Meta Brevoort (1825-1876) an intrepid Victorian mountaineer and the first female climber to wear trousers
A woman before her time
Category: Maternal Family Stories
A ‘blue on blue’ disaster
A tragic wartime incident during a military demonstration when a pilot mistakenly fired on spectators, causing the deaths of dozens of Army and Home Guard officers and men
A most trusted and loyal aide
Charles Reginald Collingwood (1855-1934): Thirty five years in service and links to a notorious Victorian gothic mystery
Just a soldier
John Eric Bovill (1894-1916) another young life lost through war
Gone without a trace
Edward Henry 'Teddy' Bovill (1887-1916) just one of the many thousands of 'Missing of the Somme'
Margaret Todd (1736-1809)
Margaret Todd (1736-1809) Overview with links to chapters on her story
Caught between the lines
Margaret Todd (1736-1809): 1736-1778, her early life and the first years of the Revolutionary War
The Damnedest Rebel
Margaret Todd (1736-1809) 1778-1809, life in occupied New York
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906)
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906) Overview with links to separate stories about her life
Exodus from the New World to the Old
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Aug 1857 to Sep 1864, New York to the French Riviera
