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I posted a notice to the group inworld this past week about the temporary suspension of the feeds. A partial notice went out to the DesigningSL News subscriber group but I halted it from completion because the hosting company I'm with re-opened my account so that I can prepare to move to a dedicated server this coming week.
LivingSL was ground zero for the latest resource troubles because I was trying out a different syndication plugin that I was hoping would make things move faster when I'm syndicating and it went horribly awry. That one remains fully suspended because the hosting company is rightfully wary.
Posts are not appearing on any of the feeds as they should be at the moment because the cron jobs aren't running unless I do them manually, but it is temporary. I know there are so many of you who have done exactly what was requested and should be syndicated by now. It is not any fault of yours and you have not actually been denied syndication. I am just extraordinarily behind pretty much all the time.
I'm very aware and sensitive to my responsibility to get it together and be consistent about it. I shall do so!
I won't be giving up on my vision for the four feeds. They'll be moved and I'll get to work again on making them better available.
I'm trying out a new personal assistant. Here's hoping she can hang with my craziness for a moment. I've promised not to sexually harass her but will spoil her rotten as much as I can. There's a start!
I'll make at least an effort to send updates to the inworld group, subscriber base, and my Facebook page. I've been bad with that I know.
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From the late 70s through the 80s and 90s I was quite intensively involved with both Greenpeace and Friends Of The Earrth, mostly at local group level but also in the case of FOE I also participated in National Policy meetings several times. Anyhow as an active member at local level our groups would acquire campaigning materials and merchandise from the national group offices. We would then create our own exhibitions, put up regular information stalls on the street, do public awareness stunts and fundraising projects etc. When members of the public showed an interest we would pass them free literature & membership forms to take home where they could decide at their leisure to become regular supporters and subscribe nationally or join our local group or not. We had a donation tin in which they could put as little or much as they liked or not. No pressure. People seemed to really enjoy what we were doing, appreciate the information we gave them and show concern and many joined up at local or national level. That was then. These days I'm not involved personally.
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List of subscribers to the Belleville (Ontario) General Hospital building fund from 1886 to 1890.
Names listed:
E. W. Rathbun $250
John Bell $100
Hon. M. Bowell $100
Alex Sutherland $100
Alex Brown $75
Sills & Bro $60
Grace Keith $55
H. Corby $50
W. H. Biggar $50
J. J. B. Flint $50
A. G. Northrup $50
Mrs. H. B. Rathbun $50
Thos Ritchie $50
Mechanical Dep. G.T.R. $26.25
J. L. Biggar & Mrs. B. $35
T. S. Carman $25
J. D. Clark $25
Hezekial Jones $25
Wm. Docter $25
Haines & Lockett $25
Thos Kelso $25
W. W. Pope $25
F. S. Rathbun $25
R. Tannahill $25
Wallbridge & Clark $25
C. F. Smith $22
Mr. McGrath $20
Jas A. Roy $20
Q. P. Pearce $20
D. Pitceathley $20
A. W. Robertson (Melbourne) $20
N. Vermilyea $20
W. Webster $15
D. M. Waters $15
Jno T. Warrington jr $15
A Friend $15
A. N. Pringle $14.25
Rev Jno Burke $10
Walter Alford $10
Jas G. Boyce $10
Geo E. Henderson $10
S. A. Moore $10
J. H. Machan $10
C. A. Milliner $10
Q. McNider $10
E. G. Porter $10
Mattw Robinson $10
Robinson & Johnston $10
U. E. Thompson $10
H. Yeomans sr $10
A Friend $10
Pope & Fenwick $7.50
Mrs McIntosh $6
N. B. Falkiner $5
C. P. Holton $5
Job Lingham $5
Mrs Cath McCoy $5
J. P. C. Phillips $5
Wm McKeown $5
A Friend $5
W. J. Massey $5
Jno Grant $5
An Old Belleville boy, Winnipeg $5
Wesley Bullen $5
Jno Turner $5
M. Sawyer $5
J. B. Strom $5
W. E. Gadney $5
C. M. Stork $5
R. C. Calhoun $5
W. R. Aylsworth $5
Jas Meagher $5
Donald Anderson $5
Mrs. Whitney $5
Barrett Bro $5
Jas Jenkins $5
P. J. M. Anderson $5
W. G. Egar $5
Mrs D. D. Bogart $5
S. Burrowes $5
Wm Brenton $4
Wm Spafford $3
H. M. Grass $3
Mrs A. G. Dickens $2.50
Annie M. Thompson $2.50
Wm Cummings $2
J. Noseworthy $2
Miss Boyd $2
T. W. Jeffs $2
Jno Brenton $2
W. H. Reid $2
Mrs S. A. Ostrom $2
Miss Chandler $2
D. Gunn $2
A. A. Richardson $2
A Friend $2
West Bros $1
Mrs Lynch $1
M. K. Lambley $1
Mrs B. Henry $1
Mrs Martha Quinsley $1
John Francis $1
R. E. $1
G. J. Thomas $1
Mrs S. Bartlett $1
Small sums 85, 25, 25
Total $1,903.35
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:06 pm
www.betterphotography.in/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4922#4922
Just registered this morning but i have been a subscriber of BP since many years.
My gurus are KG Maheshwari, Prof B W Jatkar , Shreekanth Malushte and the man of all seasons the Maha Guru Girish Mistry.
I was a salon photographer member of PSI Mumbai, FIP, IIPC, NAPP, but I gave up all this for Photo Blogging..
my website..
www.photographerno1.com 8240 files 6 lac hits in two years.
www.flickr.com/photos/firozeshakir/ 11755 photoblogs in 2 months
I shoot eunuchs hijdas transgenders live with naga sadhus, aghoris, practice shiasm, shoot pictures of all religion without bias..
I am a poet who is at poemhunter.com fighting against racism in poetry.
Thought you guys should know the rest is scattered on the internet..The Indian Pilgrims Progress..
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:34 pm
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 130
Hi! Firoz , I think that is your name . It is a nice name - short and easy
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ani
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:11 pm
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
Posts: 391
welcome to BP foum!
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:28 pm
Joined: 31 May 2007
Posts: 314
Welcome Firoj
You have a "Dhamaal" Ka entry And given us a " Dhassu" introductions.Almost all the biggee names is thrown at us. We are humbled
Now I do request you to post your "Zhakas" picture here. So we all can admire your piece of work
Liu
Me
I am grateful to all of you Panditji , Mcliu Ani for accepting me as your own, I am not here to blow my trumpet I shoot Life as I see it.. there is nothing Jhakas but love for each other irrespective of caste color and creed what I am is in my Photo Blog,..my style of photography is based on Yogic Kundalini uncoiling the serpent before hitting the trigger.. I shoot on one leg and with my eyes closed..
Thank you all.
gopal
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:50 am
Joined: 22 Mar 2007
Posts: 174
oh great guy,
great introduction. u are an extrovert person what i felt from yr sayings and sites above.
Respected shri k g maheshwari and prof b w jatkar regularly sent their entries when i conducted 4 all india salons few yrs back.
i met respected shrikantji many yrs back, when i joined JJ School of Arts.
when i read feroz, the thoughts came to me of famous feroz rangoonwala.
anyhow, i welcome u to bp forum (what i noticed, blogging is not here). we view each others photographs and appreciate their efforts. so since u introduced yrself as photographer no.1, with all respects to yr personality, looking forward to see yr work, particularly on glamour. best of luck dear feroz. it will be pleasure for me to see yr sites.
gopal
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:24 am
Joined: 22 Mar 2007
Posts: 174
dear feroz,
read yr posts/blogs, and i am sorry to notice the treatment given to u as shia or muslim. there are ultras in every religion, but i appreciate yr spirit for keeping yr morale high.
no doubt u are a voracious /reader/writer, and yr keyboard runs more than fast, it is again pleasing that u are interested in poetry-which is also my favourites
"woh aaye hamare forum mein, khuda ki kudrat,
kabhi ham unko aur kabhi forum ko dekhte hain.".
personalities like u are rare, and i feel that u will leave a great legacy for the posterity. i and my friends do have respect for yr courage for bearing so much tension and traumas. but what i feel, yr interests in these arts kept u going nonchalantly. forget about religion-we all are bhartiya (not anil bhartiya-a good gentleman).
me
Brother Gopal thank you for your encouraging words , and I am Indian ,and also a member of Mr Anil Bhrtiyas NAPP ,I learnt a lot from him , on trips to Murud to shoot the Bullock Cart race , or to Malshej Ghats, he is the only photographer teacher who teaches through field trips at grass root levels, and most of the photography courses even taught in BMM still adhere to the old school , no changes, no crusader to bring in change.
Photography is big bucks , everybody wants glamour glitz and money.Teachers like Mitter Bedi, Unwallah, Bhardwaj, Phanibanda are are all dead and gne who taught photography once they clamoured and gathered at Photographic Society of India 70 years back, today Photography in camera clubs is about politics, I distanced myself from this state of affairs.
Girish Mistry teaches photography with a pssion and is most respected and revered..but his knowledge comes with a price , but worth it .I learnt my basics with Mr Shreekanth Malushte.. a sincere teacher.
Later through his efforts I became a life member Photographic Society of India Mumbai, and met mu other two Gurus Mr KG Maheshwari whom we call Dronacharya and Black and White Jatkar.Prof Jatkar is the master of monochrome and nudes.
So the most important the core ingredient in Indian Photography is finding a good Guru touching his Feat ..this is called Guru Parampara.. Without Guru there is no Gyan..
This s why we are more powerfully visually stronger and better entrenched than the foreigm Institute learned photographer of the West.
I have another Guru he is a 18 year old American boy from California called Tom, or doyoulike it, I call him my American Guru, he is the finest photographer..
There is another photographer whose work on India is prolific and realistic.. Dr Glenn Losack MD
www.glennlosackmd.com/-/glennlosackmd/
Well I will shed light later on Tom, and pictures of Dr Glen Losack you must study , this is the way into the heart of photography.
Photography is shooting and sharing pictures, but Photo Blogging is sharing Life , adding Life to where no Life existed..
So thank you Gopal.. I am just getting a hang here at BP Forum..
I consider Photo Blogging a a spiritual endeavor as a photographer I may be a part of a religiosity but as a Photo Blogger I am beyond all this flowing in the human stream of a superior consciousness...
I am Hindu I am Muslim but I am two sides of the same coin called India.
sujit_n
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:03 pm
Joined: 09 Nov 2005
Posts: 163
Firoze,
It is really inspiring to know about your philosophy. Great interprtation of life & photography. You must believe that every people has some hidden intention, who tries to nourish it,few get success, few ....
When we come to know or meet people who always put thrust to fulfill his hidden intention which is not for earning money, fame, clout, we create a barrier arround that man or woman. We never compare him/her with others. I feel you are a guy like that.
Welcome in this FORUM.
Sujit
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:55 pm
Me
Thank yoy Sujit for your hospitality and kindness , and its really nice to know that we bond and our love for photgraphy brings us closer , with pictures we share, I thank not just you but all of you who have responded to me Panditji, Mcliu Ani Gopal and the rest ..those that have read me too, I am not aware of the code of posting etiquette here, so please forgive me for any unintentional lapse on my part, I am an incorrigible photo blogger , words are my birthright and I use them as a pictoral metaphor ..my path to unlearning photography.
Firoze Shakir..
Me
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:52 am
Hi Forum If anyBP Forum member needs guidance in Photo Blogging , or any query in this regard dont hesitate to write me.
People who want to share a unique community of photographers, the short cut is a Photo Blog..
Some of the interesting Photo Blogging site with emphasis on social net working too are
Buzznet
For the serious Blogger
Bloggerspot
Word Press
For the Foto Freak
Flickr
Ipernity
Blogging may net earnyou big bucks but it gives you a karmic release if you have the zing in you, and if you dont have you develop it, I never wrote a single word , never an article nor any poem..it all happened through Photo Blogging 24 months back..
I rarely post atBuzznet where I am known as Shiathugno1, but it is to Buzznet I owe the development of my psyche ...good friends and outstanding photographers who bought me this far adding the necessary shape to my personality..as an Indian beware Racism exiss but hit back..
dont be scared we Indians have one grand advantage we were born talented by default..thank you India.
Admin
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:13 am
Joined: 09 Nov 2005
Posts: 36
Dear Firoze,
Your posts are really interesting and we can see the response you have been receiving on this forum. Thank you for bringing in a new dimension to the forum.
A request: All of your new posts are being posted in the "Who's Who" category, which is primarily for first time introductions. Since your posts are blog-like accompanied by pictures - we would request you to post them in relevant sections like "General Discussions" or "Daily Life" (if your discussions stem from a Daily Life photograph).
Thanks.
Happy Shooting
- Admin
Me
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:58 pm
Thank You Administration Better Photography
My relationship with BP goes a very long way back, I would visit your offices I remember and bond with your enthusiastic journos and stafff..
