER forget all of those who gave their lives for us all.
Regards,
Richard.

r.e. your comment that Donald Dean was a great man - he would have been embarrassed by such a description, but I thank you. I remember him as a kind, humouous, gentleman - still missed by many.
Your site is by no means humble, it is an excellent piece of work - well done.