Signature of Brian Reilly from an after dinner post card from Hastings 1945-46 We remember Brian Patrick Reilly who passed away on December 29th, 1991. Brian Reilly probably sometime in … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Brian Reilly (12-xii-1901 29-xii-1991)
Signature of H Golombek from a Brian Reilly "after dinner" postcard from Southsea 1951. We remember Harry Golombek OBE who passed away on Saturday, January 7th, 1995. Harry Golombek was … Continue reading Death Anniversary of GM Harry Golombek OBE (01-iii-1911 07-i-1995)
Signature of Elaine Saunders from a Brian Reilly "after dinner" postcard from Hastings Christmas Congress, 1945-1946 We remember Elaine Pritchard who passed away on Saturday, January 7th, 2012. Dorée Elaine … Continue reading Death Anniversary of WIM Elaine Pritchard (née Saunders) (07-i-1926 07-i-2012)
We remember William Ritson Morry who passed away on Saturday, January 8th, 1994. (A point of detail : It is incorrect, but many do, to write WRM hyphenated. His first … Continue reading Death Anniversary of William Ritson Morry (05-ix-1910 08-i-1994)
We remember Samuel Boden, who passed away on this day, Friday, January 13th in 1882 at 3 Tavistock Street, Bedford Square, Middlesex. Death notice for Samuel Standidge Boden from The … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Samuel Boden (04-v-1826 13-i-1882)
We remember James Mason who passed away on this day, January 15th, 1909. James Mason (19-XI-849, 15-I-1909) Here is his Wikipedia entry From The Oxford Companion to Chess by David … Continue reading Death Anniversary of James Mason (19-xi-1849 15-i-1909)
We remember John Wisker who passed away on this day, 18th January, 1884. According to Wikipedia : John Wisker (30 May 1846 in Kingston upon Hull, England – 18 January … Continue reading Death Anniversary of John Wisker (30-v-1846 18-i-1884)
We remember Ian Duncan Wells who very sadly passed away on this day (January 25th) in 1982 aged seventeen years. From Chessgames.com : Ian Duncan Wells was born in Scarborough, … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Ian Wells (22-vi-1964 25-i-1982)
We remember Henry Atkins who passed away, Monday, January 31st, 1955. Henry Ernest Atkins was born in Leicester on Tuesday, August 20th, 1872 to Edward (a schoolteacher) and Jane Atkins … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Henry Atkins (20-viii-1872 31-i-1955)
We remember Edith Baird (née Winter-Wood) Edith Elina Helen Winter-Wood was born, probably in 1859*, to Thomas Winter-Wood, a writer and poet, and Eliza Ann (née Sole) Winter-Wood in Boulogne, … Continue reading Death Anniversary for Edith Baird (née Winter-Wood) (??-??-1859 01-ii-1924)