COSGROVE - Roll of Honour
World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled
and copyright © 2003 - Transcribed Carolynn Langley; researched Martin Edwards
| The
memorial is to be found inside the church of St Peter and Paul at Cosgrove on
the right of the brick wall at the back of the church. There
is also a smaller of two hand-written in wooden frame on left of church at back
detailingthe men who died plus a Roll
of honour of the men who served this includes Old Stratford and Cosgrove. R indicates
Handwritten Roll, W stands for Wall. Back
of church on brickwall TO
THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
COSGROVE PARISH
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
| WR |
ATKINSON
| William
Henry Jepson St Leger |
Captain,
1st (Royal) Dragoons. Killed in action Thursday 13th [SDGW states 12th] May 1915.
Son of J. J. and I. Atkinson, of Cosgrove Priory, Stony Stratford. Buried in HOP
STORE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 18.
| | WR |
AUSTIN |
[Francis]
Charles | Private
M2/166861, 1st Ammunition Sub. Park, Royal Army Service Corps. Died Wednesday
29th November 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 22. Born Swindon, Wiltshire,
enlisted Bletchley, resident Cosgrove Hall, Cosgrove. Son of Charles and May Austin,
of The Trossocks Lodge, Warminster Road, Bath. Buried in BOISGUILLAUME COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave II. B. 15A. | | WR |
BROWN
| Joseph
| Private
17906, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Died of
wounds Tuesday 28th September 1915 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Cosgrove, enlisted Wolverton. Buried in HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France.
Grave II. G. I7. | | WR |
BROWN
| William |
[Listed
on memorials as Lance Corporal] Private 13293, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in action Saturday 19th August 1916 in
Salonika. Age 31. Born Cosgrove, enlisted Wolverton.Son of William and Margaret
Brown, of 62, Peel Rd., Wolverton, Bucks. Native of Cosgrove, Northants. Buried
in KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece. Grave E. 971. | | WR |
BUGBY
| George
| Private
13333, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed in
action Wednesday 9th May 1917 in Salonika. Born and resident Cosgrove, enlisted
Wolverton. Commemorated on DOIRAN MEMORIAL, Greece. | | WR |
BUTCHER
| [James]
Harry | Private
41318, 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action Friday 22nd March
1918 in France & Flanders. Born and resident Cosgrove, enlisted Bletchley.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 3 and 4. |
| W |
CHILDS
| Albert
Thomas | Private
14783, 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Killed
in action Wednesday 22nd August 1917 in France & Flanders. Born and resident
Cosgrove, enlisted Buxton, Derbyshire. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 96 to 98. | | WR |
CHILDS |
Reginald |
Private
18785, 2nd Battalion [Listed as 3rd on memorial], Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Killed in action Friday 8th September 1916 in France & Flanders.
Born and resident Cosgrove, enlisted Wolverton. Buried in SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY,
COLINCAMPS, Somme, France. Grave I. I. 47. | | W |
CRIPPS |
A
| Private
- No further information currently | | R |
CRIPPS
| George
| Private
6869, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 17th September
1914 in France & Flanders. Age 28. Born Evenley, Northamptonshire, enlisted
Brackley. Husband of Emily Jane Cripps, of 92, Banbury Rd., Oxford. Commemorated
on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne, France. |
| WR |
CURTIS |
Arthur
Albert Henry | [Listed
as Private 1st Northants July 1917] Private 20689, 9th Field Ambulance, Royal
Army Medical Corps. Killed in action Wednesday 19th September 1917 in France &
Flanders. Age 24. Born and enlisted Stony Stratford. Son of Albert H. and Mary
Curtis, of Cosgrove Rd., Old Stratford, Stony Stratford. Commemorated on TYNE
COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 160. See also Old
Stratford. | | |
FROST
| A
| Private
1st Northamptonshire Regiment. Died July 1917 | | WR |
FROST |
E |
Private
1st Northants July 1917
probably Edwin Frost, Private 31301, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Killed in action 27th July 1917 in France & Flanders. Age 37. Born
and enlisted Harpole, Northamptonshire. Husband of Emily Maud Jane Frost, of Park
Lane, Harpole, Northampton. Buried in PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Grave I. D. 2. | | W |
FROST |
P |
Private
- No further information currently - See
also Old Stratford.
| | WR |
GRACE |
William |
Private
3/8954, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 8th November
1916 [Listed on memorial as July 1917]. Born Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, enlisted
Northampton. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11
A and 11 D. See
also Old Stratford.
| | W |
GREEN |
E |
Private
- No further information currently | | WR |
GREEN |
Harry |
Private
17759, 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 16th July 1917
in France & Flanders. Enlisted Northampton. Buried in MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY,
MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. A. 8. |
| WR |
KEY
| William
| Lance
Corporal 16339, 2nd Battalion, Northhamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 15th
May 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Potterspury, enlisted Rushden. Buried
in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Grave P. II. O.
