British Cemetery and Cremation Records from Deceased Online

We discover more about Plumstead’s connection with the Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory Opened in June 1890, the cemetery backs on to Bostall Wood and its location on a hillside gives it, like Greenwich Cemetery, excellent vistas over London Previously on this blog we looked at the life of Bertie Mee , one of the most successful managers of Arsenal Football Club. Although it is a north London side now, Arsenal began life south of the river as a football team for a group of workers from the Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory. Soon to be known as the Royal Arsenal, the side played its first match on 11 th December 1886. The team changed its name to Woolwich Arsenal after becoming professional in 1891 and were known as the Gunners in reference to their association with the factory. The Club joined the football league in 1893 and were still based in Woolwich in 1903 [1] when disaster struck, affecting the lives of many in the area. On Thursday 18 June 1903 at 8.10 i...

Bertie Mee, OBE (25 December 1918 - 20 October 2001) This week at Deceased Online we have been celebrating the start of the 2012/2013 football season. We were surprised by how many footballers, club founders and managers we’ve found in the database. Some are not well-known, but others, like Tiverton Preedy (1863-1928) had a major effect on football’s history. Preedy and others will be profiled in more detail in future blogs. One of England’s biggest football clubs, Arsenal, has had a challenging time recently, not winning any trophies for seven years. Fans may prefer to look back on 1971 when the north London side became only the second club in the 20 th century to win the ‘double’ of the FA Cup and League Division One. The manager who took them to this great success was the team’s former physiotherapist, Bertie Mee. The Highbury Stadium where Arsenal celebrated their double triumph under Bertie Mee.  (Copyright: Wikimedia Commons) Born in Nottinghamshire ...