Z41/LB9/5/7

Phorpres News, ‘The Organ of The London Brick Company Limited Welfare & Sports Association’. Volume 7.

7 May 1943– 28 Apr 1944

From: 1943 To: 1944

Bound copies of Nos. 1 – 52. Includes reports on sports and social events, notes on those killed, missing in action or prisoners of war, health & safety advice and advertisements from local tradespeople. Also includes the following: No.2 Death of Charles John Gore of Stewartby 14 May 1943 No.3 Death of Edmund Horton Knott of Stewartby. Death of Private J A Howlett. Corporal Stanley Burbage a prisoner of War in Italy 21 May 1943 No.4 Obituary for Mr E H Knott 28 May 1943 No.5 Information on Prisoner of War Jack Nichols 4 June 1943 No.6 Information on Prisoner of War Gunner G.G. major 11 June 1943 No.7 Obituary for Mr E.W. Long of Aspley Guise. Death of Mr H Shotbolt of Maulden. Death of Mr F.T. Lowe of Wootton.18 June 1943 No 8 Poem by Mr L.L. Willis.Death of Pte. Eric C. Clarke in North Africa.25 June 1943 No.9 Obituary for Bernard Ingall 2 July 1943. No 10 Letter from Lieut. A. Bowen-Gotham in Bizerta. 9 July 1943. No 11 Obituary for Mr Richard Berry of Old Fletton. News of Prisoner of War F.G. Reynolds. 16 July 1943. No 12 Funeral of Mr Richard Berry. News of Prisoners of War George Potkins and Arthur Sharman. Death of Miss Lilian Mallett, office cleaner. 23 July 1943 No.13 News of Prisoner of War Pte. George W. Thompson.30 July 1943. No 14 Letter from Lieut. A. Bowen-Gotham in Malta.6 August 1943 No 15 missing. No 16 Report of Ministry of Information talk by Mr Hans Hirsch on the Trade Union Movement. Obituary for Mrs Allen.20 August 1943. No 17 Death of Mr Harry Jones, Old Fletton. 27 August 1943. No 18 Death of Gunner A. Mitchell of Flitwick in North Africa. Death of Mr J. Grant. Death of Geoffrey William Sanders. 3 September 1943. No 20 Death in action of Gunner Fred Aris of East Claydon. News of Pte. Jack McBean wounded in action in North Africa.17 September 1943 No 23 Letter from Driver S. Baldock in the Middle East. Letter from Gunner Stanley R. Coles in British North Africa. 8 October 1943. No 24 Letter from Driver S. Baldock in Sicily. Letter from Sgm. George Garner in East Africa.15 October 1943 No 25 Funeral of Mrs Annie Hawkins of Stewartby. Death of Mr Albert Walker of Baxley. 22 October 1943. No.27 Death of Harry T. Burritt, killed in action in Italy. News of L/Sgt F.A. Bradley wounded in Italy.5 November 1943. No 28 Article by Cpl. Samuel W. Bridges (Prisoner of War since 1939), repatriated from Germany.12 November 1943. No 33 Obituary for Mr Ernest Brierly.17 December 1943. No 36 News of Prisoner of War Pte. A.E. Braines. 7 January 1944. No 38 Letter from S/Condor. K. Mayes from India. Letter from Cpl. R.L. Beale from France. 21 January 1944 No 39 Photos of brothers Lance-Corp. Eric Taylor and Chief Petty Officer Bernard Taylor of Bedford. 28 January 1944. No 41 Article about Fred Chapman and his 50 years in the Brick Industry. Death of George William Faulkner of Yaxley. 11 February 1944. No 42 Photo of Fred Chapman of Stewartby. 18 February 1944. No 43 Photo of Gunners Frederick Robinson and Arthur Worrall reunited in India. Article on life in a German prison ship by Mr Gerald Riley. Death of Prisoner of War Pte. Stanley Burbage in Germany. Obituary for Mr Les H. Smith of Biggleswade.25 February 1944. No 44 Article by Mr Gerald Riley on a Merchant Navy man’s experiences in Vichy France and Spain. 3 March 1944 No 46 Death of Mrs George, wife of Mr King George. Death of Piper W. McDougall, killed in action in Italy.17 March 1944. No 47 Photo of Sgt. Frank Woodward missing in Germany. 24 March 1944. No 48 Photos of Pte. W. A. Yeomans, Sgt.E.A. Ayres, and Pte. M. Bayes. Death of Ken Perry (Bill), killed in action. 31 March 1944. No49 Photo of Trooper Charles Wright, killed in action in Italy.7 April 1944. No 52 Photos of Mr George Allum and Mr Phillip Pearson (50 years in Fletton brickyards).28 April1944.

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London Brick Company,
Gore, Charles John,
Knott, Edmund Horton,
Howlett, J A,
Burbage, Stanley,
Nichols, Jack,
Major, G G,
Long, E W,
Shotbolt, H,
Lowe, F T,
Willis, L L,
Clarke, Eric C,
Ingall, Bernard,
Bowen Gotham, A,
Berry, Richard,
Reynolds, F G,
Potkins, George,
Sharman, Arthur,
Mallett, Lilian,
Thompson, George W,
Hirsch, Hans,
Allen,
Jones, Harry,
Mitchell, A,
Grant, J,
Sanders, Geoffrey William,
Aris, Fred,
McBean, Jack,
Baldock, S,
Coles, Stanley R,
Garner, George,
Hawkins, Annie,
Walker, Albert,
Burritt, Harry T,
Bradley, F A,
Bridges, Samuel W,
Brierly, Ernest,
Braines, A E,
Mayes, K,
Beale, R L,
Taylor, Eric,
Taylor, Bernard,
Chapman, Fred,
Faulkner, George William,
Robinson, Frederick,
Worrall, Arthur,
Riley, Gerald,
Burbage, Stanley,
Smith, Les H,
George, King,
McDougall, W,
Woodward, Frank,
Yeomans, W A,
Ayres, E A,
Bayes, M,
Perry, Ken,
Wright, Charles,
Allum, George,
Pearson, Phillip

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