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Ramsgate Pubs from 1903   

Ramsgate in Old Postcards      

Ramsgate in the Great War

Great War Dead Buried in Broadstairs

Isle of Thanet Directory 1849

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The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment - These pages generally cover the period of the Great War and the involvement of The Royal Queens Own West Kent Regiment.

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Ramsgate Pubs from 1903

I have only shown on the listings where the name of the pub  is used. Some addresses are shown at  times with individuals as beer sellers or retailers. Those have not been listed. There are slight variations over the years such as Inn, Tavern or even Hotel, but the name is generically the same and they are at the same address. After 1957 the names of  landlords were not shown in the directories.

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Ramsgate & St Lawrence Churches in Kelly's Directories from 1903

This list is not intended to be exhaustive but includes the majority of places of worship

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Ramsgate in Old Postcards 

These are from our personal collection. They all predate 1920, except where stated otherwise.

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Ramsgate in the Great War - This section includes:    

Ramsgate Raid Records 1915-1918   - This is small booklet published circa 1919, by the Addington Publicity Bureau,  giving details of all of the raids on Ramsgate during the Great War. 

Ramsgate HM Patrols - Naval History of the Port 1914-1918 - This is small booklet published circa 1919, by the Addington Publicity Bureau,  giving details of Ramsgate's share in  the Great War.  

Ramsgate during the Great War 1914 - 1918 - Published in 1919 this is a souvenir of the most raided part of England

Thanet's Raid History - Raids, Bombs, Shells - record of the home line of trenches - published by The Thanet Advertiser 1919.

Great War dead buried in Ramsgate 

Original Register published in 1931 and subsequent changes have been incorporated  when it was reprinted in 1992.

Ramsgate & St Lawrence Cemetery   - The cemetery is on the North side of the town and contains 103 War Graves, including those of six unidentified ratings of the Royal Navy and one Norwegian Merchant Seaman. The War Plot, with 45 graves, contains a War Cross and close to it are the graves of 13 men of H.M.T.B. "4". The Cemetery comprises the former Ramsgate Cemetery opened in 1871 and St Lawrence, opened in 1898, which transferred in 1935 from the Burial Boards of Ramsgate and St Lawrence to the Corporation. Ramsgate was the base of armed drifters; it held a Canadian Special Hospital; and it was bombed in March 1916.

Ramsgate (St Augustine) Roman Catholic Churchyard - This is at the South end of the town.

St Laurence in Thanet Churchyard

St Lawrence College, Ramsgate - former pupils who died during the Great War.

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Ramsgate & St Lawrence 1895 Directory (Wilson's)      

You can view the complete directory, over 5,400 entries,  in Adobe Acrobat, pdf format (468 KB), or in sections in normal format.

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Ramsgate & St Lawrence 1899 Directory

Over 6,000 entries listed alphabetically.

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Kent Kelly's 1903 Directory - Extract of Isle of Thanet private residents

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Ramsgate & St Lawrence 1914/15 Directory

Over 7,300 entries listed alphabetically.

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Isle of Thanet Kellys Directory 1929  

There are alphabetical sections for  Broadstairs & St Peters , Westgate on Sea & Birchington,  Margate ,  Minster & outlying parishes  and  Ramsgate &St Lawrence 

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