Quite interesting ...
This page brings together a range of snippets and links which may otherwise be missed. It is categorised by People, Places and Events.
People
| Earl de Grey - Sailor | This link takes you to an article from the Bedfordshire Local History Association about Earl de Grey who was a prominent member of the Royal Yacht Squadron in its early years | https://www.bedfordshire-lha.org.uk/letters/#flipbook-df_9531/13/ |
| Volunteer Training Corps |
This group of officers and NCOs formed part of A Coy., of the 1st Volunteer Bn., Volunteer Training Corps, who were responsible for training volunteers in the period 1914 -1920 The VTC was to all intents and purposes the Home Guard of the First World War and came into existence in 1914, after mounting pressure had been exerted on the Government - not least by such well known public figures as H.G. Wells and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - to raise local defence forces, when fears of an invasion grew at home. The VTC was officially dispersed towards the end of 1920. The venue for much of the force training on the Island was Cowes Drill Hall in Denmark Road. Weekends were usually the time for route marches and manoeuvres, together with musketry practice on the nearby Newtown range. Photo taken at Westwood Football Ground, Cowes originally posted on a Facebook group by Peter Joyce, with acknowledgements |
Back row, L to R: L/ Cpl E.E. Vincent, Cpl T. W. Hudson, Sgt S. Taylor, Sgt Jackman, Cpl J.G. May, L/C G. Wheeler, L/ Cpl W. Mahy. Front row, L to R: Platoon Sgt F. Warne, 2nd/ Lt E. |
| J S White's managers 1938 |
No names are given on this photo - on the reverse it simply says "J.S. White, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Shipyard Staff 1938" Front row 3rd from right is possibly Wilf Wright. In the centre it's probably the Chairman, Sir James Milne. originally posted on a Facebook group by Peter Joyce, with acknowledgements |
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Places
| Toronto, Isle of Wight Society | This picture, probably from around 1910, shows upwards of 100 members of the Isle of Wight Society of Toronto.
Donated by Debi Harris to us in 2024, the only person identified is her great grandfather, Frederick Scovell (1877 - 1963) who emigrated to Canada in 1903. He is 4th from the right in the back row. The newspaper clipping is from the IoW County Press of 7 Nov 1914, naming George Gustar from Toronto. It is highly likely that he appears in the group photo as well
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| Roman Building at Gurnard Bay |
These two links go to PDF documents with extracts from papers which describe the exploration of a Roman building at Gurnard Bay which was being lost to the sea Journal of the British Archaeological Association Dec 1866 Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society (1991) |
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