Category Archives: Wars

News of the World Sportsground Pillbox

From the Archaelogy Data Service Defence of Britain Data Archive, the pillbox next to the running track on the News of the World Sports ground can be seen, although there are no further details about it.

1953 OS map

From this map, the size of the pillbox was measured at 71 feet by 84 feet.

Pillbox NS length

Pillbox WE length

Google Earth Canons Pillbox

Annoyingly, the entry on the Archaeology Database shows it as being in New Malden.

The Defence of Britain

Location: New Malden

Condition: Removed

Description: 03/1992 Pillbox, no specification.

Source: Corrected Defence of Britain Records Click here for more details
EDOBID: e14458
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Images: None

British Red Cross Mitcham Residents in WW1

From the British Red Cross this is a list of all those who lived in Mitcham and served for them during World War 1.

Click on the name to see, in a new window or tab, the details held by the Red Cross.

Helen Bruce Anderson
James MacGregor Anderson
Ethel Ayres
Grace Barber
Ethel Beable
Frederick C Bradley
Marie Brewer
Lily Rose Bye
Matilda Chopping
Walter Frederick Crisp
William Harris Crisp
Esme Nellie Fielding
Flora Boyd Goodman
Mr E Hammond
Helen Constance Hawkins
Ivy Louisa Hooper
Florence Hulse
Mr H S Jackson
Katherine Farewell Jones
Annie Lee
Alice Mardell
Ivy Matthews
Albert Victor Richard Maynard
Elizabeth Miller
Marjorie Miller
Alice Frances Omond
Edith Margaret Omond
Christina Parker
Walter Charles Pattenden
May Marian Pearse
Edith Peat
Marjorie Peat
Elsie Louisa Sanders
George Shorter
Alfred Simons
Mr F Sutton
Jessie Swift
Dorothy Thomas
Mary Webber