People of Bromley (WW2)

Newspaper extract featuring Sergeant Peter David Devereux who went missing at sea, published in the Bromley Times on 12th September 1941

Sergeant Peter David Devereux

Lost at Sea Sergeant P.D. Devereux, R.A.F. Sergeant Peter David Devereux, aged 22, who has been reported "missing" while on ...
Wedding of Gunner Sydney Bax and Miss Gwendoline Prior reported in the Bromley Times - 12th Sept 1941

Gunner Sydney Bax: Wedding

A member of an old Bromley family was married at St John's, Eden Park, on Saturday, when the bridegroom was ...
Flying Officer Eric Charles Whitehead, 1941

Flying Officer Eric Charles Whitehead

Flying Officer Eric Charles Whitehead was the son of William and Selina Whitehead of Bromley, Kent, and the husband of ...
Family photographs showing the Mortimer service family of Bromley, world war two

Mortimer Family

The Mortimer Family Notable Family RecordFather and Seven Sons ServingMrs Mortimer, of 120 Homesdale Road, Bromley, gave to a Kentish ...

The Durling Sisters

It wasn't only sons who helped fight the war in WW2.  Many families with girls were also proud of their ...
Lieutenant Kevin Walton

Lieu. (E.W.) Kevin Walton

Eric William Kevin Walton, known as Kevin Walton, was an officer in the Royal Navy during World War II. Born ...
ARP supervisor Leslie Harding of Green Street Green receives OBE award

King Decorates A.P.R. Supervisor

Mr Leslie Harding, Green Street Green Just as the nation were reading the first official account of the rout of ...
Death of soldier Private John Bertram Ecott, Bromley

Private John Bertram Ecott

Private John Bertam Ecott was the son of John Roland and Edith Miriam Ecott, of Bromley, Kent. He volunteered  in ...
Photos of the Boxall family of Bromley

Boxalls Family

Notable Golden Wedding Year Mr and Mrs E.J. Boxall of 28 Nichol Lane, Bromley, who were married exactly 50 years ...

Death of Sub-Lieutenant Stafford-Clark, 1940

Sub Lieutenant (A) John Stafford-Clark was the son of former Mayor of Bromley Francis Stafford-Clark (1929-1930). This notice of his ...

Sergeant-Pilot Harold Ian Maxwell

We have with regret to record the death on active service of Sergeant-Pilot Harold Ian Maxwell, R.A.F., youngest son of ...

King Commends Hayes Man, 1941

This article, which featured in the Bromley & District Times in late February 1941, actually followed directly on from my ...