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My grandfather was sent with one or more of his brothers to this home - Swanley Boys Home (Passmore Edwards' Home for Little Boys, Swanley
founded in 1896 ) He was Sidney Edmund Jagger b 28 Sept 1898 in Cowpen, Blyth, Northumberland and the family story goes that when his father died in 1908 he and the boys (Arthur was one) were sent away to this school as their mother had no income. I have found a bible presented to Sidney, by the school, on his 14th birthday in 1912.
Sidneys father was Frederick William Jagger b 1854 in Brompton, Middlesex and he was in the navy and a coastgurad before settling in Blyth where he was the Captain of Blyth Harbour dredger up until his death.
I ahve been unable to find any lists of pupils from the Swanley & Frningham Schools for Little Boys. Can anyone help?