In 2006 Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate published the original manuscript of the personal diary of Ernest Frank Cockburn. He lived with his family at Glenthorne, Elms Avenue, Ramsgate throughout most of WW1. Cockburn records in great detail the almost continuous bombing and shelling of Ramsgate. He was Secretary and Accountant of the Westgate-on-Sea Gas and Water Companies. At the beginning of the war he was sworn in as a Special Constable. In 1915 he signed up as required by the Derby Scheme. His company had applied for conditional exemption, and this was granted before the Tribunal on 30 May 1916. All his male staff had been called-up and he records their replacement with female staff. He names the death and wounding of his former employees, and many other military personnel in Ramsgate. I will attempt to add the LifeStories of all these, but will concentrate on creating LifeStories for the 45 persons which the Thanet Advertiser claimed were killed by the 396 bombs and 343 shells aimed at the civilian population of Thanet district.
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Born 1901
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent
Born 1907
Died 1916
Other Empire Force Civilian Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent
Born 1909
Died 1916
Other Empire Force Civilian Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent
Born 1853
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Civilian War Death. Ramsgate, Kent.
Born 1862
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Civilian War Death. Ramsgate, Kent.
Born 1867
Died 1916
Other Empire Force Civilian Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent
Born 1872
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Civilian War Death. Ramsgate, Kent.
Born 1846
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Civilian Civilian War Death. Ramsgate, Kent.
Born 1892
Died 1916
Other Empire Force Civilian Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent
Born 1892
Died 1914
Royal Navy K7818 Stoker 1st Class HMS Niger
Royal Navy K/7818(PO) Stoker 1st Class HMS Niger
Born 1877
Died 1917
British Army G/4765 Private East Kent Regiment
British Army G/4765 Private. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd/3rd Bn.
Born 1873
Died 1915
Other Empire Force Civilian Air-raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent
Born 1896
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 300529
Other Empire Force 300529. Gunner. Canadian Field Artillery.
Canadian Expeditionary Force 300529 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 26th Battery
Born 1889
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 132297 Private Royal Highlanders of Canada 73rd Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force 458634 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps
Born 1888
Died 1918
British Army G/15445 Acting Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)