Its just that after I moved away , from analogue photography and gave my soul to the Photo bLog, I realised I had begun to Unlearn Photography. and break the myth created by Times of India blue eyed boy Shobhan Saxena that Photo Bloggers are photographers with a mission of Peace, not failed writers, and murderers, or crazies as suggested each time and each Sunday they write an obitury for the death of the Blog.. but God is kind to Blogges and keeps extending their shelf life.Recently at PSI Mumbai Annual Day where your ex editor Hoshang was the Chief Guest I posed a question about blogging he just looked at me with a vacncy in his eyes.. well Blogging is beyond Smart Photograpy I kept this opinion to myself..Photographers are seduced by the idea of minting money they want to be glitzy, shoot celebs , so hardly any camera club talks about blogging..auacbecause I posted 600 blogs in three days..and scared the veterans of a tsunami in the offing..racism exists among us Indians too and more strongly here than the West..Indians dont like Indians very much..
At Word Press I posted over 500 blogs in a single day..so this is the passion of blogging..I hope to learn from all of you also, and thanks I find your forum an excellent place that nurtures human goodwill.. I am a bit confused about the format here , thanks for the tip, deleting a post should be made simpler even editing too..
As ever
Firoze Shakir
photographerno1
Mumbai..
Me
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:07 pm
Sakthivel wrote:
Welcome.
thank you sakthivel for adding me asa contact on flickr .. my flickr site had a lot of crazies and porn artists adding me so I have become more careful, also my pictures because of frontal nudity and bloody images of moharam fall under moderate category, you have to be a flickr member to see my images close to 12000 posted in two and a half month..but you can see the same on Wordpress.. without any problem.
you cannot comment on my pictures if you are not my contact, as there are many Shia baters that have gone abusive and personal intheir religious fundamental attacks on me .
I am a critic of Jehadi Terrorism and Radical Islam..
My flickr pictures are all large files about 4mb each..
Hijdas Transgenders, naga sadhus body piercers ..
Take Care..
Firoze Shakir
Photographerno1
noni
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:38 pm
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 75
Hi Firoze,
welcome to forum.As for as i know u can't delete or edit ur post once it is posted.Yes it can be edited in preview mode.Your posted photographs will be deleted if u delete it from original site e.g.flickr.com etc...noni.
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Me
Thank You Noni , I think any website or a forum should be blogger friendly simple and easily understandable, whether a veteran or an amateur should get the hang of it, and edit and delete are very important aspects to control content that goes off hand sometimes.. but I have no complaints my problem is I am a severe diabetic I type with one finger of an injured hand I have diminishing eyesight so I make typo errors that really look bad after posting..and inspite of being a blogger fr two years I am not at all web or net savvy
After this Panditji and his cronies sharpielnof my end .
All these faces that welcomed me to the Better Photo graphy Forum ganged up against me the most vicious the Rogue Pandit
the head of the Muslim hating gang..
I am greatful that Better Photography Adminsitration dealt with this matterjudiciously fairly without any bias
and with respect of human sentiments.
My relationship with Better Photography shall continue..
I will make public the racism in photography that existing the Forum that has been usurped by vested interests., all wearing masks of hate , they welcome newcomers than if you falter or rub any one of them they will make your life unbearable..
Like this vicious Panditji who said if Firoze does not leave I will leave the Forum..
This devious man , Muslim hater, and he cannot deny all this, he hated me from day one realising that his popularity was going to take a beating.
I have no ulterior motive or agenda but to warn others of the duplicity of these hate filled members.,.
Gopal said bloggers are not allowed to the forum vociferously as though he owns the forum..
this despicable lot of , they perhaps were shocked that this Shia Muslim, is an Indian does not wear a goatee or a skull cap..
and perhaps yes as panditji said I am a Bombast, yes but shit head your father did not pay for my education, and I had a more cosmopolitan and Hindu loving upbringing than you..as a Hindu born could ever dream of Messiah of Racist Hate ..
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Pensando en el gran EDWUARD HOPPER.
XXIII Salón del Manga de Barcelona.
Rincones que hace el mar; calas.
Made in Austria, people and landscapes.
Lalita, un icono de cariño, compañía y bondad.
Arte y forja en L'Espluga de Francolí, (Tarragona).
Cuando murió su amada pensó en hacerse viejo. (A. Machado).
Una ruta por Mura, (Barcelona).
Con mis fotografías pretendo captar el momento o mejor dicho, un “momento” de la vida.
Si esto causa malestar a los protagonistas de mis imágenes, no tengo ningún inconveniente en retirarlas si lo manifiestan; así como enviarle una copia vía e-mail si me lo hacen llegar.
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In between the embalmings, dressing and casketings, and general mayhem, we were able to talk about....The Death of Pedro Ruiz.
Andy Warhol once said, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes". YouTube is making Warhol's artistic conception come true, but sometimes in ways that are less than desirable.
Harry Cooper discusses the death of a young man, and the woman who killed him, in a stunt gone wrong as they desperately attempted to garner more views, likes, and subscribers.
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Oklahoma City received its first telephone in 1893. Tulsa’s first telephone system debuted in 1899, linking 80 subscribers.
By statehood in 1907, Oklahoma boasted 68,125 telephones linked through 715 in-state networks bound by more than 100,000 miles of wire. That same year, the Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph Company, part of the national Bell system, constructed the seven-story Pioneer Building on the 400 block of Broadway in downtown Oklahoma City.
As the number of residents and number of telephones increased, telephone numbers grew longer, and switchboards relied less on operators and more on automation. The prairie poetry of early Oklahoma City telephone exchanges – Sunset and Skyline, Shadyside and Swift – was phased out in favor of seven-digit numbers.
To handle the boom in business, Southwestern Bell built the 16-story Telephone Building at 405 Broadway, next to the Pioneer Building. As technology advanced, the Art Deco palace to modern communication had antennas installed atop its roof in the 1950s and microwave relay equipment in the 1960s, elevating the building into Oklahoma City’s link on AT&T’s coast-to-coast information superhighway.
The hundreds of workers stationed inside the Telephone Building referred to it affectionately by its street address: “the 405.”
Whether by serendipity or design, the Bell engineers who created the North American Numbering Plan in 1947 selected the street address of their Oklahoma City headquarters as the area code to serve the entire state.
And the 405 was born.
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I was a subscriber to Punch, the British humor magazine, from 1987 until it closed in 1992. I started reading it while I was on vacation in England in 1987. This is one of the first cartoons I saw in Punch as a subscriber.
Panel 1 - to the left of the entrance doors.
George Edwin Ayton************************************************************
Probably
Name: AYTON, GEORGE
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Unit Text: "C" Bty. 55th Bde.
Date of Death: 16/12/1916
Service No: 123638
Memorial Reference: Panel 3 and 60. Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1655205
Gunner George Edwin Ayton of the Royal Field Artillery can be seen on Norlink here
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
George is also remembered on the Norwich Boys Model School memorial in the Anglican cathedral
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/NorwichBoysModelSchool.html
The 1911 census lists a George Edwin born Norwich circa 1897 who recorded in the City on the night of the census. On the 1901 census, the same individual, listed as George E. and aged 4, was recorded at Wales Square, 7 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich. This was the household of his parents, George, (aged 46 and a Railway Relief Signalman from Besthorpe, Norfolk) and Mary A, (aged 39 and from Hockwold). Their other children are:-
Ivy………………aged 6.…………….born Norwich
William J……….aged 13.……………born Norwich
A feel for what the Brigade had been through, and the conditions in which the men were living can be gathered from this article about a Medical officer assigned to the unit while in served in first Gallipoli and then the subsequent campaign up the River Tigris towards Baghdad,
www.winkleighheroes.co.uk/soldiers/harveyaw.htm
Alfred Augustus Bingham****************************************************
No match on Norlink
The only Alfred A. listed on the CWGC database is an Alfred Albert. There is no obvious match on Military Genealogy.
A Google search for the full name reveal that the Australian National Roll of Honour records an Alfred Augustus, aka Alfred.
www.awm.gov.au/research/people/roll_of_honour/person.asp?...
This is the same individual on CWGC
Name: BINGHAM, ALFRED
Rank: Private
Regiment: Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Unit Text: 28th Bn. Date of Death: between 03/11/1916 and 06/11/1916 Service No: 14 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Memorial: VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1458071
Alfred Augustus also appears on the NORWICH CATHEDRAL - BOYS MODEL SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL.
The Roll of Honour site for that memorial adds this information.
Died Age 36. Son of Frederick Bingham of 63 Ber Street, Norwich (this is where Alfred was born). Next of kin noted as Miss L. Bingham, his sister. Went to Australia aged 30. Worked as a carpenter and joiner before enlisting. His Australian War Memorial record shows that he attended the 'Model Endowed School'. Embarked with the 28th 1st March 1915.
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/NorwichBoysModelSchool.html
Alfred Augustus Bingham, aged 19, born Norwich, and already employed as a Carpenter when he was recorded on the 1901 census at 63 Ber Street. This was the household of his parents, Frederick, (aged 46 and a Butcher from Bocking, Essex) and Esther, (aged 46 and from Norwich). Their other children are;-
Albert Percival………………aged 16.………..born Norwich…….Carpenter
Ernest Richard………………aged 17.………..born Norwich…….Butchers Assistant
Lilian Ellie…………….…….aged 12.………..born Norwich
Sydney Roy…………………aged 10.……….. Born Norwich
Also living with them are Frederick and Esthers niece, Alice Mary Bingham, (aged 22 and a Dressmaker from London, Middlesex). The Binghams also have a live-in servant, Rose Watson, aged 15 and from Coltishall.
Alfred’s Australian Army Records can be seen on line here.
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3083673
He enlisted in the 28th Battalion at Perth, Western Australia on the 1st March 1915. He gave his birth place as Norwich, and looks like he tried to give his aged as 32 on the 21st March, but this looks to have been over-written as aged 31. His next of kin is given as his sister, Lily Bingham, of 63 Ber Street. His last civilian address was 469 Hay Street, East Perth. - (details sent in response to a query from the Christian Association of Perth)
His physical description was given as height 5 feet 5 inches, weight 128lbs, complexion - Red, eyes - Brown, hair - Reddish. His religion is given as Protestant.
He reported to the depot at Blackboy Hills on the 2nd March 1915. He sailed from Fremantle on HMAT Ascanius on the 29th June 1915. After being shunted between “C” and “A” company, he was eventually transferred to the Depot at the start of September. He was then admitted to hospital on the 2nd at Heliopolis, so had already journeyed to the Mediterranean. On the 19th September he is attached for duty with what looks 1 A G.H.
The next entry on his service record is him proceeding overseas to join his unit on the 3rd August 1916 on the Arcadian, embarking at Alexandria. He travelled first to England, where he spent a brief stay at Rollerstone with 7th Training Battalion before moving on to France and the holding camp at Etaples. He was taken on the strength of his unit in France on the 29th. In just over two months he would be dead.
Sunday 5th November 1916. Day 128
Today marks the commencement of the Battle of the AncreHeights.
Gueudecourt
1st Australian Division attacked a salient north of Gueudecourt at 12.30am. 1 Bde assaulted with the bombers of 3rd Bn attacking the German line in conjunction with a frontal attack by 1st Bn. The attack failed despite two attempts on Hilt Trench.
Meanwhile 7 Bde attacked with three battalions- 28th, 25th and 27th Bn less one company. The 25th Bn was reinforced by the 27th Bn’s company and also by one from 26th Bn. 27th Bn captured parts of Bayonet Trench but withdrew at dusk. 28th Bn failed in it’s assault while the 25th entered and held parts of the Maze.
forum.irishmilitaryonline.com/showthread.php?t=9058&p...
Battalion War Diary. (Reproduction is very faint)
3rd/4th. Took over front line from 53rd Bn AIF. Trenches in very bad order +mud from 12 inches to 3 feet deep. Location M.24.A Guidecourt. Major(??).
4th. General work improving front trenches + preparing for attack on next day.
5th. The Bn in conjunction with 27th Bn + Coys of 23rd+26th Bns who were on our right and the British Division on our left made an attack on the German Line known as GIRD TRENCH. Owing to the inaccuracy of our artillery fire, through lack of observation, the enemy were not kept down in their trenches by our barrage and the advancing troops were subjected to very heavy rifle + machine gun fire which prevented them making the objective. Our losses in this attack were 1 Officer, (Lieut.W R Moore) killed, and two wounded, (2nd Lieut. F.Mullen,(??) Lieut.A.W Curran). Previous to the attack, four officers were wounded, Capt R C Phillipps, 2/Lieut. M G Hammond, 2/Lieut C C Flower, Lieut. R H Gill. The casualties of other ranks were as follows. 58 killed, 166 wounded, 50 missing. 27 other ranks were evacuated to hospital suffering from effects of wet ??regional??.