6B. | | WR |
MANDERVILLE |
Edward |
[Listed
as MANDEVILLE on CWGC] Private 42332, 1st/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North
Staffordshire Regiment). Died 27th July 1918 [states August on Roll] in France
& Flanders. Age 24. Born Cosgrove, enlisted Northampton, resident Stony Stratford.
Son of Edward and Rose Mandeville, of 6, Cosgrove Rd., Old Stratford, Stony Stratford,
Bucks. Formerly 7340, Northamptonshire Regiment. Buried in SISSONNE BRITISH CEMETERY,
Aisne, France. Grave H. 8. | | WR |
MOORE
| William
Henry | [Listed
as Walter on Roll] Acting Bombardier 13951, 24th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Died of wounds 23rd November 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Cosgrove,
enlisted Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, resident Northampton. Buried in BAILLEUL
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (NORD), Nord, France, Grave I. E. 55. |
| WR |
MUND[A]Y |
Edwin
| [Spelt
MUNDY on Roll] Private 41769, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed
in action 26th October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Calverton, Buckinghamshire,
enlisted Northampton, resident Potterspury. Buried in ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave VI. L. 3. See
also Old Stratford.
| | WR |
PANTER |
Reginald
Charles | Trooper
1051, Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars. Killed in action 21st August 1915 at Gallipoli.
Enlisted Reading, resident Stony Stratford. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey.
Panel 16 and 17. See
also Old Stratford.
| | WR |
RATCLIFFE |
John
| Private
14092, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of wounds 27th September
1915 in France & Flanders. Born Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, enlisted
Northampton. Son of Mary Ratcliffe, of Cosgrove. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave I. E. 51. | | W |
SWAIN |
Harry
| Private
41293, 8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment). Killed
in action 9th August 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born and resident
Cosgrove, enlisted Bletchley. Son of Alfred and Clara Swain, of The Green, Cosgrove,
nr. Stony Stratford. Buried in SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY, FOUQUEREUIL, Pas de
Calais, France. Grave IV. B. 7. | | WR |
TACK
| [Arthur]
Edward | Acting
Corporal 13382, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Killed in action 9th May 1917 in Salonika. Age 23. Born Wing, Buckinghamshire,
enlisted Wolverton, resident Cosgrove. Son of Frederick Herbert and Elizabeth
Ann Tack, of Cosgrove, Stony Stratford. Buried in DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece.
Grave I. B. 5. | | WR |
TACK
| Herbert |
Sergeant
13293, 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 10th August 1916
in France & Flanders. Age 19. Born Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, enlisted Rhyl,
resident Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. Son of Frederick Herbert and Elizabeth
Ann Tack, of Cosgrove, Stony Stratford, Bucks. Buried in LA LAITERIE MILITARY
CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave VII. D. 10. |
| R |
WHITEHEAD
| William
Alfred |
Private
13214, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 15th September
1915 in France & Flanders. Age 24. Born Wappenham, Northamptonshire, enlisted
Northampton. Son of William and Sarah Elizabeth Whitehead, of Wappenham, Towcester,
Northants. Buried in POINT 110 OLD MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT, Somme, France.
Grave F. 8. | On
brass plaque below IN
HONOURABLE MEMORY OF
WHO LAID DOWN HIS LIFE
IN WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945. Handwritten
Roll of Honour in Church ROLL
OF HONOUR
WORLD WAR TWO
1939 - 1945
TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF
WHITEHEAD HD GUNNER
ROYAL ARTILLERY WHO GAVE
HIS LIFE FOR KING AND
COUNTRY
IN THE YEAR 1945
ALSO
REMEMBERING
47 MEN WHO SERVED IN
HIS MAJESTIES FORCES
DURING THIS WAR
| WR |
WHITEHEAD |
Harry
Douglas | Gunner
975232, 122 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died Tuesday 17th February 1942,
2 days after the fall of Singapore. Commemorated on SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore.
Column 33. | On
left behind pulpit is a marble tablet IN
MEMORY OF
MAJ. GEN. JOHN MANSEL
LIEUT. COL. OF THE 3RD DGD G.D.S. (DRAGOON
GUARDS)
KILLED IN THE ACT OF CHARGING THE FRENCH ARTILLERY
BURIED ON THE
FIELD OF BATTLE 26 APRIL 1794.
