NETLEY ABBEY MATTERS!
INTRODUCTION
This is simply what the search engines call the "Landing Page" for my website.
It tells you what new articles, photos etc have been added into the website recently.
The content of the Netley Abbey Village and Netley Military Hospital pages is updated
usually around the start of each month, giving you an insight into what's been happening in
these two locations through the years.
Why not check them out?
This website was last updated on 11/07/2025
At one end,
Ruins of a 13th century Cistercian Abbey; at the other, a Military Cemetery
tucked in the middle -
a Victorian Village and the ghosts of its former
Military Hospital!
Welcome to the Past Lives and Times of
NETLEY VILLAGE and HOSPITAL
Let the memories live on!

Hot off the Press!
Netley Grange Farm as was
Read all about its history and past residents in "Lost but not Forgotten"
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The Miles Family story is on Shared Stories M - P. In May 2025 via this website, I heard from a
lady in New Zealand who asked if I could put her in touch with Bob Miles as she
had recently found out that she shares Bob's Great Grand-parents, "Topsy" aka
William and Louisa Maria Miles.
Louise is currently visiting family in the UK so on Monday 7th, she and her brother Edwin came
to Netley Abbey to meet up with Bob and me at the Prince Consort Inn.
Bob talked Louise and Edwin through the amazing records he has of their mutual family.
We then took them to Lincoln Villa, 49 New Road to see where the Miles Family had lived in 1921.
Louise has promised to give me some paragraphs on her side of the family so I can add their
details to the Miles Family on Shared Stories M - P.
Whilst waiting for this new info, I've updated the Miles Family story above with some new details.
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The Royal Victoria Hospital's Visitors' Book is missing!
If you know where the actual book is, please let me know.
For more information, click on
Netley Military Hospital
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I've received some new information, a photo and articles about Sergeant John Critchley
whose story was originally in Shared Hospital Stories until March 2024 before I included it in my
book "Unforgotten Lives at Netley Hospital".
I've agreed with his Great Grandson, James, that I will reinstate John's extended story on to
Shared Stories A - D soon.
One of of John's daughters was Ivy Louise. Her Great Grand-daughter, Danielle contacted me
in March 2024 and now I'm helping her to compose her Great Grandma's story to add to the story.
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A member of the Summerfield Family has contacted me about their ancestor
who had a business in Netley Abbey Village and connections to the Crichton Family.
We're currently compiling the story to add to Shared Stories R - W
Use the Search box below to check what's on the website! It should open a different tab
I thought it might be worthwhile to list here the names of the past Netley Abbey Villagers
whose stories currently feature in Village Folk -
Reverend John A Addison Robert Beck Chamberlayne Family Major L H Chatfield
William B Courtenay Crichton Family George Damen
Thomas Denman Downie Sisters Charles Durrant William Edginton
Gould Family Alexander Greaves Reginald C Hollis
(Sorry, can't find the first name of) Mr Lance Douglas McGibbon
Moore Family Abner Pearmain Pennington Family Bertram Ponsford
Rashleigh Sisters Gordon Rice Henry G Ross Sedgewick G Smallden
Tarrant Vanderplank Village + County Policemen
West Family Willoughby Winfield Family Annie Yorke
I add new names and/or update current entries as and when I find more info.

My Book -
"Unforgotten Lives at Netley Hospital"
The last local stockist, the Post Office on Coronation Parade, Hamble-le-Rice has now
sold all its copies. The only other stockist who may still have my book on sale is the Museum of Military Medicine at Keogh Barracks, Ashvale.
Both Hampshire and Southampton Library Services bought copies directly
from me for inclusion in their local library stock at Netley and Hedge End.
I had planned to publish it on Apple Books or Amazon Online. It was, however, very time-
consuming filling in all their permission forms etc and they wanted at least 33% from the sale
of each book so I decided against going down that road.
If anyone out there wants to read my book, then I'm happy to email you a copy of its contents
- just the 136 pages including photos etc, ie no front/back covers - once you've email me proof that
you've donated £10.00 to Macmillan Nurses, see below.
A screenshot of their receipt of the donation is all I need to see.

Alternatively, if you live near to Bitterne ... there's still an opportunity to read the actual book
- make an appointment with Sharon below to give your feet a treat!

