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Name: Death Anniversary of Sir Jeremy Morse (10-xii-1928 04-ii-2016)
Start: 2021-02-04T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-02-04T23:59:59+00:00

December 2020
Death Anniversary of A(lfred) Christopher Reeves (19-ii-1939 03-xii-2012)

December 3, 2020

BCN remembers Dr. A(lfred) Christopher Reeves who passed away on Monday, December 3rd, 2012 in St. Agnes, Cornwall. His probate record (#4073868) is dated December 3rd, 2012 being recorded in the Bristol registry. Alfred Christopher Reeves was born in Wharfedale, Yorkshire on Sunday, February 19th, 1939. His mother's name was Tomlin. Alfred detested his first … Continue reading Death Anniversary of A(lfred) Christopher Reeves (19-ii-1939 03-xii-2012) →
Birthday of David Shire (13-xii-1947)

December 13, 2020

Happy Birthday to David Shire. David John Shire was born on Saturday, December 13th 1947. On the same day "Ballerina" by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra hit #1 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores record chart.
Birthday of Colin Sydenham (13-xii-1937)

December 13, 2020

Birthday of Colin Peter Sydenham (13-xii-1937)
Death Anniversary for Thomas Ricketts (03-vii-1896 15-xii-1979)

December 15, 2020

Death Anniversary for Thomas Charles Donald Ricketts (03-vii-1896 15-xii-1979) See Sunnucks
Death Anniversary of Thomas Dawson (28-xi-1889 16-xii-1951)

December 16, 2020

We remember Thomas Dawson who passed away on Sunday, December 16th, 1951. He was also known by the pseudonym T. Dyke Robinson (we are looking for a primary source for this) Thomas Rayner Dawson was born on Thursday, November 28th 1889 in Leeds, Yorkshire to Henry and Jane Dawson (née Rayner). The early history of … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Thomas Dawson (28-xi-1889 16-xii-1951) →
Death Anniversary for Harold Lommer (18-xi-1904 17-xii-1980)

December 17, 2020

We remember Harold Lommer who passed away on December 17th, 1980. Harold Maurice Lommer was born on Friday, November 18th 1904 in Islington, London to German parents. Curiously his birth entry was missing from the original record and has been inserted manually as an after-thought. Anyone know the reason for this? He left England aged … Continue reading Death Anniversary for Harold Lommer (18-xi-1904 17-xii-1980) →
Death Anniversary of Peter Copping (12-x-1922 18-xii-1989)

December 18, 2020

Death Anniversary of Peter Fairburn Copping (12-x-1922 18-xii-1989)
Death Anniversary of Charles (Mike) Bent (27-xi-1919 28-xii-2004)

December 28, 2020

BCN remembers Mike Bent who passed away on Tuesday, December 28th 2004. Charles Michael Bent was born on Thursday, 27th of November 1919 and in that year Charles was the fifth most popular boy's name. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In 1939 he was living at 5, Ashburton Road, Gosport with his mother Eileen … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Charles (Mike) Bent (27-xi-1919 28-xii-2004) →
February 2021
Death Anniversary for Edith Baird (née Winter-Wood) (??-??-1859 01-ii-1924)

February 1, 2021

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, France. (*Despite 22nd February 1859 appearing in Wikipedia we are unable to locate a primary source for this date. Contemporary secondary sources always just gave … Continue reading Death Anniversary for Edith Baird (née Winter-Wood) (??-??-1859 01-ii-1924) →
Death Anniversary of Sir Jeremy Morse (10-xii-1928 04-ii-2016)

February 4, 2021

Death Anniversary of Sir Jeremy Morse, (10-xii-1928 04-ii-2016)

December 2020

February 2021