6th/7th. Relief by ?? Bn. Troops on relied marched back to MONTAUBAN Camp reaching there at intervals during the day. The journey out was most trying for tired troops + all were in a fatigued condition. Everyone very wet + covered in mud.
www.awm.gov.au/collection/records/awm4/23/45/awm4-23-45-2...
Hedley Goldsmith Browne***********************************
Name: BROWNE, HEDLEY GOLDSMITH
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: Royal Air Force
Secondary Regiment: Royal Engineers
Secondary Unit Text: formerly (Motor Cyclist Despatch Rider)
Age: 29
Date of Death: 08/04/1918
Additional information: Son of John Goldsmith Browne and Edith Annie Browne, of 26, York St., Norwich, Norfolk. Enlisted Aug., 1914. Served 3 years in France.
Grave/Memorial Reference: R. 71. Cemetery: CIRENCESTER CEMETERY
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=358510
2nd Lieutenant Hedley Goldsmith Browne of the Royal Air Force can be seen on Norlink here
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
A picture of his headstone can be seen here
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=327458...
The dedication reads:-
In Sweet Memory
Of our Beloved Eldest Son
Sec.Lieut. Hedley Goldsmith Browne
RAF
Who was suddenly summoned to “Higher Service”
While doing a solo flight near Cirencester
April 8th 1918.
After Active Service in France since August 1914
As a Despatch Rider
Born June 15th 1885 (Photo not clear - to be checked).
Memorial on the BBC Web-site.
A keen gymnast who enjoyed motor cycle racing and coxed the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society rowing fours. Enlisted in 1914 as a motor cycle dispatch rider and also served in the Royal Engineers. Served three years in France. Fought at Mons, the Marne, the Somme.
Wrote to his father 30 October 1914: "have been stuck in a small stable all the day. They started shelling us this morning at dawn with high explosives and Jack Johnsons and have kept it up off and on ever since. Two houses within twenty yards have been blown to pieces and in the ground all around us the shells have made holes big enough to bury a horse. Four big shells have - My word! We've just had a fright, one got this roof and has made a large hole: one fellow wounded in the leg."
On 31 October he wrote again "They... are still popping shells around the place we left yesterday. Just got hold of a fine German bayonet complete: am fastening it on the bike... Did I tell you about the bullets coming through the roof in the last house when we were asleep, in one side and out the other? Don't worry I shall come through."
In May 1915 he wrote: "Since we Ianded in France I have been waiting for the opportunity of seeing what trench life is really like; also to have one pot at the Bosche. Well to-day the chance came, and a comrade and myself set out early. We entered the communication trench about one and a half miles from the actual firing line, the starting point being labelled Marble Arch - all the trenches hereabouts were named after London streets. Thus we proceeded along Harley Street to the Brickfields, which the Guards Brigade had captured from the Germans a month previously, turned down Coldstream Lane and arrived at the actual firing line. My first feeling was one of absolute security (as long as I refrained from popping my head over) the trench being so deep that it was necessary to stand on a step to see between the sand bags. A peep through the periscope showed dozens of Germans lying dead between the two lines, and the sight made me realise the horror of it all. I borrowed a rifle and was enabled to send a 'souvenir' or two to the enemy."
Killed in a flying accident.
www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance/wall/record/8920
The 12 year old Hedley G. born Norwich, was recorded on the 1901 census at 26 York Street., This is the household of his parents, John Goldsmith Browne, (aged 38 and an Insurance Clerk from Norwich) and Edith A. (aged 37 and from Norwich). Their other children are:-
Geoffrey P………….aged 11.………..born Norwich
Phyllis E……………aged 7.…………born Norwich
Thomas E.W……….aged 1.………….born Norwich
Sydney Brown**************************************************
Possibly
Name: BROWN, SYDNEY THOMAS
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: Rifle Brigade
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 14/03/1915
Service No: 4594
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Philip Brown, of 33, Vincent Rd., Norwich.
Memorial Reference: Panel 44. Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=824674
No match on Norlink
Military Genealogy shows born and resident Thorpe Hamlet
I’ve recently done some research on the Thorpe Hamlet War Memorial and struggled to account for the various Browns listed there. I did not come across this individual, however.
www.flickr.com/photos/43688219@N00/6203810191/
A potential match on the 1901 census is a 6 year old Sidney, born Norwich, who was recorded at 3 Lollards Pit in the Parish of St Matthews, (which also covers Vincent Road). This is the household of this parents, William, (aged 35 and an Iron Plate Worker from Norwich) and Rosina, (aged 30 and from Norwich). Their other children are:-
Charles…………..aged 5.…………..born Norwich
Herbert…………..aged 3.…………..born Norwich
Reginald…………aged 3.…………..born Norwich
Rosina……………aged 1.…………..born Norwich
Walter……………aged 8.…………..born Norwich
William…………..aged 11.…………born Norwich
I couldn’t find a likely Sydney on either the 1901 or 1911 transcriptions of the census for England and Wales. There are no Sidney T’s listed with a Norwich connection on either census. The 6 year old Sidney shown above is the only one of the 9 on the 1901 census with a Norwich connection, (birth and or residence), who has a father called William. However I must qualify that - two live with widowed mothers, one appears to be the child of a single parent, and one is living with someone completely unrelated, so impossible to tell what the fathers name might have been.
Battle of Neuve Chappelle
2nd RB's Diary
13th & 14th
1. Work was continued on our line. The enemy's shelling was very heavy.
2. The total casualties from 10th to 14th were 12 officers and 365 other ranks killed and wounded. A draft of 1 officer & 95 other ranks arrived.
A letter written by Lieut. Charles Pennefather of "D" Company, 2nd Rifle Brigade, wrote to Lieut. Chan Hoskyns, recently departed from the same battalion, describing their part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and the wasteful destruction of the Rifle Brigade.
My Dear Chan,
So sorry I have not answered your letter before, but since the 10th March we have been passing through such stirring times that I have only just collected my thoughts.
Now if you behave yourself, I will give you a long and description of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, since we were the first to boost through the village.
We left our trenches at Laventieon the 3rd March and went back to billets in the neighbourhood for a week, during this week we had to practice the attack every day. During this time we collected every gun we could find in the neighbourhood, we got 360 ranging from the 13lb to the 15 inch.
On the night of the 9th the whole brigade moved up to the trenches and hid behind some parapets which had taken us a fortnight to dig.
The attack was to start at 7.30 in the morning. So at 6.30 we all had a swig of rum and at 7.30 our guns started off a most unholy bombardment the Lord ever saw, this lasted for half an hour, it killed about 100 of the Berkshires and about 10 of ours. At 8.5 the guns lifted and off boosted the Berks and the Lincolns who captured the German trenches. Then away went the R.B. and the R.I.R. to capture the village. We simply boosted through the village capturing about 200 Deutschers. Byatt, Verney, Bulkley-Johnson were shot in this part.
We then arrived at the other side of the village and joined up with the Indians on our right, and our job was finished since we had broken a gap in the line and we could have gone to Berlin at least if there had been anyone behind, but as you know our brilliant staff had two men and a boy behind and also 20,000 Cavalry which they refused to let go because they said it was too foggy, all total balls as there was no fog. Meanwhile the unfortunate 24th Brigade got held up on our left and were unable to push on, so we remained in our position for the night.
The next morning, 11th, the Deutschers had the audacity to attack us, we polished off about 600, so they did not come anymore.
However we got the order to take the German position at any cost from some bloody sh1t sitting in boulogne, so away went A & B Companies, a most bloody fire from all corners of the earth broke out, it killed 130 of "A" Coy and 90 of "B" Coy, we then decided not to go on.
Never the less I am damned if another message did not come at 4.30 to take the German position regardless of cost, this time C & D Coys. Meanwhile Brockholes, Pilcher, Gilbey, Mason and Harrison had been killed. C were to lead followed closely by D, off went C and they lost 110 men, D were just off headed by Mansell and myself when the Colonel stopped us, Mansell got one in the head there, leaving me in command of "D" Company.
The higher authorities then decided that the attack was nothing else but murder, not a bad thought after seeing most of the R.B. stretched on the floor. That finished the days fighting.
During the night we wired and dug like the devil, the next day the Deutschers started to bombard us at 6 am and continued till 4.30pm the most bloody experience the Lord ever invented, it polished off about 50 of us and hundreds of people at the back.
I took a bullet through the hat, which took the hair of my head, I shot the blighter in the head.
That night was a bloody night as there were no stretcher bearers and all the wounded got left. Bridgeman got wounded by a shell in the evening, also Barton was wounded in the head and Carle in the finger.
The next day was quieter and gradually we quitened down. We stopped for fourteen days. Now we have been taken away for a weeks rest somewhere near Sailly and we are going into the trenches which the 7th Division had.
The Canadians are in Estaires, awful drunkards. There are 2 Territorial Divisions close by too.
Rawlinson bungled the whole show. Davis was alright, Lowry Cole was very brave and nearly got blown up by a shell. Stephens is quite well, Constable is acting Adjutant. Stopford went away as A.D.C. to Robertson before the show, Grey is M.G. Officer. Harding has gone to St. Omer to go through a course (M.G.)
We have 12 new officers and 400 men. The Berks had only 7 officers left, the R.I.R. had only 4 left, the Northamptons 1 Officer and 100 men left. The Scottish Rifles had all their officers killed. We lost 520 officers and 10000 men, hell of a bloody lot.
The new trench we dug came across rows and rows of dead, those killed in October.
I met Baby out here in Estaires (he is on the staff of 7th Division).
This is all the news. Write and let me know what you are doing.
Cheer Ho, yours ever
Charles P.
1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=113598
Albert Seymour Campbell***********************************
Probably - only match
Name: CAMPBELL, ALBERT SEYMOUR
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: Rifle Brigade
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 01/07/1916
Service No: S/7002
Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=762941
The Ancestry.Com site has a couple of pictures of an Albert Seymour Campbell, including one in uniform, plus a post card. Unfortunately you have to be a subscriber to see anything more than thumbnails.
records.ancestry.com/Hamrose_Seymour_Campbell_Cookstown_O...
No match on Norlink
The 1911 census has an Albert Campbell born Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex circa 1896 who was recorded in the Aylsham District - otherwise no other matches in the whole of Norfolk. And none at all on the 1901 census.
There is an Albert of the right age on the 1901 census, but he was born Harrow Road, Paddington, London. There is nothing in the rest of the family details to suggest a Norfolk connection.
1st July 1916
The attack on the Quadrilateral
Part of 4th Division's task was to assist 31st Division on their left by taking out the Quadrilateral Redoubt - a remnant of the old trench system prior to the French attacks of 1915.
To accomplish the task they had been loaned two Battalions from 48th Division, made up of Birmingham Territorials.
In the first wave of the assault, 1/8th Bn Royal Warwickshires managed to advance 1500 metres into the German lines having passed the Quadrilateral, and reached as far as the Munich Trench and Ten Tree Alley.
They had in fact been unwittingly helped by the Germans who, it transpired, had never thought of the Quadrilateral as being tenable and had left it poorly defended with a mine primed and ready to destroy the position.
By error the mine was prematurely detonated, killing the machine gun crew (Whose gun had in any case jammed) and the engineers.
The Warwickshires were not, however, the only troops aiming for the Quadrilateral and the 1st Bn Rifle Brigade (11th Brigade) on their right also had some success in gaining and holding the position with them.
The initial waves from 11th Brigade had been met by a storm of fire from machine gun positions up on the Redan Ridge behind the German front lines. These had been putting down a constant barrage of fire even at the height of the British bombardment and were to continue throughout the day, reaping havoc in the lines of assaulting troops.
The second wave from 4th Division advanced as scheduled ten minutes after the first.
The 1/6th Bn Royal Warwickshires soon found itself in difficulties, as the German counter bombardment was by now ploughing up no-mans land. Those units that had managed to advance into the German trenches, now found that they were not only cut off from reinforcements to help push forwards but also hindered from going back.
On their right, the 1st Somerset Light Infantry suffered terribly but remnants managed to keep going for about another 400 metres past the Quadrilateral. There they were joined by parties from the two Royal Warwickshire battalions.
The Quadrilateral remained held by the British for the rest of the day by men from, for the most part, the 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers and the 2nd Bn Seaforth Highlanders. These two units had formed part of a four and a half battalion strong, third advance by 4th Division.
A partial breakthrough had thus been achieved but in a situation similar to that of the 36th (Ulster) Division on the Schwaben Redoubt they were now cut off on both sides. Many of their dead were to result from German defenders who managed to infiltrate into the trenches behind the attackers from the flanks.
Brigadier General Prowse commanding 11th Brigade (an ex SLI man himself) was mortally wounded in the morning as he left his HQ to find out what was going on in the the Quadrilateral.
