1899-1902

LOWLESS

F E [H]

Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry. Died. Commemorated in Peterborough Cathedral.

WARREN

C H

Trooper, Imperial Yeomanry. Died. Commemorated in Peterborough Cathedral.

1914-1918

ANDREWS

John Alfred Raymond

Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force and 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed 14th April 1918. Aged 21. Son of Fred and Ada Andrews, of Stamford, Lincs. Formerly served in Queen's Westminsters. Buried in AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row D. Grave 12.

ARNOLD

Walter Clay

Lance Corporal 86414, 20th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 24th March 1918. Aged 34. Son of the late Charles Arnold, Superintendent of Police, Bourne Division, Lincs; husband of Mrs. Edith M. Arnold, of 135, Hadfield St., Sheffield. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 90. to 93.

ATKINSON

George Louis

Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps. Drowned between 20th and 21st March 1917. Buried in FORD PARK CEMETERY (FORMERLY PLYMOUTH OLD CEMETERY) (PENNYCOMEQUICK), Devon. General Plot L. Row 25. Grave 10.

BEECHY

Bernard Reeve

[Spelt BEECHEY on CWGC] Sergeant 13773, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 25th September 1915. Aged 38. Son of the late Rev Prince William Thomas Beechey and of Mrs Amy Beechey of 197 Wragby Road, Lincoln. His brothers Charles Reeve, Frank Collett Reeve and Harold Reeve also fell. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 3.

BEECHY

Charles Reeve

[Spelt BEECHEY on CWGC] Private 58708, 25th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds in East Africa 20th October 1917. Aged 39. Born Pinchbeck, enlisted and resident Stamford. Son of the late Rev P W Thomas Beechey and of Amy Beechey of 197 Wragby Rd, Lincoln. Formerly PS/10747, Royal Fusiliers. His brothers Bernard Reeve, Frank Collett Reeve and Harold Reeve also fell. Buried in DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot 6. Row E. Grave 3.

BEECHY

Leonard Reeve

[Spelt BEECHEY on CWGC] Rifleman 593763, 18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). Died 29th December 1917. Husband of Frances Beechey of Juniper House, Magor, Undy, Newport, Mon. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section P. Plot V. Row H. Grave 12B.

BIRD

Charles Goodeve

Private 2466, "D" Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th October 1915. Aged 33. Born and resident Stamford, enlisted Luton, Bedfordshire. Son of Albert Bird, of 46, St. Martin's, Stamford, Lincolnshire, and the late Sarah Louisa Bird. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 to 34.

BLADES

Albert Moisey

Lance Corporal 6004, 2nd/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 20th July 1916. Aged 21. Enlisted and resident Stamford. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Blades, of 25, Houston Rd., Brownsover, Rugby. Native of Stamford, Lincolnshire. Formerly 3461, Essex Regiment. Buried in MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot XI. Row A. Grave 29.

BRANWHITE, MM

Charles Evelyn

Lance Corporal 116137, 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment). Died 24th November 1917. Aged 33. Son of Charles and Ellen Mary Branwhite. Born at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Educated at the Grammar School, Stamford, Lincolnshire. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXX. Row M. Grave 20A.

CAMM

Frederick J

Captain, appears to have died sometime after 1919. Awarded the MC in 1919 for actions in 1918 in Palestine with the Essex Regiment.

CARVATH

E B

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CLARK

George Herbert

Rifleman 40885, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 24th April 1918. Born Regent's Park, Middlesex, enlisted London, resident Stamford.Formerly 556906, London Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 81 to 84.

CLARKE

Seaforth St John

Private 204640, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 26th March 1918. Aged 19. Son of Hugh St. John Clarke, of 49, Marchmont St., Bloomsbury, London. Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row F. Grave 24.

CLAYDON

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CLOSE

William Close

Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died 20th March 1917. Aged 20. Son of Robert Henry and emma Close, of Geeston House, Ketton, Stamford. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.

CLULEE

Curil

Gunner 2/857, New Zealand Field Artillery. Died 16th June 1917. Aged 23. Buried in KANDAHAR FARM CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row B. Grave 22.

