We remember WIM Rowena Bruce who died this day (September 24th) in 1999. Rowena Mary Dew was born on Thursday, May 15th, 1919 in Plymouth, Devon. Her father was Clement Warner Harvey Dew and her mother was Mary Jane Rowe. The Bruce and Dew families circa 1923. Rowena is at the front and on the … Continue reading Death Anniversary of WIM Rowena Bruce (15-v-1919 24-ix-1999)
Best wishes to IM Tom Rendle on his birthday. Thomas Edward Rendle was born on Monday, September 29th 1986. "Stuck with You" by Huey Lewis and the News was the UK's number one single. Tom was born in Hastings, East Sussex and his mother's maiden name is Jefferies. Tom resides in Hastings. Tom attended Bede's … Continue reading Birthday of IM Tom Rendle (29-ix-1986)
Birthday of FM Alexander Longson (01-x-1982)
BCN remembers GM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE who passed away on Tuesday, November 30th 2021. In the 1971 New Years Honours List Jonathan was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) The citation read "For services to Chess." From British Chess (Pergamon Press, 1983) by Botterill, Levy, Rice and Richardson : … Continue reading Death Anniversary of GM Dr. Jonathan Penrose OBE (07-x-1933 30-xi-2021)
Death Anniversary of Norman Martin Gibbins (15-x-1882 09-x-1956) See http://davidgibbins.com/journal/2013/5/28/war-in-another-dimension
BCN remembers Charles Fox (09-xi-1866 11-x-1935) Charles Masson Fox was born on Friday, November 9th 1866 in Falmouth, Cornwall. his father, Howard, was 29 and his mother, Olivia Blanche Orme, was 22. He had one brother and two sisters. His sister Olivia Lloyd was born on 5 February 1868 in Falmouth, Cornwall, when Charles Masson … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Charles Fox (09-xi-1866 11-x-1935)
We offer best wishes to IM Simon John Bradley Knott on his birthday Simon was born on Sunday, October 19th 1958 in Lambeth, London to Simon Harold John Arthur Knott and Josephine Whowell. Simon attended Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a FIDE Master in 1990 and an International Master in 2001. According to Felice and … Continue reading Birthday of IM Simon Knott (19-X-1958)
We remember Reginald Broadbent who passed away on October 29th 1988. Reginald Joseph Broadbent was born on Friday, August 3rd 1906 (the year of the San Francisco earthquake) in Durban, South Africa. His father was Joseph Edward Broadbent (born 1879) who married Alice Cook on January 4th, 1930 in Durban. According to the 1911 Isle … Continue reading Death Anniversary of Reginald Broadbent (03-viii-1906 29-x-1988)
We send birthday wishes "down under" to IM Gary Lane on his birthday. Teresa Needham and Gary Lane Gary William Lane was born this day (November 4th) in 1964 in Paignton, Devon. IM Gary Lane Gary lived in Brixham, Devon and attended Churston Ferrers Grammar School (also in Brixham) leaving in 1983. Gary became a … Continue reading Birthday of IM Gary Lane (04-xi-1964)
Birthday of FM Richard Geoffrey Eales (08-xi-1949)