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February 2022
Death Anniversary for Edith Baird (née Winter-Wood) (22-ii-1859 01-ii-1924)
We remember Edith Baird (née Winter-Wood) Edith Elina Helen Winter-Wood was born on Tuesday, 22nd February, 1859 to Thomas Winter-Wood, a writer and poet, and Eliza Ann (Sole) Winter-Wood in Boulogne, France. Many secondary and tertiary sources incorrectly give the Winter-Woods family home of Hareston Manor (now a venue for weddings) near Brixton, Plymouth, Devon as her birthplace. Hareston Manor near Plymouth The family was resident in Boulogne in at least 1858 (as discussed below) and a UK birth certificate…
Find out more »Death Anniversary of John Cochrane (04-ii-1798 02-iii-1878)
Death Anniversary of John Cochrane, (04-ii-1798 02-iii-1878) Here is his Wikipedia entry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHk229rnvY8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQX8qsD6iS0
Find out more »Death Anniversary of Sir Jeremy Morse (10-xii-1928 04-ii-2016)
Death Anniversary of Sir Jeremy Morse, (10-xii-1928 04-ii-2016)
Find out more »Death Anniversary of Cecil De Vere (14-ii-1846 09-ii-1875)
Death Anniversary of Cecil Valentine De Vere (14-ii-1846 09-ii-1875) Cecil Valentine De Vere (14-ii-1846 09-ii-1875) Cecil Valentine De Vere (14-ii-1846 09-ii-1875) The English Morphy?: The Life and Games of Cecil De Vere, First British Chess Champion by Owen Hindle & Robert H. Jones
Find out more »Remembering Robert Combe (16-viii-1912 12-ii-1952)
Robert Forbes Combe (16 August 1912 – 12 February 1952) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Forbes_Combe
Find out more »Death Anniversary of Geoffrey Diggle (06-xii-1902 13-ii-1993)
Death Anniversary of Geoffrey Harber Diggle (06-xii-1902 13-ii-1993) Here is his Wikipedia entry
Find out more »Death Anniversary of IM Čeněk Kottnauer (24-ii-1910 14-ii-1996)
BCN remembers IM Čeněk Kottnauer (24-ii-1910 14-ii-1996) Čeněk Kottnauer was born in Prague on Thursday, February 24th, 1910. Čeněk was employed in the Ministry of Education in Prague. Whilst playing in the Lucerne International tournament (28-xii-1952 03-i-1953) he sought political asylum : From the Milwaukee Journal, January 3, 1953 we have "Czech Chess Star Asks for Asylum Lucerne, Switzerland - Cenek Kottnauer, 42, Czecho-Slovakian chess champion and an employee of the ministry of education in Prague, announced Saturday that he…
Find out more »Death Anniversary of Hugh Alexander CMG CBE (15-ii-1974)
We remember Hugh Alexander who passed away on Friday, 15-ii-1974. The death was registered in the Borough of Cheltenham. Currently his burial / cremation site is unknown. Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander was born on Monday, April 19th, 1909 in Cork, Munster, Republic of Ireland. Signature of CHO'D Alexander from August 1970 Hugh's parents were Conel William Long Alexander (1879-1920) and Hilda Barbara Alexander (née Bennett) (1881-1964) who married in Hook Church, Hampshire. His father was a Professor of Civil Engineering…
Find out more »Death Anniversary of Charles Tomlinson (15-ii-1897)
Death Anniversary of Charles Tomlinson (15-ii-1897)
Find out more »Death Anniversary of Cyril Kipping (10-x-1891 17-ii-1964)
BCN remembers Cyril Kipping who passed away in Walsall on February 17th 1964 at the age of 72. Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping was born on Saturday, October 10th, 1891 in 7 Milborne Grove, South Kensington, London, SW10 9SN. 7 Milborne Grove, South Kensington, London, SW10 9SN. His parents were Frederick Stanley Kipping (28) and Lillian Kipping (24, née Holland) : they married in 1888. Cyril was baptised on May 8th, 1892 in West Brompton, London. Frederick died on 30 April…
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