The following morning it was decided that the only gain that had been made - the Quadrilateral - could not be held in the face of a determined counter attack and the troops were withdrawn.
The offensive was over, indeed to all intents and purposes it had been over by noon on the 1st.
For his part, General Haig's initial view was that VIII Corps hadn't really put their backs into the fight, having made no gains at all.
For that no gain at all 31st Division had suffered 3 600 casualties - 1 349 of whom had been killed. Their neighbours in 4th Division (along with the two Battalions of Royal Warwickshires) a further 5 752 casualties - including 1 883 killed.
www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_serre_4.htm
(1st Battalion Rifle Brigade were part of 4th Division)
Edward Albert Churchyard**********************************
No match on Norlink
No match on CWGC
No match on Military Genealogy
There is no obvious match for this individual on the Genes Reunited transcription of the 1901 and 1911 censuses for England and Wales, nor can I find a birth registered of anyone with this combination of first names in the Norfolk area of a likely age to have served in the Great War.
The 1901 census does have an 8 year old Bertie, born Norwich, who was recorded at 107 Goldwell Road, but again I can find no birth registration details.
There is the death of an Edward A L Churchyard, aged 33, recorded in the Wandsworth district of London in the January to March 1917 quarter. I did a quick search, but there appears to have been only one German air raid on England in this quarter, with one raid in the last week of March targeting London, but the aircraft turned back without dropping their bombs due to bad weather. There were no Zeppelin raids.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin
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Alfred Codling*************************************************
Name: CODLING, ALFRED
Rank: Private
Regiment: Norfolk Regiment
Unit Text: "B" Coy. 8th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 21/10/1916
Service No: 43452
Additional information: Son of Alfred and Emma A. Codling, of 374, Unthank Rd., Norwich.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 23. Cemetery: REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
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Private Alfred Codling of the 6th Norfolks, attached to the 8th Norfolks, can be seen on Norlink here
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The accompanying notes read
Private Codling was born at Ashby Street, Norwich, 25th April 1891. He enlisted 6th October 1914 and was killed in action, 21st October 1916
The 1901 Census has the 9 year old Alfred living at the Woolpack Public House, 11 Golden Ball Street, Norwich. He lives at this address with his parents, Alfred, (a 36 year old Carpenter from Norwich), and Emma, (a 37 year old proprietor of a Grocer Shop) as well as brother Walter, (aged 8). The Codlings have one servant, however as neither parent are listed as a publican, I’m not sure if the Codlings were actually the licensees at this time or just living in part of the building..
From the Chronology of the battle of the Somme
October 21st: 45'-28' fine but very cold day. The British advance on a line between the Schwaben Redoubt and le Sars and take many prisoners.
Saturday 21st October 1916.
Thiepval
Zero Hour was set for 12.06pm but the Germans set the ball rolling at 5am with an attack on Schwaben Redoubt, still occupied by 39th Div. 17th King’s Royal Rifle Cops and 14th Hampshires drove the Germans back with grenades.
18th Div attacked with two battalions of 53 Bde- 10th Essex and 8th Norfolks advancing in line with the Canadians on their right flank. The Norfolks were caught up in a bombing fight near the Grandcourt-Courcelette road which they won with the aid of the Lancashire Fusiliers of 25th Div.
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21st October 1916
Appendix 3 to the Battalion War Diary for October 1916 is a Short History of the Regina Trench Operations 21st, 22nd and 23rd October
1. Orders from Brigade.
On the 20th October 1916 the Battalion was ordered to attack REGINA TRENCH on the following day.
The object of the Battalion’s attack, which was in conjunction with the 10th Essex Regiment, 53rd Infantry Brigade on the right, and 11th Lancashire Fusiliers, 74th Infantry Brigade on the left, ws to take and occupy the REGINA TRENCH from a point 150 yards S.W of the WEST MIRAUMONT ROAD to its junction with left trench and to establish strong points at:-
a) Junction of REGINA and COURCELETTE TRENCHES
b) Junction of REGINA TRENCH and TWENTY THREE ROAD
c) Junction of REGINA and LEFT TRENCHES
3. Disposition of the Battalion.
a) “C” COMPANY.
The right attacking Company with objective from a point in REGINA TRENCH 150 yards S.W of the WEST MIRAUMONT ROAD to the junction of REGINA and KENORA TRENCHES (exclusive) and to include the strong point to be made there.
b) “B” COMPANY
The left attacking Company with objective from junction of REGINA and KENORA TRENCHES (exclusive), to the junction of REGINA and LEFT TRENCHES (inclusive)
c) “D” COMPANY
The support Company. To proceed to REGINA and help consolidate and to return, immediately REGINA has been deepened, to HESSIAN TRENCH via KENORA TRENCH, leaving one platoon in KENORA to open it up.
d) “A” COMPANY.
To act as Reserve Company.
4.FORMING UP OF THE BATTALION
“C” and “B” - HESSIAN TRENCH - 2 waves each
“C” and “B” - VANCOUVER - 1 wave each
“D” - SUDBURY TRENCH
“A” - ZOLLERN - to move up to VANCOUVER at zero hour.
1 gun 53rd Machine Gun Company, and 1 Stokes Mortar, 53rd Trench Mortar Battery, were allotted to both “B” and “C” Company.
Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company - R.29.c.9.9
5. STRENGTH OF BATTALION
Strength of Battalion on proceeding into action:-
18 Officers…540 Men.
6. FIRST DAY….Zero to 2 p.m.
Punctually at Zero Hour (12.6pm), “C”, “B” and “D” Companies left our trenches and REGINA was entered at 12.121/2pm. Germans holding it adopted different attitudes. So far as can be gathered, those opposite “C” surrendered easily: those opposite “B”, especially in a gap about 100 yards left of “B” Company and the right of 11th Lancashire Fusiliers showed fight and put up a good resistance, but were finally either killed or taken prisoners. We lost four officers in taking the trench:-
2nd Lieut. J W Case……………..Killed
2nd Lieut H V Marsh…………….Wounded. (Since Died of Wounds)
Captain C Shelton……………….Wounded.(This Officer has been with the Battn. Since September1914)
2nd Lieut S Darrington………….Wounded
About 90 other ranks were casualties.
One machine gun was knocked out on the way over.
Information was slow in coming back.(Due to the fact that a German Barrage opened on ZOLLERN, delaying the runners). The first intimation of things mentioned above was at 1.53pm, (1 hour.47 minutes after zero), when Captain F J MORGAN D.S.O Commanding “B” Company stated that the objective had been achieved and that he was in touch with 11th Lancashire Fusiliers, 74th Infantry Brigade on his left and the 10th Essex Regiment on his right.
Second Phase - 2pm to 6 pm, 21st October
A considerable amount of consolidation was necessary and “D” company remained in REGINA. Owing to the casualties and the amount of work to be done,
The situation was, therefore, as follows at 6pm.
“B” “D” “C” Companies. REGINA TRENCH from a point 150 yards S W of the WEST MIRAUMONT ROAD to just east of the junction of REGINA and LEFT TRENCHES. “B” Company in contact with the Battalion on the left, “C” Company with the Battalion on the right.
3 machine guns, 53rd Machine Gun Company. (One had been put out of action) and 6 Lewis guns in the front line.
The approximate strength of Companies at this moment was:-
“B” - 50 OR’s………..”D” - 60 OR’s…………….”C” - 50 OR;s
Third Phase - 6 pm 21st October to 6 am 22nd October.
The night was comparatively quiet, patrols sent out reported that the Germans did not appear to be closer than GRANDCOURT TRENCH. Two hostile patrols which approached were wiped out, every man being killed.
Alfred is also commemorated on the Eaton, Norwich, Roll of Honour.
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Walter Codling*************************************************
Name: CODLING, WALTER STEPHEN
Rank: Private
Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Unit Text: 54th (1st/1st East Anglian) Casualty Clearing Station
Age: 23
Date of Death: 13/08/1915
Service No: 95
Additional information: Son of Walter and Ellen Codling, of 67, Bishopgate St., Norwich.
Memorial Reference: Panel 199 and 200 or 236 to 239 and 328. Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
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Walter Codling, (Walter Stephen), 3rd Line Depot, 1st East Anglian Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps can be seen on Norlink here
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The accompanying notes read
Private Codling was employed with Jarrolds. He became a member of a local detachment of the British Red Cross Society. He was lost on the "Royal Edward", which was torpedoed in the Aegean Sea, 13th August 1915
Confusingly - Alfred Codling referred to above also had a brother Walter who survived the War. His medals came up for auction and the accompanying notes read
1914-15 Star (GS-57585 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-57585 Pte., R. Fus.)
<Walter Codling was born in the Parish of South Heigham, Norfolk, in 1893. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for the Royal Fusiliers at Norwich on 4 June 1915. He served in the 20th, 29th and 5th Battalions in the U.K. Entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 24 December 1915, he was posted to the 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers on 9 January 1916. The battalion formed part of the 19th Infantry Brigade, 33rd Division. On 20 July 1916 he was wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wound to the left leg. He was admitted to hospital at Rouen and was later invalided to England. Discharged for duty on 31 May 1917, he was posted to the 25th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and landed at Lindi, German East Africa, on 19 September 1917. Codling was wounded in action during the battle of Nyangao, 18 October 1917, suffering gunshot wounds to the face and left thigh. Admitted to a casualty clearing station, he contracted malaria on 25 October and was moved to the 2nd South African General Hospital in Dar-es-Salaam on 27 October. From there he was invalided to South Africa and the General Hospital at Wynberg, 19 November 1917, and thence to England, December 1917, being admitted to Mile End Military Hospital. Recovering somewhat, he was posted to the 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers on 28 April 1918. Private Codling was demobilised and transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 11 March 1919.
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The Hundred of Yaranyacka was proclaimed 20 June 1872. The school opened in 1881 and became ‘Lipson’ in 1909.
Thomas Lipson entered the Royal Navy and in 1836 came to South Australia as Naval Officer for the colony and soon after was appointed Collector of Customs and Harbour Master at Port Adelaide.
His name is remembered in the name of Lipson, north of Tumby Bay: surveyed in 1872 and offered for sale on 17 April 1873. [Ref: Manning’s Place Names of South Australia]
YARANYACKA, Saturday July 2
A meeting of subscribers was held at the Lipson Hotel on Saturday, July 2, for the purpose of appointing Trustees and arranging for the calling for tenders for the erection of an Institute Hall in the Lipson township, near to the Church of England. The subscriptions so far collected amount to £53 10s. The block of land will be obtained from the Government. The building is to be 40 ft long, 20 ft wide in the clear, and 12 ft from floor to ceiling. The trustees appointed by the meeting were Messrs E D Swaffer, C Dutton, and J Barrand. [Ref: Adelaide Observer 16-7-1898]
YARANYACKA, Monday November 10
The opening of the new Institute Hall at Lipson took place today. The weather was all that could be desired, and the attendance was large, many having come from Port Lincoln to take part. Mrs Swaffer performed the opening ceremony.
A cricket match took place on the Lipson Oval between the Lipson Club and the Port Lincoln club, the latter winning by.
A repast was provided by Mesdames Dutton and O'Connor in the new hall. Afternoon tea was provided by several ladies of Lipson and Tumby, and upwards of 200 sat down. In the evening a concert was held. Mr E D Swaffer occupied the chair.
The hall was crowded, many having to stand.
The hall having been cleared by the committee, dancing was kept up till early morning. Refreshments were provided by the Tumby ladies. The takings were about £20. [Ref: South Australian Register 18-11-1898]
In connection with the opening of the Lipson Institute some of the ladies of Yaranyacka and Tumby provided a tea in the new building, and nearly 200 people were present. In the evening, a concert took place, and it was associated with the formal opening of the new building by Mrs Swaffer.
The piano was lent for the occasion by Miss Barrand.
The building was crowded, and a dance followed. The erection of this building is the result of a laudable effort on the part of some of the young ladies of the district, notably Miss McLeod and Miss Jessie Potter.
A cricket match was played in connection with the opening of the Lipson Institute, between the Port Lincoln and Lipson cricket clubs. The scores were — Port Lincoln 84, and Lipson 71. Messrs. S. Valentine and J. Giffen made 22 runs each for the winning team, while Messrs. A. Wishart and E. Swaffer made 22 and 17 respectively for Lipson team. Mrs. Dutton generously provided lunch for both teams. [Ref: Chronicle 26-11-1898]
LIPSON SHOW October 14 – NEW HALL
The Annual Show of the Great Flinders Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held yesterday. About 1,000 persons passed through the gates.
The Institute Hall was sufficiently near to completion to be used for the exhibits and concert.
It is a fine roomy building and a great improvement on the old one.
Tumby Bay Brass Band provided music.
