Swindon in the Past Lane

Celebrate the launch of  Swindon in the Great War with the formal unveiling and dedication of the Sanford Street School Roll of Honour Memorial The memorial and its significance to Radnor Street Cemetery - a talk by Mark Sutton  Saturday November 23, 11.30 am Radnor Street Cemetery Chapel  and  The launch of the Swindon Heritage Winter edition  Swindon Heritage subscribers – come and collect your copy of the Winter edition and pick up a copy of Mark Sutton’s book Tell Them of Us free on the day only Have you been with us from the first issue - come and renew your 2014 subscription in the historic Radnor Street Cemetery Chapel? Want to send a Christmas gift subscription for 2014 – we can organize this too - come and see us at Radnor Street Cemetery Chapel 11- 2 pm November 23. Want to join our growing list of subscribers - if you love local history, come and meet us. Other attractio...

The Leggett brothers - William (left) Ernest (right) Recent publicity concerning the future of Sanford Street School has highlighted the importance of a roll of honour on display there to former pupils who died in the First World War. Among the list of more than 130 names are those of seven sets of brothers killed in the 1914-18 war. An entry in the school logbook dated March 20, 1936 records – “Received today the memorial to Old Sanfordians who fell in the Great War.  It is a very beautifully made memorial, paid for by money in the School’s private fund.’ Two brothers listed among the dead are Horace and Reginald Corser, the sons of William and Elizabeth Corser of 1 Broad Street.  Reginald, an engine room artificer on HMS Defence was killed on May 31, 1916 during the Battle of Jutland.  He was 25 years old and had been married for less than a year.  Brother Horace was serving with the 79 th  Field Company Royal Engineers when he was killed on J...