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Phorpres News, ‘The Organ of The London Brick Company Limited Welfare & Sports Association’. Volume 8.

c.1936 - 1940

From: 1936 To: 1940

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.5 May 1944-27 Apr 1945 No1 Obituary for Vere Francis Anbrey Barton of Aylesbury 5 May 1944. No 2 Death of Mrs Lowe, wife of George Lowe of Kempston. Death in action in Italy of Lance /Cpl. Leslie W. Boon. 12 May 1944. No 5 Death of William M. Adams.2 June 1944. No 6 Funeral of William M. Adams at Old Fletton. 9 June 1944. No 7 Death of Harold John Hull, killed in action in Burma.16 June 1944 No 9 Death of Clifford Joseph Morgan at Cardiff.30 June 1944. No 11 Death on active service of Phillip James Wright of Stewartby. Death of Miss K.M.Smith of the A.T.S. (see photo in No 14) 14 July 1944 No 12 Death on active service of William Ernest Roffe of Houghton Conquest. Funeral of Miss K.M. Smith. Photo of brothers H. Hyland and A.G. Hyland, who met in Italy.21 July 1944. No 14 Death of Major Colin Bliss in N.W. Europe. Photo of Miss K.M. Smith. (see No 11). Photo of Sgt. C. N. Sheldrick. Death in plane crash of Cpl. Douglas John Sowman of Woodston. (see photo in no 15) 4 Aug 1944. No 15 Death of Guardsman Sidney Ernest Beckett on active service overseas. Photo of Cpl. D.J. Sowman (see death report in no 14). No 17 Death of Henry Rowell of Stanground. Death of Pte. F.G. Cocker, killed in action in Normandy. 25 Aug 1944. No 19 Obituary for Mrs Hickin, wife of John Hickin of Calvert. Death of Kenneth Gordon Cunnington, killed in action in Normandy. 8 Sep 1944. No 22 Death of Pte. M.S. Leadbeater killed in action in France. Article on Prisoners of War including a list of employees known to be prisoners. Death of L/Cpl Henry W. Johnson killed on active service in France. 29 Sep 1944 No 25 L/Bdr Stanley Cole R.A. reported missing after the withdrawal from Arnhem. 20 Oct 1944 No 27 Letter from Gunner A. Lawrence from Palestine. Photo of L/Cpl Stanley Cole (see No 25) 3 Nov 1944 No 29 Photo of the L.B.C. Auxiliary Bomb Disposal Squad. 17 Nov 1944 No 30 Capt. T.A. Plowman missing believed killed in action. 24 Nov 1944 No 31 25 L/Bdr Stanley Cole (see Nos 25 & 27) reported as a Prisoner of War in Germany. T.W. Greenwood killed in action in France. 1 Dec 1944 No 33 Pte Charles Thomas Suttle killed in action. Article by S/Cdr Mayes on India. 15 Dec 1944 No 36 Fusilier Walter Ronald Ellis died of wounds sustained in Italy in September. Cpl Lawrence Ward killed in action on the Western Front. 5 Jan 1945 No 37 Retirements of Fred Chapman and Tom Chapman. Cfsmn V. Else killed in action. 12 Jan 1945 No 38 Letter from L/Cpl J. Braybrook in Cairo. Death of Arthur Charles Brightman in the Far East. 19 Jan 1945 No 40 Obituary for Mr. F.J. Wiggle. Notice of closure of Bletchley Works. 2 Feb 1945 No 43 Deaths of William Faulkner and Sydney Thomas Saville. 23 Feb 1945 No 44 Photograph of Home Guard 2 March 1945 No 45 Photograph of the Phorpres football team. Death of S. Wilson in Italy. Pte Reginald Green killed in action in Burma. 9 March 1945. No 47 Death of George Dixon J.P. Death of Pte J.E.G. Cook after contracting TB while serving in India. 23 March 1945 No 48 Rifleman A. A. Newman killed in action. Obituary of George Dixon J.P. (see No 47) 30 March 1945 No 49 Photograph of Stewartby Parish Civil Defence. Death of Pte E.C. Herson following an accident in Italy. 6 April 1945 No 50 Pte Bill Hussey killed in Rome. Death of Frederick John Kinns. 13 April 1945 No 51 Gnr Stanley Coles (see Nos 25, 27, 31) released from POW camp in Germany. 20 April 1945 No 52 Death of Mr. F. Odell. Death (and funeral report) of Robert Lionel Plowman. 27 April 1945

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London Brick Company,
Barton, Vere Francis Aubrey,
Lowe, George,
Boon, Leslie W,
Adams, William M,
Hull, Harold John,
Morgan, Clifford Joseph,
Wright, Philip James,
Smith, K M,
Roffe, William Ernest,
Hyland, A G,
Hyland, H,
Bliss, Colin,
Sheldrick, C N,
Sowman, Douglas John,
Beckett, Sidney Ernest,
Rowell, Henry,
Cocker, F G,
Hickin, John,
Cunnington, Kenneth Gordon,
Leadbeater, M S,
Johnson, Henry W,
Cole, Stanley,
Lawrence, A,
Plowman, T A,
Greenwood, T W,
Suttle, Charles Thomas,
Mayes,
Ellis, Walter Ronald,
Ward, Lawrence,
Chapman, Fred,
Chapman, Tom,
Else, V,
Braybrook, J,
Brightman, Arthur Charles,
Wiggle, F J,
Faulkner, William,
Saville, Sydney Thomas,
Wilson, S,
Green, Reginald,
Dixon, George,
Cook, J E G,
Newman, A A,
Dixon, George,
Herson, E C,
Hussey, Bill,
Kinns, Frederick John,
Coles, Stanley,
Odell, F.,
Plowman, Robert Lionel

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