In the evening a successful concert was held in the new hall, which had been temporarily fitted with gas for the occasion. [Ref: Advertiser 18-10-1910]
On Wednesday evening the Premier (Hon J Verran) joined the SS ‘Governor Musgrave’, with the president of the Marine Board on board, and after a somewhat rough passage across the gulf arrived at Tumby Bay early on Thursday morning.
LIPSON INSTITUTE
The party were afterwards driven to Lipson, a distance of about seven miles, where the Premier opened the new institute. It is a splendid, up-to-date structure, and is an excellent tribute to the goaheadness of the people of the district.
Mr E J Barrand introduced the Premier to the people, and after Mr Verran, in a happy speech, had declared the new hall open, Messrs Potter and Wishart moved and extended a hearty vote of thanks to the Premier, who had put up with a lot of inconvenience—including sea-sickness—to be with them.
The Premier and the president of the Marine Board rejoined the ‘Governor Musgrave’, and came back to Wallaroo on Thursday night, and returned by train Friday morning. [Ref: Daily Herald 18-2-1911]
OPENED BY THE PREMIER
Lipson, February 17
For many months preparations have been made for the opening of the new Institute Hall. The Premier (Hon John Verran) was invited to perform the ceremony, and on Thursday morning M. Verran, with two Misses Verran, the President of the Marine Board (Mr Searcy), Captain Weir, and the Premier's secretary arrived by the ‘Governor Musgrave’ at Tumby Bay. They were met by the chairman and members of the district council and were conveyed to Lipson.
There was a large attendance in spite of the harvest. Mr E J Barrand introduced the Premier and welcomed him to the district. The Premier, in a few well-chosen remarks, declared the hall open. He urged the young people of the township to make their new institute stand for morality and higher intellectual pursuits.
The Tumby Brass Band rendered excellent selections.
For years the necessity for a larger hall has been keenly felt, especially at show time. The new hall is the largest on Eyre Peninsula, and no efforts have been spared to make it up-to-date. The decorative Wunderlich ceiling calls for special mention. The hall is lit throughout by acetylene gas, and has every convenience for companies. The total cost was about £500. Of this £100 was raised last year, and the committee are to hold an annual fair till the hall is clear of debt. The second floral fair was opened by the Premier, and was the most successful yet held on this peninsula. The day's takings amounted to £115. [Ref: Advertiser 21-2-1911]
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On the front of the post office is a banner promoting the Fourth Liberty Loan;
In 1940 the Australian Government introduced war loans, which raised money directly from the Australian public to help fund Australia’s war effort. The Government encouraged people to invest in war bonds or certificates that cost 16 shillings and were expected to mature to £1 (20 shillings, so a 25 per cent gain) by the end of the War. The Government also launched a National Savings Campaign to promote the idea that people could invest their savings in war bonds.
The Fourth Liberty Loan was launched in October 1943 and attracted 567,533 subscribers, easily meeting the target of £125,000. The Fourth Liberty Loan offered interest of 3.5 per cent. Twelve major government war loans were offered to the public, known variously as 'liberty’, 'austerity’ and 'victory’ loans. The 'victory’ and 'liberty’ loans were intended to suggest that Australians were investing in victory in the War and in ensuring the continued freedom of the country (which became particularly pertinent with the threat of a Japanese invasion in 1942), while 'austerity’ referred to measures taken by the Government to divert resources to the war effort.
During the War, Australians were able to buy national saving stamps for 5 shillings each, collected in a special booklet that could be redeemed for a bond or certificate. The stamps were sold through banks, post offices and even by movie theatres and retailers. The Government set up War Loans and War Savings Certificates Committees to coordinate the promotion of the scheme and the issuing of bonds and certificates.
By 1942 the sale of war savings certificates was a major source of revenue for the Government. In the 1941-42 financial year the Government spent £319 million on the War, of which £108 million came from taxes (including income tax, which the Commonwealth Government collected under wartime defence powers), £126 million from loans and War Savings certificates, £78 million from Treasury Bills and £6 million from other government funds. In total, Australia spent about £2.1 billion on the War, equal to 30 per cent of the national income over the period.
Launched in 1942, the war loans campaign encouraged people to work longer hours, consume less, recycle and invest any spare cash in war loans. Prime minister John Curtin said that 'The only justification for possessing [spare cash] is that it should be saved and lent to the nation for the nation’s need’ (john.curtin.edu.au). War loans also reduced inflation by absorbing money that might be spent on scarce consumer goods.
Australians were urged to buy war loans through extensive promotional campaigns that included posters, leaflets and cinema, radio, newspaper and magazine advertisements. The print media ran articles encouraging Australians to adopt austerity measures and to invest in war loans and war loan drives held throughout the country. The drives included military parades, displays, demonstrations of equipment, and tours with their aircraft by crew who had served their country with distinction. Towns received a pennant when they reached an allotted quota in the drives.
Advertisements for war loans appealed to people’s patriotism by asking civilians to do their bit at home or, in Curtin’s words, 'there can be no distinction between soldiers and civilians. Everyone has a battle station’ (john.curtin.edu.au). While war loans helped finance the War, they also had an effect on morale on the home front. When he launched the Fourth Liberty Loan, Curtin said the slogan 'back the attack’ referred to the fact that the Allied forces were on the offensive.
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History of Brisbane
Brisbane's recorded history dates from 1799, when Matthew Flinders explored Moreton Bay on an expedition from Port Jackson, although the region had long been occupied by the Yugara and Turrbal aboriginal groups. First Nations Australians lived in coastal South East Queensland (SEQ) for at least 22,000 years, with an estimated population between 6,000 and 10,000 individuals before European settlers arrived in the 1820s.
At this time the Brisbane area was inhabited by the Turrbal people, (Turrbal also being the name of the language they spoke) who knew the area that is now the central business district as Mian-jin, meaning "place shaped as a spike". Archaeological evidence suggests frequent habitation around the Brisbane River, and notably at the site now known as Musgrave Park.
The first convict jail was built in Redcliffe in 1824 and that was moved to the site of the present-day CBD in 1825. Officials believed the natural bend in the river provided an effective barrier against escape.
Read more about the Moreton Bay convict settlement in this article: blogs.archives.qld.gov.au/2021/10/05/moreton-bay-convict-...
Its suitability for fishing, farming, timbering, and other occupations, however, caused it to be opened to free settlement in 1838. Civilian occupation of the area began in 1842, and by the late 1880s Brisbane became the main site for commerce, and the capital-to-be began to develop distinct architectural features and culture.
With an abundance of sunshine and laid-back lifestyle, Brisbane quickly drew people eager to settle in its environs. The city grew steadily over the years and a turning point in its advancement was during World War II when it housed the main allied headquarters in the South Pacific for Australian and American service personnel.
The post-war population boom brought a spurt in industry and Brisbane staked a claim as the third-largest city in Australia.
Despite its rapid progress, Brisbane was often seen as lagging culturally behind Sydney and Melbourne. But two landmark events in the 1980s brought about a major change and accelerated Brisbane towards Australia’s new world city it is today.
The Commonwealth Games came to Brisbane in 1982, and this resulted in a massive injection of new infrastructure and sporting facilities. Then the eyes of the world turned to Brisbane in 1988 and thousands of visitors flocked to Expo 88. The subsequent birth of South Bank on the Expo site has resulted in a thriving cultural hub and Brisbane is more than matching it with its southern counterparts.
FIRST NATIONS HISTORY
Prior to European colonisation, the Brisbane region was occupied by Aboriginal tribes, notably clans of the Yugara, Turrbal and Quandamooka peoples. The oldest archaeological site in the Brisbane region comes from Wallen Wallen Creek on North Stradbroke Island (21,430±400 years before present), however, settlement would likely occurred well prior to this date.
The land, the river and its tributaries were the source and support of life in all its dimensions. The river's abundant supply of food included fish, shellfish, crab, and prawns. Good fishing places became campsites and the focus of group activities. The district was defined by open woodlands with rainforest in some pockets or bends of the Brisbane River.
A resource-rich area and a natural avenue for seasonal movement, Brisbane was a way station for groups travelling to ceremonies and spectacles. The region had several large (200–600 person) seasonal camps, the biggest and most important located along waterways north and south of the current city heart: Barambin or 'York's Hollow' camp (today's Victoria Park) and Woolloon-cappem (Woolloongabba/South Brisbane), also known as Kurilpa. These camping grounds continued to function well into historic times, and were the basis of European settlement in parts of Brisbane.
TOWN PLAN
Buildings were constructed for the convict settlement, generally at right angles to the river's shoreline in the direction of Queen Street, and along the shoreline south-east of today's Victoria Bridge. The outstanding surviving building is the Commissariat Store (1828-29), originally two storeys, in William Street. The street layout, however, developed from a thoroughfare from the river's edge running north-east to the prisoners' barrack near the corner of today's Queen and Albert Streets. When a town survey was done in 1840 that thoroughfare was chosen as the main street – Queen Street – and the grid pattern of square blocks moved out from the Queen Street axis. There were several versions of the town survey. The proposed streets varied in width from 20 to 28 metres but Governor Gipps, anticipating an inauspicious future for the settlement, trimmed them back to the lesser figure. Streets running parallel to Queen Street were named after British and related royalty, among them Queen Mary II, Queen Charlotte (wife of George III) and Queen Adelaide (wife of William IV). William, George, Albert and Edward Streets, running at right angles, had similar royal antecedents. Creek Street's position approximated the course of a minor stream, Wheat Creek.
The town survey occurred about three years after a select committee of the British Parliament had concluded that transportation had ceased to deter crime and, in any event, was tainted with inhumanity. By 1839 Moreton Bay was being transformed from a convict settlement to a free settlement, and in July 1842 the first sales of Brisbane land took place in Sydney. Nearly 60 allotments, each of 36 perches, in North and South Brisbane were offered. Twelve months later blocks in Kangaroo Point were sold. Little care was taken to reserve land or space along the river's edge for public purposes, but the government farm at the south-east end was kept and in time became the botanic gardens.
OUTER SETTLEMENTS
The scatter of urban land sales detracted from North Brisbane's role as a central place in Moreton Bay. Wharves were set up on both sides of the river, and there was an Ipswich-Cleveland 'axis' backed by rural interests which wanted the administrative centre and a port at those places. Probably it was the building of a customs house in 1849 on the river in North Brisbane which had a decisive effect: wharf interests moved, to be closer to the customs house, which in turn influenced the location of warehouses and merchandising. South Brisbane remained at a disadvantage until a permanent Victoria Bridge (1874) replaced ferry crossings.
Four years after the first land sales North and South Brisbane's populations were 614 and 346 respectively. The town was nothing much to look at: convict buildings were dilapidated, new structures had been roughly built and mainly it was the steady inflow of new inhabitants which held the best prospects for improvement. A Catholic school had been opened in 1845 and the Moreton Bay Courier weekly newspaper began publication in 1846, but it was not until the end of the decade that noticeable civic amenities emerged. Coinciding with the arrival of the Fortitude immigrants in 1849 (who were settled outside the town boundary, north of Boundary Street), an Anglican school was opened and a Wesleyan church built in Albert Street. A school of arts was established, moving into its own hall in Creek Street in 1851. Regular postal deliveries were introduced in Brisbane in 1852.
During the 1850s most Churches constructed substantial buildings: St Stephens Catholic in Elizabeth Street (1850), St Johns Anglican, William Street, Presbyterian, Ann Street (1857) and Baptist, Wharf Street (1859). There were three ferry services, to South Brisbane, Kangaroo Point and the 'middle' service from Edward Street, also to Kangaroo Point. The Brisbane Municipal Council was proclaimed, just before colonial self-government, in 1859.
There had been land sales well beyond the town boundaries, but in the early 1860s allotments were cut up for working-class cottages in Spring Hill, Petrie Terrace and Fortitude Valley. In 1861 a census recorded over 8000 people in Brisbane and another 5000 in adjoining areas. An Ipswich to Brisbane telegraph began operation and the unused convict windmill (1828) up in Wickham Terrace was converted to a signal station with a time ball.
TOWN IMPROVEMENTS
Municipal improvements were brought in with improved town lighting from the Brisbane gas works (1864) in Petrie Bight, north of the customs house, and the widely felt need for recreation space was officially recognised by a survey of Yorks Hollow (where the Fortitude migrants had been sent) for Victoria Park. Progress there was slow, with the council using the site for sewage disposal until 1886. Fires rid parts of Queen Street of time-worn commercial buildings in 1864, clearing the way for better structures built under the supervision of fire-protection bylaws. The council also found the need to divide its area into four wards, expanding it into six in 1865 (East, West, North, South, Valley and Kangaroo Point). The council also expanded to a new town hall in Queen Street (1866), by when a short-lived bridge to South Brisbane (1865-67) was in operation. The water supply ponds were hopelessly inadequate, and in 1866 a supply from Breakfast Creek, Enoggera, was turned on.
