In July 1915, Constance "Sissie" Brock married well-known cricketer Guy Napier during his brief leave from World War I, but he died just 71 days later.
A Brief Wartime Marriage
Category: Art, Sport & Performance
One Photograph, Four Generations
One faded photograph of a 1920s motorcycle outing transformed my understanding of a grandfather I had known only as a bitter old man
A woman before her time
Meta Brevoort (1825-1876) an intrepid Victorian mountaineer and the first female climber to wear trousers
Exodus from the New World to the Old
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Aug 1857 to Sep 1864, New York to the French Riviera
The wandering years
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Oct 1864 to Jan 1875, a circuitous route from Cannes to Oxford
From the Goal Line to the Front Line
The story of Chelsea goalkeeper William Krug who joined the 17th Middlesex (1st Football) Battalion at the start of the Great War.
Peter Mayhew (1929-1980)
Peter Mayhew (1929-1980): A film editor and father, remembered for his extraordinary life and contributions
After the war
Peter Mayhew (1929-1980): life in the immediate post-war years, National Service, and a career in the British film industry
