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Calley, William, 1747-1775
GB-2014-WSA-04349 · Person · 1747-1775

CALLEY, WILLIAM, son of William Calley (qv); b. 24 Feb 1746/7; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1760; left 1760; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Jan 1765; d. unm. 30 May 1775.

Callos, Fered, 1889-?
GB-2014-WSA-04350 · Person · 1889-?

Callos, Fered; b. Jan. 14, 1889; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (H); left July 1906.

GB-2014-WSA-04351 · Person · 1935-1980

Calmann, John Hans Rudolph (adopted additional name of John), son of Hans Maximilian Calmann, art dealer, of Hampstead, and Gerta Olga, d. of Dr Rudolf Hertz of Hamburg, Germany; b. 6 Dec. 1935; adm. Sept. 1949 (W); left Apr. 1954; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1961; St Antony’s Coll. Oxf.; reporter Wall Street Journal 1960, The Times 1964-5; Inst. for Strategic Studies 1965-6; Elek Books 1967-9; editorial dir. Phaidon Press 1969-77; contested (Lib. ) Hampstead 1970; founded publishing firm of Blacker Calmann Cooper Ltd. 1977; found murdered in a wood near Avignon, France, 27 Apr. 1980.

Calverley, Edmund, fl. 1580
GB-2014-WSA-04353 · Person · fl. 1580

CALVERLEY, EDMUND; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1580, adm. scholar 1581, matr. Lent 1580/1; BA 1584/5; MA 1588. [Perhaps adm. Grays Inn 16 Oct 1587]

GB-2014-WSA-04356 · Person · 1896-?

Calvert, Albert Cyril Holcombe, son of Albert Frederick Calvert, of Hampstead, by Florence, daughter of Joseph Francis Holcombe, of Kentish Town, b. June 24, 1896; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (G); left Easter 1915; 2nd Lieut. York and Lancaster Regt. Oct. 10, 1915; served in Egypt, France, Flanders, Italy, and Fiume 1915-9; wounded; Capt. and Adjt. 8th Batt. Oct. 23, 1917; Adjt. May 21, 1918; M.C. Jan. 1, 1919, and Italian Croce de Guerra; a private secretary.

GB-2014-WSA-04361 · Person · 1899-?

Calvert, Leonard Edward Lawrence, brother of Albert Cyril Holcombe Calvert (q.v.); b. Oct. 27, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (G); left Dec. 1917; a clerk in the Bank of England; m. July 26, 1930, Phyllis Mary, daughter of Alfred George Newnham, bank official, of Northwood, Middlesex.

GB-2014-WSA-04362 · Person · 1907-1963

Calvert, Paul John, brother of Albert Cyril Holcombe Calvert (qv); b. 31 Aug. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (G); left Dec. 1923; Faraday House, AMIEE 1942, AMIMechE 1947; Admiralty Scientific Res. Dept in WW2; m. 7 Aug. 1937 Winifred Jessie, d. of Lieut.-Cdr Joseph Benjamin Somerville RN; d. 18 Oct. 1963.

GB-2014-WSA-04365 · Person · 1907-1953

Calvert, Roderick Frank, brother of Albert Cyril Holcombe Calvert (qv); b. 31 Aug. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (G); left Dec. 1923; a bulb grower in Cornwall; man. of dehydration factories, Min. of Food, in WW2; m. 1 Aug. 1942 Sarah Elizabeth, d. of James Dickenson Smith of Durham; d. 18 Nov. 1953.

GB-2014-WSA-04367 · Person · 1921-1941

Calway, Frank Ferguson, son of Frank Hugh Ferguson Calway, silk throwster, of Duddlestone, Somerset, and Susan Dorothy, d. of Joseph B. Harcombe of Cape Town; b. 3 Feb. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (B); left July 1939; RN (Ord. Seaman); d. on active service 31 Aug. 1941.

Frank Ferguson Calway was born at Taunton, Somerset on the 3rd of February 1921 the only son of Frank Hugh Ferguson Calway, director of a silk mill, and Susie Dorothy (nee Harcombe) Calway of “Quoits Field”, Duddlestone in Somerset. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1934 to July 1939. He was a member of the 1st Cricket XI from 1937 to 1939 and was Captain in the latter year. He was a member of the 1st Football XI in 1938 and 1939, where he played as goalkeeper. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps, where he was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1937 and later rose to the rank of Sergeant. He was appointed as Head of House in 1938 and was amember of the Debating Society where he was elected as President in 1938.
On leaving school he travelled to Canada on the 5th of August 1939 where he played cricket for a public schools side but following the outbreak of war, he returned home on board the SS Duchess of Atholl, landing at Liverpool on the 6th of October 1939. On his return he joined his father’s firm for a period of nine months and was one of the first members of the Corfe Home Guard. He played for the Taunton Cricket Club in 1940 and for the Y.M.C.A Football XI in 1939. He enlisted in the Royal Navy and was posted to HMS Quebec, the naval training establishment at Inverary in Argyll. He contracted a pulmonary abscess and died from pneumonia at Drymen Hill Hospital near Loch Lomond.
His funeral took place on the 4th of September 1941 in a service conducted by the Reverend T.L.T. Fisher. A guard of honour was provided by the Corfe Home Guard.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Corfe.
He is buried at St Nicholas’ Church, Corfe Grave 369.

Calyce, ---, fl. 1554
GB-2014-WSA-04368 · Person · fl. 1554

CALYCE, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-4.