Gympie gold (1867) brought prosperity to the colony, but the rural-dominated legislature spent the money outside Brisbane, a prime example being the Darling Downs railway to Ipswich (1867) with the intent of having a port on the Bremer River. Legislative shenanigans could not stop the growth of the capital city's population (15,000 in 1871, 23,000 in 1881) nor that of the adjoining suburbs. Brisbane's 1881 population of 23,000 included South Brisbane. Ten years later, after South Brisbane had been made a separate municipality in 1887, their combined populations were 49,000. By 1891 Brisbane and suburbs had a population of over 100,000.
With population and export income from gold there came pressure for public buildings appropriate to the town's growing prosperity. The first of them was the general post office in Queen Street (1872), followed by the government printing office (1874) near the Commissariat Store in William Street. A torrent came in the 1880s, with the Queensland National Bank at the corner of Queen and Creek Streets, the Margaret Street Synagogue, Finney Isles Big Block emporium in Adelaide Street, and in 1889 the new Customs House, the Treasury Building in William Street and the Ann Street Presbyterian church. The legislature aspired to grandeur quite early, in 1868, with its Parliament House near the botanic gardens.
TRAINS AND TRAMS
The Ipswich railway line was joined to Brisbane by a bridge across the river at Chelmer and Indooroopilly in 1876. Ten years later a line to the South Coast was under construction, but the lines were at first organised with rural freight rather than suburban passengers in mind. Suburban transport services started with a horse tram out to New Farm (1885-86), and across the Victoria Bridge to West End. Electric powered trams began in 1887. Central Brisbane was crossed by a Queen Street tram, connected to termini at Newstead, West End and Logan Road at Buranda. The main shopping centre was around Queen, George and Adelaide Streets, competing with Brunswick and Wickham Streets in Fortitude Valley. The south side had shopping at Five Ways, Woolloongabba, and at South Brisbane, although the latter declined after the 1893 floods.
Northside tram lines from Red Hill, Kelvin Grove, Clayfield and Hamilton were opened during 1897-1902, coming into the city via Edward Street in most cases. By 1890 there were also suburban railway lines, to Sandgate via Nundah (1882), to Enoggera and to Cleveland (1889). Brisbane Central station (1889) brought northside travellers right into Brisbane, as before then the Sandgate line had ended at Roma Street via a cost saving line through Victoria Park. The line to Brisbane Central station also passed through busy Fortitude Valley.
With the addition of a tram line to Lutwyche and Kedron in 1913 the pressure of traffic led to the construction of a line along Adelaide Street (1915), which in turn required the Council to widen Adelaide Street by four metres between George and Creek Streets in 1922-23.
HOUSE SIZES
Since 1885 minimum house allotments had been set at 16 perches (10m x 40m). Residents could therefore look forward to more airy, spacious houses outside the city and its adjoining suburbs such as Spring Hill and Petrie Terrace. The better-off population invariably sought out the higher ridges on elevated sites overlooking the river, making Hamilton (with a tram in 1899) one of the most sought after suburbs. It was the new upper-working and middle-class suburbs, however, that showed the change most clearly.
CENTRAL CITY SHOPPING
Central Brisbane had grand department stores, Finney Isles, and Allan and Stark, but not as many as Fortitude Valley. A third one came later in George Street, near the Roma Street railway station: McDonnell and East built a low-rise emporium there in 1912. Commercial and government buildings, usually of a modest height, sometimes had a massive footprint. An exception to the prevailing height practice was the Queensland (later Commonwealth) Bank administration building of eight storeys at the corner of George and Elizabeth Streets (1920) clad with sandstone and granite. The CML building, next to the GPO, went to the legal limit of 11 storeys in 1931 and was exceeded in height only by the Brisbane City Hall tower (1930).
The changing commercial centre was thought to need a distinctive civic space and an Anzac Square was proposed in 1915. It was completed in 1930, coinciding with the City Hall and the construction of a second bridge out of the city, across the river to South Brisbane. Named after William Jolly, first Lord Mayor of the amalgamated Brisbane Metropolitan Council (1925), the bridge was opened in 1932. A third bridge was opened in 1940 from the other (eastern) end of the city across to Kangaroo Point. Neither bridge had trams, but each integrated with the metropolitan council's planned arterial road system.
The opening of the Story Bridge was followed by 20 years of building quietude in central Brisbane. The war and postwar recovery explains part of the inactivity, but central Brisbane made do with its prewar building stock during the 1950s. Suburban expansion was the focus of activity, exemplified by Allan and Stark building a drive-in shopping centre at Chermside in 1957. Another change was the removal of the wholesale food market from Roma Street to Rocklea in 1962.
After recovery from the 1961 credit squeeze, commercial pressure and interstate example succeeded in raising the building height limit. The Pearl Assurance building (1966) at Queen Street was 15 storeys and the Manufacturers Mutual Insurance building (1967), also in Queen Street, was 22 storeys. The SGIO building (1970) in Turbot Street was an even more significant structure.
A lack of building activity in central Brisbane in the 1950s did not detract from its role as a retailing destination. Central city shopping boomed while there were low postwar car ownership and strong radial public transport services. The 1953 retail census for metropolitan Brisbane showed that the city and inner suburbs (Fortitude Valley, Bowen Hills, South Brisbane etc) had 74% of total retail sales.
OFFICES AND SHOPS
Set against the decline in retailing was the growth in high-rise office and commercial buildings. By the late 1980s central Brisbane had about 1.75 million sq metres of office space, ten times the amount of retail floor space. Its share of metropolitan office space was over 70%, and fringe areas such as Spring Hill, Fortitude Valley, Milton and Woolloongabba had another 25%. The change in Brisbane's skyline was evident from across the river, an example being the view from Kangaroo Point to the Riverside Centre office building (1987) at Eagle Street. The eastern commercial end of Ann, Adelaide and Queen Streets began to resemble the closed in narrow streets of Sydney's office precinct.
In contrast to office high rise, the Queen Street retailing centre has kept many of its old buildings. The facades are partly concealed by pedestrian mall shade sails and other structures, but the shops and arcades generate plenty of activity. The most significant addition was the Myer Centre (1988) with eight cinemas and 200 other stores, bounded by Queen, Albert and Elizabeth Streets. It replaced Allan and Stark (Queen Street, opposite side) and McWhirters, Fortitude Valley, which had both been taken over by Myer several years before. When opened, the Myer Centre's retail floor area was nearly 108,000 sq m, 26% more than the largest competing regional drive-in centre, at Upper Mount Gravatt.
PARKS AND RESIDENTS
By the 1960s the growth of metropolitan population and motor traffic was putting central Brisbane's streets under strain. All three river bridges fed into the central business district, although the Centenary Bridge (1960) at Jindalee gave temporary relief. Closer in, relief came in 1969 with the widening of the Story Bridge approaches, and the opening of the fourth Victoria Bridge, often known as the Melbourne Street Bridge. The Riverside Expressway was completed in 1976, a close-in ring road along the western edge of central Brisbane, from Victoria Bridge to the new Captain Cook Bridge, and leading to the south-eastern suburbs. The Expressway decisively altered the appearance of Central Brisbane. The tram crossing had ceased to function when trams were replaced by buses, but a railway crossing came very belatedly with the Merivale Bridge, linking South Brisbane and Roma Street stations in 1978. Prior to that the lines from Beenleigh and Cleveland and the trunk standard gauge from Sydney terminated at the South Brisbane station.
Roma Street had been the site of the wholesale food market, and for decades the land had remained under-used. The central city had incrementally added open spaces to its fabric – King George Square enlarged in 1975 and the Post Office Square opened in 1984 – and in 2001-03 the largest addition, the 16 ha Roma Street Parkland was completed.
Along with Albert Park and Wickham Park, the Parkland gives inner city residents generous open space. The residential population of central Brisbane, however, changed little between 1981 and 2001. The inner city (approximately between Ann and Elizabeth Streets) had just 45 dwellings in 1981 and 689 in 2001. The resident populations for the respective years were 1174 and 976, a decrease. Apartments had replaced boarding houses and rooms. The rest of central Brisbane (including Petrie Terrace) also saw an increase in dwellings (758 to 1282) and a decrease in population (3511 to 1797). Single person apartments had increased, multi-person dwellings had decreased and some of each were not lived in full time, often being held for prospective capital gain. The boom in apartment building from 2001 has added thousands of apartments, many rented by overseas students.
The distinctive features of twenty-first century Brisbane are its increasing resemblance to other capital city office precincts, with forecourts, sub-tropical decorative plants and outdoor cafes. Queen Street's signature silver bullet trams last ran in 1969, but the street's unusual width (Andrew Petrie apparently persuaded Governor Gipps on this point) has provided for a signature shopping mall with generous outdoor seating and dining areas. Out of the central retail area elegant sandstone government and commercial buildings have survived, surely an iconic architectural form. Some buildings have removed their clerks and accountants, substituting hotel patrons, tourists and casino visitors. The historic customs house was purchased by The University of Queensland from the federal government, and includes meeting, dining and gallery space. The City Hall (1930), once the tallest building, has been dwarfed by surrounding skyscrapers, so its clock tower no longer affords a commanding view over Central Brisbane. In 2008 the Brisbane City Council agreed to underpin City Hall which was in danger of gradual sinking on inadequate foundations.
The gothic-style St Johns Anglican Cathedral, commenced in 1901-06, was finally completed in 2009. Bounded by Ann and Adelaide streets, the cathedral roof and other buildings sustained extensive damage in a storm in 2014.
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Gay Mens Chorus of Washington DC, Holiday Concert "Baby, It's Gay Outside" at the Lincoln Theatre
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The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) is one of the area’s most highly respected arts and community service organizations. Its mission is to “entertain through excellent musical performance, to affirm the place of Gay people in society, and to educate about the Gay experience.”
It has more than 225 singing members, nearly 100 support volunteers, more than 400 subscribers, nearly 500 donors, and an annual audience of nearly 10,000. The Washington Post has called GMCW “one of the world’s best male choruses.” (March 2001)
GMCW was established in 1981 after the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ historic national tour and performance at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Following that concert, a handful of committed citizens decided it was important that Washington also have a chorus that would use music and entertainment to create a positive and affirming experience for members and audiences, while educating the community about the Gay experience and advocating for equal rights for all people, regardless of sexual orientation.
Now in its 28th season (2008/2009), GMCW is at the forefront of the gay and lesbian choral movement. It sets a standard of excellence in the arts and community service as it achieves artistic excellence while simultaneously touching lives and changing hearts – both on stage and in the community. The Chorus has performed at a variety of venues throughout the Washington area including the Kennedy Center, the National Theatre, the Warner Theatre, Constitution Hall, the Lincoln Theatre, and Lisner Auditorium at the George Washington University. The Chorus also performed at President Clinton’s second inaugural in 1996, and in 1998, toured three Scandinavian capitals. While in Scandinavia, GMCW was received by Sweden’s Princess Christina to thank chorus members for singing in support of Noah’s Ark, a Swedish AIDS services organization.
During its 20th anniversary season, GMCW performed at Carnegie Hall and Boston Symphony Hall in joint concerts with the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus and the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus. In December 2002, GMCW was honored to perform as part of the 25th annual Kennedy Center Honors in tribute to Elizabeth Taylor. This performance was televised nationwide, bringing the Chorus into millions of homes across the nation.
GMCW also has a commitment to commissioning new works for men’s chorus. Recent examples include Changing Hearts by Alan Shorter for men’s chorus and chamber orchestra, and Oseh Shalom by Paul Leavitt for men’s chorus and brass quintet – both of which can be heard on our CD, Changing Hearts. GMCW has won a number of awards, including the prestigious Mayor’s Arts Award for artistic excellence in 1989, a Distinguished Service Award from the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance in 2003, and a Capital Pride Directors Award for Arts in 2005.
The Chorus can be heard on a variety of recordings, including: Singing Free, Pride and Joy (nominated for both a WAMMIE and a GLAMMA award – given by the national Gay and Lesbian Music Association), Let It Shine!, And in That Moment, I Dream of a Time (winner of a 2002 WAMMIE Award), You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught: The Songs of Sondheim and Hammerstein, with two-time Tony-Award nominee Laura Benanti, and Changing Hearts, our Silver Anniversary Album.
GMCW performs up to four subscription concerts annually: a holiday concert, a winter concert, a spring concert, and a summer concert. GMCW also appears at a number of community events, including programs for PFLAG, Whitman-Walker Clinic, and The Human Rights Campaign. In addition, GMCW sponsors two small ensembles: Potomac Fever, an a cappella close-harmony group; and Rock Creek Singers, a chamber music ensemble. These ensembles serve as representatives of GMCW at many community functions. GMCW also produces an annual Cabaret featuring 12-16 of the Chorus’ most talented members. Two recent cabarets – Love Songs and Other Fairy Tales, and Let Me Be the Music...The Songs of David Friedman – have been recorded.
