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 … Continue reading Death Anniversary of A(lfred) Christopher Reeves (19-ii-1939 03-xii-2012)
We remember John Fuller who passed away aged 76 on Wednesday, December 8th 2004. His death was recorded in the district of Lancaster. At the end of his life he … Continue reading Death Anniversary of John Fuller (12-v-1928 08-xii-2004)
William Winter, British Open Chess Champion, 1934. The verso frontispiece of Chess for Match Players, William Winter, London, Lawrence & Wishart, 1st edition. 1936 Author's inscription from Chess for Match … Continue reading Death Anniversary of William Winter (11-ix-1898 18-xii-1955)
Death Anniversary of Frank Parr (17-xii-1918 28-xii-2003)
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)
BCN remembers Roland Scott who passed away in Monte Carlo on Saturday, January 10th, 1953. Roland Henry Vaughan Scott was born in either Barnes or Holloway depending which Census record … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Roland Scott (25-iii-1888 10-i-1953)
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)
BCN remembers John Cochrane who passed away on March 3rd 1878. From The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper & Whyld : Scottish player, barrister, called to the bar in … Continue reading Death Anniversary of John Cochrane (04-ii-1798 02-iii-1878)
Robert Forbes Combe (16 August 1912 – 12 February 1952) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Forbes_Combe