COWIE

A W S

Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died 8th July 1916. Buried in DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France. Plot VII. Row H. Grave 7.

CURTIS

Albert Howell

Private 10394, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died 4th August 1916. Aged 23. Son of Henry Levi Curtis and Mary Matilda Curtis, of Barrowden, Stamford, Lincs. Born at Easton, Northants. Buried in VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 2.

CURTIS

Horace

Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Died 7th August 1915. Aged 26. Son of Henry Levi and Mary Matilda Curtis, of Barrowden, Stamford, Lincs. B.Sc. of Leeds University. His two brothers also fell. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAl, Turkey. Panel 47 to 51.

CURTIS

Harry Reginald

Major, 11th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died 18th September 1918. Aged 31. Eldest son of Henry Levi and Mary Matilda Curtis, of Barrowden, Stamford, Lincs. Two of his brothers were killed in the War. Born at Easton, Stamford, Lincs. Buried in DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Plot V. Row D. Grave 17.

DAVIS

F M

probably Francis Madensfield DAVIS, Captain, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry. Died 20th September 1917. No known grave Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Addenda Panel 57.

ELLIOTT

Oswald Carr Fiennes

Second Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Died 14th October 1916. Aged 22. Son of the late Rev. John and Mrs. Elliott. Buried in BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row Y. Grave 15.

EVANS

Arthur Cecil

Private 2473, 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th October 1915. Aged 33. Born Banbury, Oxfordshire, enlisted Luton, Bedfordshire, resident Stamford. Son of Frank and Adelaide Evans, of 11, Ironmonger St., Stamford. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 to 34.

GLEW

Aubrey Edward

Second Lieutenant, 24th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps formerly Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Died of wounds 8th September 1916. From Wittering. Buried in ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS, Somme, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 5.

GRAY

Charles Shortland

Captain, "D" Company, 1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th October 1915 at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, brother of the J P GRAY below. Son of Charles Gray, J.P., of Stamford, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 31 to 34.

From de Ruvuigny's Roll of Honour Part 2, page 144:

GRAY, CHARLES SHORTLAND, Capt., 4th Battn. The Lincolnshire Regt. (T.F), elder s. of Charles Gray, of St. Mary’s Hill, Stamford, Ironfounder, by his wife, Annie Parnwell, dau. of W. H. Strickland, of Reading; b. Stamford, Co. Lincoln, 12 July, 1892; educ. Oundle School, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; was an Ironfounder; joined the 4th Lincolnshire Territorials as 2nd Lieut. 8 July, 1910, being promoted Lieut. 29 Aug. 1914, and Capt. 10 March, 1915; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the attack on the Hobenzollern Redoubt 13 Oct. following. Buried on the battlefield. His Colonel wrote: “He fell in the charge at the head of his men. He was a gallant fellow, loved by everybody.” Unm.

GRAY

John Parnwell

Lieutenant, 14th Divisional Ammunition Column, 47th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died from injuries from the result of an accident 13 September 1918. Aged 20. Son of Charles Gray, of St. Mary's Hill, Stamford; brother of Charles above. Buried in STAMFORD CEMETERY, Stamford, Lincolnshire. Plot A. Row B. Grave 9.

GRIVEL

V

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HARRISON

Henry

Lance Corporal 241519, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 27th May 1918. Born and resident Stamford, enlisted Matlock, Derbyshire. No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France.

HEALEY

F

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HUDSON

Ernest

Private 51790, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 22nd August 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident South Luffenham, Stamford, enlisted Stamford. Son of Samuel and Sarah Hudson, of South Luffenham, Stamford. No known grave. Commemorated on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 4.

JACKSON

H W

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JENNINGS

P

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JONES

Geoffrey [Anthony] St John

Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Duke of CAmbridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 14th June 1916. Aged 27. Son of Catherine Mary Jones, of Whaletown P.O British Columbia, and the late Rev. A. H. Jones. Barrister at Law (Lincoln's Inn). Returned to serve from Penang, Malay States. Born at Stamford, Northants. Buried in DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France. Plot III. Row M. Grave 10.

KNIGHT

Charles Ernest

Lance Corporal 2336, 1st/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th October 1915 received at the Hohenzolelrn Redoubt. Enlisted Luton, resident Uppingham, Rutlandshire. Buried in LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 54.