HIGHLIGHTS OF GMCW'S FIRST 25 YEARS
Compiled by Greg D. Kubiak, with contributions by Roger Bergstrom, Jeremy Brumbelow, Bill Cutter, Rick Rosendall, Duward Sumner and printed, authored materials from the GMCW archives.
June 28, 1981
After the national tour performance of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus at the Kennedy Center ten days earlier, Marsha Pearson had distributed flyers announcing a meeting to organize a gay men’s chorus. The meeting occurred in the old Gay Community Center at 1469 Church Street in Northwest Washington with 18 men, and the GMCW was born. Jim Richardson became the new organization’s Interim Director with the first rehearsals being held at the center, and later at the First Congregational Church in downtown Washington.
September 23, 1981
At the invitation of DC Mayor Marion Barry, GMCW’s debut performance occurred at a reception at the District Building, to mark the opening of the National Gay Task Force’s Washington office (later the NGLTF). Also that month, GMCW established its management umbrella, incorporating the Federal City Performing Arts Association (FCPAA), as a non-profit educational organization whose goal was “to provide first-rate music in performance by and for Washington’s gay and lesbian community and the community-at-large.”
December 12, 1981
With nearly 90 members, the Chorus performed its first holiday concert, jointly with the DC Area Feminist Chorus and Different Drummers, at the First Congregational Church to a standing-room-only audience of close to 1,000.
March 17, 1982
GMCW’s debut concert – under direction of its first permanent music director, Nick Armstrong – was performed at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill. Selections were also performed by GMCW’s two smaller ensembles — the Sine Nomine Singers, a 16-member chamber group and A Few Good Men, a 20-member song-and-dance troupe.
September 9, 1983
The COAST (Come Out And Sing Together) Festival not only marked the first “road trip” for the Chorus outside the Washington-Baltimore area, but also provided the experience of performing in a real concert venue – the Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center. It was also the first national gay choral festival – bringing eleven groups together from around the country – established by the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) Choruses.
October 8, 1984
When GMCW was to perform at the National Theatre for its “Monday Night at the National” for a mostly straight audience, their introduction brought palpable hostility. However, concluding their concert with the gospel-style “Walk Him Up the Stairs,” the Chorus received a standing ovation, and one of their proudest moments.
December 13, 1985
GMCW presented an evening performance of its holiday concert, donating the proceeds of $5,700 to the Whitman-Walker Clinic in its fight against AIDS. (The GMCW Holiday Concert was inaugurated in 1984.)
June 21, 1986
The Chorus celebrated its 5th anniversary by returning to the place of its inspiration – the Concert Hall of the Kennedy Center. DC First Lady Effi Barry read a Mayoral proclamation declaring “Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington Day” and introduced the Chorus.
July 2, 1988
GMCW sang at the funeral of Leonard Matlovich, a decorated Vietnam veteran who was discharged from the Air Force in 1975 for declaring his homosexuality. Chorus members walked behind his coffin prior to his burial with full military honors in Congressional Cemetery where his tombstone reads: “When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.”
October 15, 1989
The Chorus was allowed to participate in the AIDS Healing Service at the Washington National Cathedral under its own name after a significant struggle for recognition. GMCW was asked to participate in the 1988 service, only to have the invitation “rescinded because the Episcopal hierarchy deemed us too ‘political’,” according to one member. (While they did participate, it was not under the GMCW name.) Chorus leadership pursued the issue in 1989 and the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church yielded.
June 19, 1993
A front page feature story in The Washington Post’s Style Section read:
This is the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, in which the men are nicknamed Wanda or Olivia and the budget is $250,000 a year, in which the repertoire ranges from Bach to doo-wop to high-tech contemporary oratorio and at whose concerts you’re as likely to see men howling with delight at some beribboned demimondaine with a five o’clock shadow as weeping with silent but violent grief at a stoic neo-gospel elegy … The Chorus has come a long way in 12 years… In 1981 this was the sort of seat-of-the-pants outfit in which the treasurer could, and did, confuse his own personal funds with the Chorus’ and well, spend them. Now it’s got a 13-member board of directors and a $60,000 stock portfolio and 145 dues-paying members.
January 19, 1997
The chorus performed an 11-number set at the Smithsonian Institution’s American History Museum on the eve of the 53rd Presidential Inaugural – the first time a gay choral group was invited to participate in such a national event.
June 28, 1997
On its 16th anniversary of formation, the Chorus was joined by the Indianapolis Men’s Chorus at the Lisner Auditorium to perform the DC premiere of “NakedMan,” to which a review noted, “GMCW always produces a slick, highly professional staging.”
May 28, 1998
GMCW launched it first overseas tour to Scandinavia, visiting Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen. The concert in Oslo was held in the hall at the University of Oslo where Martin Luther King, Jr. received his Nobel Peace Prize. In Stockholm, GMCW was received by Sweden’s Princess Christina and thanked for their singing to support a Swedish AIDS service organization. And in Copenhagen, they became the first gay chorus to sing in the Tivoli Gardens concert hall.
April 2, 2001
The Chorus performed at Carnegie Hall as part of their 20th anniversary season joint concerts with the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus and the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus.
June 16, 2001
The 20th Anniversary Gala Concert was held at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall with special guest, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.
December 8, 2002
GMCW participated in taping the 25th Annual Kennedy Center Honors – the first nationally televised performance by the Chorus – to be telecast on December 26 on CBS. GMCW was invited to perform in tribute to one of the honorees, Elizabeth Taylor. The audience included the President, Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries, Congressmen and leaders in government, business and the entertainment industry.
June 4, 2005
The Pride Concert not only included a reprise “NakedMan” – with special guests, the Ft. Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus – but also presentation of the “Capital Pride Director’s Award for Outstanding Leadership and Commitment to the GLBT Community in Washington.”
June 25, 2006
Culminating its 25th anniversary season, the chorus closed with “Singing Free!” with special guest Barbara Cook at the Kennedy Center. The single performance concert weekend included an alumni reception celebration the night before, and special chorus and guest party after the concert.
Sherborne School Archives, Sherborne School, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset, UK, DT9 3AP oldshirburnian.org.uk/school-archives/
Title page of George Medd Butt's 'Sherborne Castle, A Descriptive Poem, in Two Cantos, with other pieces of verse'. The volume was printed by Cruttwell of Sherborne, Dorset (where G.M. Butt was bound as an apprentice), and published by subscription in October 1815 by Penny and Hodges.
The volume of poems was published when George Medd Butt was 18 years old, and also included the following poems: ‘Henry and Anna, A Ballad’, ‘To a Gentleman, on his presenting the author with the poems of Cowper’, ‘Sorrow, Pity, and the Muse’, ‘Lines occasioned by H.R.H. the Princess Charlotte’s visit to Earl Digby, at Sherborne Castle, November 9, 1814’, ‘The Tear of the Brave’, ‘Strephon and Love’, ‘Lines on the Conclusion of Peace with America, December, 1814’, ‘Waterloo’, ‘The Celestial Decree’.
The volume includes a list of subscriber and raised £100.
Five copies of the volume are known to exist: two are held at Sherborne Castle (both covered with grey boards), one copy is held at Sherborne School Library, one at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University and one at the British Library.
GEORGE MEDD BUTT QC (1797-1860) was born on 18 January 1797 at Sherborne, Dorset son of John Butt [a cordwainer?] and Frances. He was christened at Sherborne Abbey on 25 February 1797. In 1797, John Butt owned and occupied premises in Hound Street.
Siblings: Thomas Butt; Sarah Butt; Susannah Butt (1794-); Frances Elizabeth Butt (1803-1875, married name Storey); Jane Butt (1807-), married name John Jeanes, New Bond Street, London).
George Medd Butt attended the writing school at Sherborne, Dorset. He was bound as an apprentice at the printing office of Cruttwell’s Journal in Sherborne.
George Medd Butt went on to became editor to one of the minor London papers which supported his establishment in the legal profession
In 1830, he was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple, and went on the Western Circuit, where he soon rose into reputation, and acquired an extensive practice.
George Medd Butt was married by licence at Sherborne Abbey on 7 September 1830 to Frances Jane Ffooks. The marriage was conducted by the Rev. Thomas Woodforde. Frances Jane Ffooks (1808-1887) was the daughter of Thomas Ffooks (1775-1845) and Frances Sophia (née Woodforde) (1777-1842) of Greenhill House, Sherborne. Thomas Ffooks was a solicitor, Clerk of the Peace, Governor & Warden of Sherborne School, Steward of the Sherborne Hundred, and placed notices on certain bridges in Dorset: ‘ANY PERSON WILFULLY INJURING ANY PART OF THIS COUNTY BRIDGE WILL BE GUILTY OF FELONY AND UPON CONVICTION LIBABLE TO BE TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE BY THE COURT. T. FOOKS’ (Grey’s Bridge, Dorchester & Sturminster Newton Bridge)
In 1843, during the Chancellorship of Lord Lyndhurst, George Medd Butt was made a Queen’s Counsel (QC), and shortly afterwards was elected a bencher of the Inner Temple. He was also Conservative MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (returned 10 July 1852).
George Medd Butt made his last will and testament on 9 December 1858. He was then living at 17 Eaton Square, Middlesex. By his will, George left to his wife the dwelling house, stable, coach house and premises at 17 Eaton Square for life. After her death the same to my godson, Alan George Howell. Gives to his wife all my household furniture, plate, linen goods, chattels and effects belonging to the dwelling house, stable, coach house and premises. Leaves to his wife £100 immediately after my decease free of legacy duty. To my brother Thomas Butt, my trustee, £500. To my sister Susan Butt £400. To my sister Frances Elizabeth Storey, widow, £500. To my sister Jane, the wife of John Jeanes of New Bond Street, £400, for her sole and separate use free from the control of her husband. To Susan Salter, my wife’s maid, in case she shall be living with my wife at the time of my decease, £50 free and clear of legacy duty. Appoint my wife and my brother Thomas Butt executrix and executor. Residue of my estate and effects to Thomas Butt upon trust to pay the interest and annual proceeds to my wife for her life and after her death or remarrying, to be paid in equal share to: Thomas Butt, Susan Butt, Frances Elizabeth Storey and Jane Jeanes for life. One moiety of the residue to Alan George Howell and his sister Gertrude Lucy Howell. Witnessed by Charles Lempriere of the Inner Temple, Barrister, and William Henry Smith, 3 Tanfield Court Temple.
By a codicil made to his will on 31 May 1860, George Medd Butt, gave the additional legacies: to my brother Thomas Butt £200; to my sister Susan Butt £200; t my sister Frances Storey £200. Witnessed by F.J. Butt, 17 Eaton Square, George Morris, 17 Eaton Square.
George Medd Butt died on 11 November 1860 at 17 Eaton Square, London. Probate granted to his widow, Frances Jane Butt, and his brother, Thomas Butt of 46 Bedford Row, gent.
Frances Jane Butt installed a window, designed by Clayton & Bell, in the south aisle of the nave of Sherborne Abbey, in memory of her husband George Medd Butt.
Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, 15 November 1860:
'Death of Mr G.M. Butt, Q.C. We regret to announce the death of Mr George Medd Butt, Q.C. formerly M.P. for Weymouth, which event occurred at his residence in Eaton Square on Sunday last. The deceased gentleman was the son of Mr John Butt, of Sherborne, and in early life practised for some years with great success as a special pleader. In 1830, being then 33 years of age, he was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple, and went to the Western Circuit, where he soon rose in reputation, and acquired an extensive practice. In 1843, during the Chancellorship of Lord Lyndhurst, Mr Butt was made a Queen’s Counsel, and shortly afterwards was elected a bencher of the Inner Temple. At the general election in July, 1847, Mr Butt offered his services to the electors of Weymouth, but was defeated, losing his election, however, by only three votes. In July, 1852, he again stood for Weymouth, and this time with more success, as he was at the head of the poll, the other candidates being Colonel W. Freestun and Mr Oswald. Mr Butt during the time he was member for Weymouth was rarely absent from his Parliamentary duties, and was a frequent speaker, although he never addressed the House at any great length. He protested adherence to the Conservative party, but was opposed to the re-imposition of a duty on foreign corn. He was in favour of Mr Spooner’s annual motion for an inquiry respecting Maynooth, and was so far a Reformer that he desired the removal of all serious blots and anomalies in the representative system. It was confidently expected that Mr Butt would have been raised to the judicial bench during Lord Derby’s tenure of office, but his chance never came. In private life and in the profession of which he was a member, Mr Butt was held in high esteem.'
