About - Brandon at War

1914-18

"Sons of this place, let this of you be said. That you who live, are...

"It came in low, flying down the Thetford Road, over Market Hill and off down...

Here are the faces of Brandon folk who lived during wartime. Some saw active service,...

History of Brandon’s War Memorial Immediately after the conclusion of the First World War Brandon...

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Teddy Caban. 100 years ago, in June, Teddy Caban was born. Most people know him as a gents hairdresser on...

April 18, 2020By: Darren Norton

December 1918 Cecil Crocker steps down from a steam train carriage, places a foot on the platform of Brandon railway...

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton

November 1918 Saturday 9th November 1918. According to the ‘Thetford & Watton Times’, Germany has asked for an armistice and our...

April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton

October 1918 Herbert Docking’s war experience was a thoroughly miserable one, which began when he enlisted in 1915. He would...

April 15, 2020By: Darren Norton