ALSO IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE
MARY ANN MANSEL
ONLY DAUGHTER OF JOHN BIGGIN ESQ.
OF COSGROVE PRIORY DIED MARCH ?? 1790
AGED 38
IN
MEMORY OF
JOHN CHRISTOPHER MANSEL
MAJOR IN 3RD DG. GDS.
ELDEST SURVIVING
SON OF GENERAL MANSEL
ALSO IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE MANSEL
CAPTAIN IN THE
25TH LT. DGNS.
SON OF GENERAL MANSEL
BORN JULY 19 1781 DIED AT SEA DEC
5TH 1808 In
the LADY CHAPEL is a stained glass window showing three badges of the Royal Dragoons. DEDICATED
TO CPT. ST. LEGER ATKINSON OF COSGROVE PRIORY
KILLED IN ACTION MAY 13TH 1915.
BY HIS SISTER MARY. A
further roll of honour that is still to be transcribed, can be found on the right
hand side, underneath flag of the Cosgrove Branch of British Legion. In
the churchyard in an older part of the grounds is a grave. IN
LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER
CDT. SGT. GEORGE HILL DIED APRIL
17 19?5 (1915 or 1945)
AGED 16 AND 5 MONTHS.
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| Photograph
Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2003 | Roll
of honour this includes Old Stratford in church at Cosgrove ROLL
of MEN WHO SERVED
THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 -
1918 COSGROVE
| ATKINSON
| Philip
Y | No
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BEAGLEY
| Arthur
| No
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BURNELL
| William
| No
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BUSHELL
| Alfred
| No
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BEARMAN
| Joseph
| No
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BROWN
| R
| No
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CHILDS
| Alfred
T | No
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CHILDS
| Frank
| No
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CASTLE
| Henry
| No
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CUTLER
| Herbert
| No
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COLESFIELD
| Arthur
| No
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EVES
| Maxwell
| No
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GRANT-THUROLD
| Arthur?
| No
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GORE-LANGTON
| Evelyn
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GREEN
| David
| No
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GREEN
| Daniel
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HILLYER
| William
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HILLYER
| Joseph
| No
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NEWSON
| Alexander
| No
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HALL
| Frederick
J | No
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JELLEY
| Ernest
T | No
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JELLEY
| Charles
| No
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JELLEY
| Arthur
| No
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JELLEY
| George
| No
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JELLEY
| Henry
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JOHNSON
| Harry
E | No
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JOHNSON
| Lewis
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KNIGHT
| James
| No
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KIGHTLEY
| Alfred
| No
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KEY
| George
| No
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LOVESEY
| Joseph
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LORD
| Edward
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LORD
| Thomas
| No
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LOVELL
| Herbert
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LOVELL
| Albert
| No
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LUCK
| Ernest
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MEAKINS
| Cecil
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NOBLE
| Harry
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NOBLE
| Arthur
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REASON
| Stanley
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STEWART
| Fred
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STEWART
| William
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SWAIN
| Ernest
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SWAIN
| Percy
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TACK
| Albert
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TEARLE
| John
G | No
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VALENTINE
| Aubrey
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WELCH
| Amos
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WILLIAMS
| Frederick
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WILLIAMS
| George
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OLD
STRATFORD
| ANDREWS
| John
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ANDREWS
| G
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BIRD
| J
| No
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BIRD
| Albert
| No
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BROWN
| Charles
| No
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BROWN
| D
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BROWN
| Em
| No
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BUTLER
| Charles
| No
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CURTIS
| Wg
| No
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CURTIS
| C
| No
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CHAPMAN
| A
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COWLEY
| A
| No
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FROST
| L
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GRACE
| Bert
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GREEN
| Charles
| No
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GREEN
| William
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GOODMAN
| Walter
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HUTTON
| Jack
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HUTTON
| Edward
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HUTTON
| Hj
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HUMPHREY
| Robert
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HAMILTON
| Oswald
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HAMILTON
| Herbert
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HOLMAN
| Frank
Geo | No
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HOLMAN
| Charles
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JONES
| Harold
Clayton | No
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JONES
| Harry
William | No
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KIGHTLEY
| Archibald
| No
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LEE
| Sidney
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MANING
| John
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MANDEVILLE
| Edward
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PANTER
| Harry
| No
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RATCLIFFE
| Jn
| No
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SLAYMAKER
| William
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SLAYMAKER
| Sidney
| No
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SIBTHORPE
| C
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SMITH
| Vincent
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SMITH
| H
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WEBSTER
| Frank
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WEBSTER
| Albert
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WRIGHTON
| Frank
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7 October 2003 |