Dorset County Chronicle:
'George Butt (for so he was called at Sherborne) was the self-taught architect of his own fortune. He was born in that town, of poor but respectable parents, who gave him the education they could afford at a long established writing school, over-shadowed by the venerable old Abbey Church. Being naturally studious and plodding, he spent his evenings at home in eargerly reading whatever books he could procure. His mother was anxious that he should be early bound as an apprentice at the printing office of Cruttwell’s Journal. Here he began his literary career when about 13 years of age, and in his leisure hours at the office devoted himself to studies of all kinds. He had a taste for poetry, and this he fostered by copying into a common-place book every scrap of verse that passed through his hands in setting up the types. After this training he aspired to be himself an author and wrote a creditable poem, entitled “Sherborne Castle,” which was published by subscription, and patronised by the whole town and neighbourhood. The amount realised was £100, a great sum for George in those days, and which he richly deserved, from his unwearied assiduity. To make the best interest of his fortune, one of his patrons, Peter Batson, prevailed on a Quaker of unbounded reputation for honesty to take, as a great favour, the lad’s riches at five per cent., on his own security; but Obadiah soon after failed in business, and cheated George, and many other hard-working youths, of the fruits of their industry. The event was not without its moral, and its ultimate advantage – Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. George acted upon this advice, and struggled manfully against his misfortune, and years after, when he had been admitted as a barrister at the Temple, Peter Batson, the father of the Dorsetshire attorneys, gave him his first brief. The stepping-stone to the long robe was the press, for, on leaving Sherborne, he became editor to one of the minor London papers, by which he raised funds for his support until he was established in the legal profession. This was at length accomplished by close application to business, and taking pupils for instruction at his chambers, in Tanfield Court; and then he ventured on the Western Circuit, with what result we need not here detail, as his position in society, and his title Q.C., are the best proofs of his success. When in his zenith, Mr Butt offered himself as a candidate on the Conservative interest, to represent Weymouth, and sat for that borough during two consecutive Parliaments, but failed in again obtaining the hnour, after the dissolution in 1857. Mr Butt, in 1835 [sic], was married to Frances, eldest daughter of Thomas Ffooks, esq., many years Clerk of the Peace for the county of Dorset, but leaves no issue to inherit his fortune and his good name.'
E.C. Ffooks, 'The Family of Ffooks of Sherborne' (Privately printed in 1958): footnote on page 30: 'Frances Butt (née Ffooks) gave to Sherborne Abbey in her husband’s memory a stained glass window in the South Aisle embodying the History of St. Joseph of Arimathea.'
John Hutchins, 'History of Dorset' (3rd ed. Vol.IV), p.241:
'The south aisle, called St Mary’s Aisle, has three Perpendicular windows, of which two are filled with diapered quarries, and the central one with stained glass by Clayton and Bell, embodying the History of St. Joseph of Arimathea. It is intended as a memorial to the late George Medd Butt, esq., formerly MP for Weymouth and a native of Sherborne. The window was presented by his widow.'
List of subscribers to 'Sherborne Castle, A Descriptive Poem, in Two Cantos, with other pieces of Verse' (1815):
Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte of Wales.
The Right Hon. Earl Digby.
The Lord Bishop of Salisbury.
Miss Armitage, Sherborne.
Mr Allford, Henstridge, Somerset.
Mr James Allford, Axbridge, Somerset.
Sir Richard Borough, Bart, Baseldon Park, Berks.
Hon. Lady Borough, Baseldon Park, Berks. (2 copies)
E.R. Borough, Esq., Baseldon Park, Berks.
Mrs Burland, Leweston House, Dorset.
Rev. W.L. Bowles, Bremhill, Wilts. (2 copies)
Mr Batson, Sherborne.
Edmund Batten, Esq., Yeovil, Somerset.
H. Biging, Esq., Bourton, Dorset.
Mr J.K. Biging, Penzelwood, Somerset.
Mr T. Bartlett, junior, Wareham, Dorset.
Mr T. Brown, junior, Salisbury.
Mr William Brown, Tooley Street, Southwark.
Mr J. Burfit, Bourton, Dorset.
Mr T. Blake, Sherborne.
Mr C. Brooks, Sherborne.
Mrs J. Bishop, senior, Sherborne.
Mr John Bishop, junior, Sherborne.
Mr Bridle, Milborne Wick, Somerset.
Mrs Bradshaw, Cumberland Street, London.
Rev. J. Cutler, MA, Sherborne. [John Cutler (1756-1833), Headmaster of Sherborne School 1790-1823]
Rev. Dr. Colston, Lydford Rectory, Somerset.
Rev. B. Cooper, Yetminster, Dorset.
B.F. Coleman, Esq., Holwell, Somerset.
Mrs Cruttwell, Sherborne.
Miss Cruttwell, Sherborne.
Mr J. Cruttwell, Sherborne. (2 copies)
Rev. R. Cruttwell, Sherborne.
Mr Cooper, Sherborne.
Mrs Cooke, Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr Chaffey, Sherborne.
Mrs Cox, Sherborne.
Mrs T. Cox, Sherborne.
Mr Charles Cox, Sherborne.
Mr S. Cox, Bourton, Dorset.
Mr P. Crocker, Stourton, Wilts.
Mr T. Charlton, senior, Stourton, Wilts.
Mr G. Clark, Dorchester.
Mr William Carter, Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr Clayton, Whitchurch.
Mr J.M. Cape, Sherborne.
Mr C. Cape, London.
Miss S. Cape, Freemantle Park, Southampton.
Mr James Crofts, Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr John Corbin, Sherborne.
Mr Joseph Coombs, Henstridge, Somerset.
Captain Digby, Royal Navy, Holnest Lodge, Dorset.
Rev. Charles Digby, Bishop’s Caundle, Dorset.
Rev. William Douglas, Canon of Salisbury and Prebendary of Westminster.
James Dale, Esq., Glanville’s Wootton, Dorset.
G.S. Dawe, Esq., Ditcheat, Somerset.
Miss Dalton, Lattiford House, Somerset.
Mrs A. Deering, Sherborne.
Mr S. Dibsdall, Bristol.
Mr Dando, Bristol,
Mr James Drew, Bath.
John Edye, Esq., Pinney House, Somerset.
Mr J.B. Evans, Hindon, Wiltshire.
Rev. Mr. Frome, Folke, Dorset.
Mrs Frome, Folke, Dorset.
Rev. G. Frome, Folke, Dorset.
Mr T. Fooks, Sherborne. [Thomas Ffooks of Greenhill House, Sherborne (1775-1845). In 1830, G.M. Butt married his daughter, Frances Jane Ffooks]
Mr Fellows, Sherborne.
Mr Fleetwood, Sherborne.
Rev. J. Fawcett, Holland’s Cottage, Yeovil.
Rev. J. Fullager, Isle of Wight.
Mr R. Fitchett, Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr H. Feaver, Milborne Port, Somerset.
Mr Grantham Farrow, Reading.
Mr James Farrow, Reading.
Miss Farrow, Reading.
R. Gordon, Esq., MP, Leweston House, Dorset.
Robert Goodden, Esq., Compton House, Dorset.
Wyndham Goodden, Bath.
Mr Gray, Sherborne.
Miss Gray, Sherborne.
Mr S. Gould, Sherborne.
Mr H. Gifford, Sherborne.
Mr Gutch, Wincanton, Somerset.
Mrs G. Hawker, Sherborne.
Rev. J. Hawarden, Stourton, Wilts.
Mr N. Highmore, Sherborne.
Mr John Hellyar, junior, Sherborne.
Mr William Hodges, Sherborne.
Mr T. Hilliar, Sherborne.
Miss Hill, Compton, Dorset.
Miss E. Henning, Milborne Port, Somerset.
Miss Hyde, Castle Cary, Somerset.
Mr J. Hawkins, Sherborne. (2 copies)
Mr Hebert, Bishopsgate Street, London.
Mr Hardyman, Bristol.
Mr James, Sherborne.
Mrs W. Jeffery, Sherborne.
Miss Jeffery, junior, Sherborne.
Mr J. Jeanes, Bourton, Dorset.
Mr Kidgell, Pangborn, Berks.
Mr L. King, Sherborne.
Mr James Knight, Castle Cary, Somerset.
Rev. Mr Lynam, Silton Rectory, Dorset.
[] Lydiatt, Esq., Sherborne.
Mr James Langdon, Sherborne.
Mr John Longman, junior, Sherborne.
Mr R.S. Langdon, Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr Josiah Lowe, Goldsmith Street, Wood Street, Cheapside, London.
J. Melliar, Esq., Sherborne.
Rev. Thomas Maurice, MA, British Museum. (2 copies)
Miss Mitchell, Sherborne.
Mr J.P. Melmoth, Sherborne.
Mrs Messam, Baseldon, Berks.
Mr G. Mayo, Compton, Dorset.
Mr D. Maggs, Bourton, Dorset.
Mr Morris, Titchfield, Hants.
Mr H. Melhuish, Wincanton, Somerset.
G.M.B. Napier, Esq., Pennard House, Somerset.
Mrs Noake, Sherborne.
Mr H. Newman, Babcary, Somerset.
W.M. Pitt, Esq., MP, Kingston House, Dorset.
Rev. J. Parsons, Sherborne.
Dr Pew, Sherborne. (2 copies)
S. Pretor, Esq., Sherborne. (2 copies)
Rev. Mr Putt, Trent Rectory, Somerset.
Rev. E. Poulter, Close, Winchester. (2 copies)
Miss Poulter, Close, Winchester.
Rev. C.H. Pulsford, Charlton Adam, Somerset.
R. Pattison, Esq., Dorchester.
J. Parry, Esq., Chester.
Rev. D. Phelps, Snodling Parsonage, Kent.
Rev. J. Page, Baseldon, Berks.
W. Price, Esq., Lincoln’s Inn, London.
Mr E. Penny, Sherborne. (2 copies)
Mr C. Penny, London.
Mr Prebble, Pangborn, Berks.
Sir Nelson Rycroft, Bart., Fir Grove, Farnham, Surrey.
Lady Rycroft, Fir Grove, Farnham, Surrey.
Miss Rycroft, Fir Grove, Farnham, Surrey.
Henry Rycroft, Esq., Fir Grove, Farnham, Surrey.
J. Rogers, Esq., Yarlington Lodge, Somerset.
Mrs Rogers, Yarlington Lodge, Somerset.
Miss Rogers, Yarlington Lodge, Somerset.
Mrs F. Rogers, Yarlington.
J.F. Reeve, Esq., Glastonbury, Somerset.
Miss Jane Ridout, Sherborne.
Mr J. Randall, Wincanton, Somerset.
Mrs C. Ridout, Bath.
Mrs J. Ridout, Bath.
[] Schuyler, Esq., Wooland House, Dorset.
Mr C. Score, Sherborne.
Mr G. Score, Sturminister Newton, Dorset.
Mr Stone, Sherborne.
Mrs Serle, Sherborne.
Miss Spratt, Sherborne.
Miss Scott, Sherborne.
Mr William Simmonds, Sherborne.
Mr Sampson, Farnham, Surrey.
Mr Smith, Whitchurch.
Mr Shortney, London.
W. Toogood, Esq., Sherborne.
Rev. C. Toogood, Sherborne. (2 copies)
Rev. Dr. Toogood, Writhlington, Somerset.
Mr Turner, Sherborne.
Mr J.M. Thorne, Sherborne.
Rev. B. Treleaven, Dorchester. (2 copies)
Mr Thompson, Compton, Dorset.
Mr Jonah Thompson, Compton, Dorset.
Mrs Thompson, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London. (2 copies)
Mr W. Trim, Yetminster, Dorset.
Mr T. Titcombe, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
Mr W. Towers, Sherborne.
Mr Trulock, Leweston House, Dorset.
Mr John Trowbridge, Sherborne.
Mr E.H. Turner, Sherborne.
Mr William Usher, London.
Rev. Mr Wyndham, Corton Rectory, Somerset.
Mrs Wickham, Horsington Rectory, Somerset.
Miss M.H. Williams, Marston, Somerset.
Rev. D. Williams, Sherborne.
Rev. Mr. Woodforde, Ansford, Somerset.
W. Whitaker, Esq., Motcombe, Dorset.
Rev. G.M. Webster, B.D., Bourton, Dorset.
Mrs W. Wickham, Bullington, Hants.
Mr Wickham, Frome, Somerset.
Mr Winter, Sherborne. (2 copies)
Mr G. Warry, Sherborne.
Mr Woodforde, Sherborne.
Rev. J. Weston, Sherborne.
Mr T. Whitty, Sherborne.
Mr J. S. Ward, Bruton, Somerset.
Mr John Woolcott, junior, Salisbury.
Mr Wyatt, Sherborne Castle.
Mr S. Whiffen, Sherborne.
Mr Israel Watts, Sherborne.
Master W. Wells, Yeovil, Somerset.
Rev. H.F. Yeatman, Stock House, Dorset.
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