Below is a list of the names contained in my book. If you recognise any of them and just want to check if it is who you think it is, let me know via Contact Me.
Private George F Abraham; Private Ambrose Alcock; Sergeant Jeffrey Appleyard;
Private John Atkin; Private Samuel Atkinson; Driver George H Attwood;
Private Frederick A Axten; Elsie M Baker, nee Carpenter; Gildas E W Bankes-Williams;
Private J Banks; Private Walter Barker; Lance-Corporal Frederick J T Barlow;
Private John Barstow; Private Martin Beakey; Dr Agnes Bennett; Miss Rita M Bennetts;
Miss Margaret W Bevan; Private John Bishop; Colour Sergeant Charles W Blencowe;
Gunner Alexander W Bond; Sergeant James Boseley; Rifleman Robert Boyce;
Lance-Corporal Victor H Broadbridge; Gunner John G and George R Broadway;
Private William L Brodie; Private George W Brown; Private John Brusher; Private Sydney H Buckman;
Aunt Betty Bucksey; Temporary Lieutenant William Burt; Sergeant Ralph Butcher;
Private W E Byrne; Miss Maisie Calder; Sergeant John Callelly; Lance-Corporal John C Campbell;
Private Michael J Carey; Sergeant George B Cargill; Driver Charles Carpenter;
Private Edward (J) Carver; Second-Lieutenant John B R Challen; Private William Chalmers;
Private John Chandler; Private George Cheal; William H Child; Private Harry Christiansen;
Private Robert J Christie; Private Robert Clark; Private Richard Clarke;
Surgeon Lt-Colonel Robert Cobb; John F Collins; Joe Collura; Staff Sergeant Henry Colston;
Sergeant Alfred Colston; Brothers Horace G and Thomas W Cooper; Corporal Amos R Cornes;
Private Patrick Cox; Sergeant John Critchley; Private Walter G Crook; Sydney G Curtis;
Gunner Daniel Daly; Private Herbert E M Davison; Trooper William J Dawbin;
Corporal Walter A Daws; Sergeant John J Dawson; Miss Agnes J Day; Private Samuel Dimes/Dymes;
Private Robert R Dow; Private Barak Ellis; Private Frederick C Emanuel;
Sergeant John Emerson and Family; Sapper Frederick M Erwood; William Farr;
Lt-Colonel Henry E D Flack; Sapper Gilbert J Follett; Private Charles Francis;
Trooper Frederick Allen Freshney; Percy Walter Gibbs; Private Ernest W Glanville;
Joseph Glover and Miss Dorothy Coe; Edmund J Gosden; Private Leonard A Grainger;
Private Charles W Gray; Staff Sergeant Walter Harrison; Private William Harrison;
Second Corporal Pierce Hindley; Private Raymond Hitchen; Hobbs + Moorse Families;
Private John Holland; Private Joseph Holmes; Private "Kit" Holmes; Private Thomas Holmes;
Lieutenant H C B Hopkinson; E W Hore; Private Cecil J Horlick; Sergeant-Major Arthur Horn;
Major William Heaton Horrocks; Private Arthur S House; Herbert Huckle;
Lance-Corporal James Hurden; Private John H Hyne; Lance-Corporal Charles G Ireland;
Victor Isaacs/Brenda Whitlock; Sergeant Henry F Jay/Miss Eleanor C H Moody;
Private Nathaniel Jones; Private James Kennedy; Bombardier Frederick G Knott;
Private Edmund C Knyvett; Private Samuel P Lamb; Major Freeling R Lawrence;
Corporal Ernest Leahy; Corporal James Lee; Private David J Lloyd; Lysandros M Lysandrides;
Robert A Macaskill; Alexander D Mackeeg; Private Louis Mackenzie; Captain Donald C H Maclean;
Colonel Kenneth MacLeod; Miss Mary J Martin; Private James E McBain; Private Charles McGregor;
Albert H Mitchell/Lily M Loosemore; George A Morgan; Lance-Corporal Harry Morgan;
Serjeant Maurice G Neal/Miss Alice T Gray; Private John Nelson;
Battery Sergeant Major Jesse A Newland; Gunner John Nolan; Private C Norman;
Lance-Corporal Ambrose E H Northcote; Private Edward O'Neill; Second-Lieutenant J C Orr;
Gunner Frederick J Osborn; Private John C Osborne; Lance-Corporal James W de C O'Sullivan;
Charles Pask/Miss Hilda Emily Carter; Private Walter J Pearce; Bombardier William A Petworth;
Private Arthur G Place; Miss Edith J Place; Private Walter J Poole; Miss Hester E Powell;
Private William Price; Private Henry Priestly; Sergeant John Pringle; Private Robert J Pritchard;
Private Henry Punter; Sergeant Frank Quickfall; Private Alexander Raitt; Private George L Roberts;
Private W Beaufort Robertson; Private Charles E Robinson; Private Percy E Roots;
Lance-Serjeant Frederick Sainsbury; Sergeant Frederick Sharp; Sergeant-Major Ronald E Smith;
Private William Smith; Arthur de W Snowden; Lance-Corporal John Southall;
Mrs Florence E Southwick, nee Waters; Lieutenant (Charles) Harry Spackman;
Private Harold Spalding; Private Leonard C Sparkes; Regimental Sergeant-Major Ian Strain;
Private Robert Tait; Private Arthur Tarr; Private James G Taylor; Private John Tominey;
Private Ronald A E Tredinnick; Miss Betty Tremills; Private William Ernest Truan; Private Henry Vail; Sergeant C Valon; Private Philip C Vowles; Lance-Corporal Wilfred Waller; Private Edgar Ward;
Private Ernest S Watkins; Sergeant David J Watts; Private Basil E C Watts; Corporal Edwin Weaving;
Private George F Webster; Trooper Stephen W White; Lieutenant Arthur H Whitfield;
Second-Lieutenant C S Whitworth; Private John Whitworth; Trooper Arthur Whyte;
Private Charles H Winson; Private George E Witherington; Geoffrey H Wood; Private Andrew Wrath;
Private Harry Wrench; Private Edwin J Wright; Private Ernest Yearsley; Great Aunt Lilian Youlton;
Private/Gunner Albert J Younghusband.
Housekeeping/"need-to-know" blurb!
Please note that whilst I am an independent researcher with no direct connection to any
of the Local History Societies, I share research with Julie Green and/or the
Royal Victoria Chapel Team at RVCP..
The contents and design of this website have been researched and created by me,
including finding the sources stated and as such are subject to copyright.
It's fine to share my research elsewhere but please do the right thing and credit this website
as one of your sources. Thank you.
The majority of the newspaper articles are courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive/FMP.
Sources are in black print, underlined, beneath the relevant article
If a word or phrase is in this colour, you should be able to click on it and it
will open on a new tab and let you return to the previous one when you're ready!
From Cistercian Abbey Ruins at one end, through Netley Abbey Village to the Royal Victoria Hospital ...