Whittell, Henry
Henry Rawes Whittell was born in 1857 in College Street, Sydney, where his father practised medicine. His mother, Esther, was from a wealthy Wiltshire family
Henry Rawes Whittell was born in 1857 in College Street, Sydney, where his father practised medicine. His mother, Esther, was from a wealthy Wiltshire family
George Frederick Willis was the father of David John Willis [1], in whose memory Beecroft’s Boer War memorial was built. George Frederick was a first
There appears to be three parallel stories for women in Beecroft and Cheltenham for most of its first hundred years. A common feature derives from
Dr Ellen Maud Wood commenced medical practice in Beecroft in 1909. She arrived with ‘four horses and an up-to-date groom’ [1]. Ellen Maud Wood was
World War 1 – the Aftermath Celebrations News of the war ending was celebrated in Beecroft and Cheltenham by large crowds of young people congregating
Beecroft and Cheltenham in World War 1: life on the homefront At the outbreak of World War 1 on August 4 1914, the community
Beecroft and Cheltenham WW1 Volunteered BEECROFT and CHELTENHAM WW1 Volunteers 1. ABRAM, Ernest Eloge 2. ADDISON, Joseph 3. ALLSEP, Alfred John 4. ALLUM, William Henry
Introduction The purpose was to identity all Beecroft and Cheltenham WWI soldiers, along with those who had some association with these two suburbs. The information
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