LEAKEY

Herbert Nettleton

Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains Department. Died in East Africa 24th July 1917. Aged 27. Son of Charles Montague and Agnes Leakey, of Goldsworthy House, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Buied in DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot 4. Row C. Grave 5.

LEARY

Cyril Humphreys

Private 512480, 3rd London Field Ambulance (Territorial Force), Royal Army Medical Corps. Died in United Kingdom 5th November 1918. Enlisted Lincoln. Buried in BOURNE CEMETERY, Lincolnshire. Section 105. Grave 17.

LOWE

C

probably Charles LOWE, Private 14705, 9th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Killed in action 14th July 1916. Aged 29. Born Stetford, enlisted Oakham, Rutland. Son of Mrs. M. A. Palmer, of London Rd., Frampton, Boston, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A.

MARKWICK

William Percival

Lieutenant, 5th Battalion (Territorial), Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 5th June 1918. Buried in PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France. Plot V. Row M. Grave 9.

MURPHY

G

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NOWERS

John Anthony

Acting Corporal 19415, 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 7th June 1917. Aged 28. Born Market Harboro, enlisted lIncoln, resident Stamford. Son of the late Mr. E. H. R. Nowers and of Mrs. M. E. Nowers, of The Gables, Stamford. Buried in VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE No.3, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XIII. Row J. Grave 21.

PITT

Leonard Ison

Sergeant B/1957, 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 30th July 1915, during the first flame thrower attack on the war. Aged 27. Born Poplar, Middlesex, enlisted St Paul's Churchyard, Middlesex, resident Leyton, Essex. Son of George and Sarah Elizabeth Pitt, of 24, Victoria Rd., Buckhurst Hill, Essex. Native of Poplar, London. Buried in BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row E. Grave 36.

SENESCHALL

Thomas Francis

[Spelt SENESCALL on SDGW and CWGC] Private 41221, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 26th August 1917. Aged 19. Born Bedford, enlisted Stamford. Son of Thomas William and Hetty Senescall, of 2, New Cross Rd., Stamford, Lincs. Formerly TR/6/5747, Training Reserve. Buried in HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 18.

SHEPHERD, MC and bar

Stanley Le Flemming

[Listed as SHEPPERD on CWGC] Major, 6th BAttalion, Northamptonshire Regiment attached 45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 10th August 1919. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) and bar. Buried in YAKOVLEVSKOE CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Russian Federation and commemorated in ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY, Russian Federation. Special Memorial B122.

Note: Archangel was one of the ports through which the Allies assisted Russia with supplies and munitions. The cemetery was begun immediately after the occupation of the town in August 1918 by the Allied force sent to support the Soviet Russian Government against potential threat from German occupied Finland and other local sources. It was used by No 85 General Hospital, No 53 Stationary Hospital, No 82 Casualty Clearing Station, HM Hospital Ship 'Kalyan' and other Allied hospitals. The ARCHANGEL MEMORIAL, which consists of panels fixed into the east wall of the cemetery, commemorates 219 British officers and men who died during the north Russian campaign and whose graves are not known. The graveyard may be known but the position of the grave not known.

SKELTON

H

possibly Harry SKELTON, Second Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died of wounds 12th October 1916. Aged 28. Son of Richard Maidens Skelton, of Alford, Lincs. Buried in HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Plot V. Row A. Grave 2.

SMALLEY

Edward

Private 28203, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Killed in action 24th December 1917. Born Elton, Northamptonshire, enlisted London, resident Wadenhoe Oundle, Northamptonshire. Son of Mrs. M. Smalley, of Cedar Tor, Barnack, Stamford. Formerly R.T.S./1416, Army Service Corps. Buried in TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 37.

SPRINGTHORPE

Harold Thomas

Lance Corporal 1803, Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Died at sea 3rd November 1915. Born and resident Stamford, enlisted Lincoln. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 331.

STAPLEE

Charles Cyril

Lance Corporal 47257, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died 31st July 1917. Aged 33. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Staplee, of Barholme Manor, Stamford, Lincs. Farmer. Enlisted Nov., 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 6 and 8.

