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24 May 1915: Harold Strachan Price

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Harold Strachan Price was born in Godalming, Surrey in 1881, the son of Edward Price, owner of the major forestry and paper company  in Canada) and Henrietta.  1891 age 9 Harold lived with his parents, family and domestic staff at 1 Craven Hill, Hyde Park. As well as his 5 siblings and parents there was a nurse, a cook, housemaid, a nursery mai...


22 October 1914 : Lt Henry Noel Atkinson DSO

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Henry Noel Atkinson was born at Audlem Vicarage, Cheshire on 25 December 1888, the son of the Reverend Arthur Atkinson, Canon of Chester Cathedral, and Ursula Mary Atkinson (née Cotton-Jodrell) and the grandson of the former Bishop of Calcutta.  He was one of the first and one of the youngest men to be awarded the DSO. Henry was educated priva...


12 May 1917 : Lieut. Philip Martin Blake Collcutt

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Philip Collcutt was born 12 January 1881, London, the youngest son of Thomas (President of the Royal Society of Architects) and Emily Collcutt. At the 1881 and 1891 Census, the Collcutt family lived at 36 Bloomsbury Square. In 1891, Philip, was the youngest of six children. As well as the parents, the household included a private Governess, an...


16 September 1918 : Capt. William Ernest Dawson

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William was born in Newport on 2 June 1894, the son of William Frederick Dawson (Timber Importer) and Margaret (née Simkin) of Llantarnam Hall (now Rougemont School) nr Newport. At the 1901 Census when William was 6 years old, he was at home with his parents, his 4 siblings, a niece and aunt, 2 visitors (timber merchants) and 4 servants. They w...


Gilbert the Filbert

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Captain Basil Hallam Radford, No 1 Army Kite Ballon Section, Royal Flying Corps was born on 3 April 1888 and lived on Cromwell Road, South Kensington. He was at the public school Charterhouse from 1903 to 1907. Basil Radford became an actor and went on stage as 'Basil Hallam'. He became a star of the Music Halls and was known in particular for h...