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Simmonds, Leon Vernon Lund, 1871-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-15688
  • Person
  • 1871-?

Simmonds, Leon Vernon Lund, son of Peter Lund Simmonds, K.L.H., of South Kensington, by Jane Dewdney; b. July 4, 1871; adm. June 12, 1884 (D); left July 1888; a journalist; founder and editor of The Polo Annual and of The Polo Monthly; author in collaboration with Lieut.-Col. Edward Darley Miller of Modern Polo (1911); 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (T.F.) Suffolk Regt.

Warren, William Lewis, 1864-1927

  • GB-2014-WSA-17688
  • Person
  • 1864-1927

WARREN, WILLIAM LEWIS, elder son of Maj. William Andros Warren, Royal Artillery; b. 29 Nov 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (D), exhibitioner; QS 1879; left May 1880; RMA Woolwich; Gentleman Cadet, Royal Artillery 2 Sep 1882; Lieut., 5 Jul 1884; Capt., 19 Aug 1893; Maj., 7 Sep 1903; Lieut. -Col., 22 Nov 1912; half-pay 18 Oct 1918; ret. 5 Feb 1919; served in First World War; despatches LG 31 Oct 1917; d. 24 Aug 1927.

Williams, Reginald Henry, 1864-1937

  • GB-2014-WSA-18251
  • Person
  • 1864-1937

WILLIAMS, REGINALD HENRY, second son of Rev. Daniel Rowland Williams, Rector of Bowers Gifford, Essex, and Mary Elizabeth, third dau. of J. Tarratt, Moreby Hall, Staffordshire; b. 28 May 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (D), exhibitioner; QS 1879; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1883, matr. 22 Oct 1883; 3rd cl. Classics (Mods) 1885, 1st cl. Natural Science (Morphology) 1887; BA 1887; MA 1894; ordained deacon 1889 (Chester), priest [check]; Curate, Odd Rode, Cheshire 1889-93; held other curacies; Rector of Bowers Gifford, Essex 1915-23; Rector of Ashingdon, Essex, from 1923; d. 27 Jan 1937.

Ash, William Claudius Casson, 1870-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-02292
  • Person
  • 1870-1916

Ash, William Claudius Casson, elder son of William Henry Ash, of Heathfield, Sussex, by Mary Esther, daughter of Joseph Wellington Casson, of Dublin; b. Feb. 6, 1870; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (D); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1888; entered the Militia; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. The Duke of Cambridge's Own (The Middlesex Regt.) Sept. 28, 1892; Lieut. July 31, 1895; Capt. March 14, 1900; served in the South African War 1902; Adjutant 5th Batt. Jan. 13, 1902- Jan. 12, 1907; Major April 1, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. Dec. 30, 1914 - Feb. 7, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. commanding 23rd (Service) Batt. of his Regt. Oct. 30, 1915; went out to the western front Nov. 4, 1914, was wounded at Loos Sept. 25, 1915, and invalided home; returned to the front May 3, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Jan. 4, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1916; m. March 1, 1894, Edith Learoyd, second daughter of Edward Wright Barnett, of Selly Oak; d. at Etaples Sept. 29, 1916, of wounds received at Fiers Sept. 15.

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