TAVERNER

Arthur Frederick

Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light Infantry). Died of wounds 11th October 1916. Aged 19. Son of Frederick John Winder Taverner and Frances Emma Taverner, of Wing Rectory, Oakham, Rutland. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 1.

THROWER, MM

Philip James

Sapper 492082, 46th Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 17th October 1918. Aged 28. Born and resident Stamford, enlisted Luton, Bedfordshire. Son of Charles Henry and Jane Thrower, of Ketton, Stamford, Lincs. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Formerly 2979, Lincolnshire Regiment. Buried in FRESNOY-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Aisne, France. Row A. Grave 21.

WASS

William Harold

Lance Corporal 55173, 1st/1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Died of wounds in Palestine 3rd December 1917. Aged 22. Born and resident Tallington, Stamford, enlisted Stamford. Son of Mr. G. H. and Mrs. L. M. S. Wass, of Tallington, Stamford. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Plot XIII. Row E. Grave 2.

WESTBROOKE

M L W

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WHINCUP

Francis

[Listed as WHINSUP on SDGW] Private 18698, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 4th June 1916. Aged 20. Born and enlisted Stamford. Son of Edith Whincup, of 20, King's Rd., Stamford, Lincs., and the late Francis Whincup. Native of Morcott, Rutland. Buried in DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 35.

WOOD

Maurice Herbert

Lieutenant, 59th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, (formerly served with the 4th Battalion (Territorial), Lincolnshire Regiment). Killed in action 13th April 1917 when shot down by Richofen. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

WRIGHT

William Richardson

Second Lieutenant, 1st/4th Battalion (Territorial), Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 20th April 1916. Aged 25. Son of Horace Wright, of Stamford, Lincs. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3 and 4.

From de Ruvuigny's Roll of Honour Part 3, page 294:

WRIGHT, WILLIAM RICHARDSON, 2nd Lieut., 1/4th Battn. The Lincolnshire Regt., yst. s. of the late Horace Wright, by his wife, Minnie Ann (10, St. Peter’s Hill, Stamford), dau. of George Hunt Barnsdale : b. Peterborough, co. Northampton, 22 July, 1891 educ. Stamford Grammar School, and was subsequently engaged in the Wholesale Ironmongery business in London served in the Lincolnshire Territorials for four years volunteered for foreign service, and rejoined after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 served with the Expeditionarv Force in France and Flanders from March. 1915, having attained this rank of Sergt. was wounded at Hooge in Oct. : obtained a commission in his own regiment in Feb. 1916, and was killed in action at Mount St. Eloi 21 April following, by the explosion of a mine. His Commanding Officer, Col. Heathcote, wrote of him as having done excellent work in the battalion, both as an N.C.O. and an officer, and as having been a splendid officer and a splendid fellow, popular with everyone, and having known his work as a soldier and a man : adding : “His brother officers and his regiment can never forget him. He was possessed of a striking personality and a splendid physique.” Unm.

YOUNG, MC and Bar

Frederick Henry

Leiutenant (Temporary Capatain), 3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th August 1918. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) and Bar.

1939-1945

BANKS

C

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BARKER

F J

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BEARDSALL

A G

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BOAM

A G

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BRISTOW

C G

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BROAD

R J

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BROGAN

J J

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CLOSE

B

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CRAWFORD

A V

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CROSSWELLER

D J

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DRAPER

P J

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DUNCAN

C J

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ELLINGWORTH

J B

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ENNALS

E S

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HATELEY

A P

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HIRCOCK

W F

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JULYANS

P

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JURY

G A

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KING

F H

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LECKIE

J

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LOWE

J C

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MACHIN

G D L

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MAWBY

C H

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MERRY

A M L

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NILES

C F

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MORDLE

H D

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MULLIGAN

J L

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NICHOLSON

J R A

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PADLEY

J P

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PAYNE

E H

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REID

D S

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ROFFE

R B

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SCHOOLEY

R F

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SILLS

D A

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SMITH

F C

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SMITH

W A

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STEWART

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THISELTON

S F

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THORPE

D G C

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TURNER

R H A

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WALMSLEY

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M R

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WARREN

J R de M

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R C B

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