Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Duke, John James Darbey, 1912-1988
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Dates of existence
1912-1988
History
Duke, John James Darbey, son of Joseph Duke, solicitor, of llminster, Somerset, and Stephanie Alphonsine Rose Edouard Desirée, d. of Commandant Edouard Eugène Auguste Polsenaere, Chevalier de l'Ordre de Leopold, of Ghent; b. 25 May 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (B); left Dec. 1930; adm. a solicitor June 1936; practised at Ilminster; Somerset LI (TA) 1931-42 (Capt.); RE (Movement Control) 1942-5 (Maj.), despatches (N. Africa) Sept. 1944, (Italy) July 1945; TD and clasp 1946, ERO 1958, clasp 1964; Lieut.-Col. RE (AER) Feb. 1960, Brevet Col. (RARO) Feb. 1965; m. 25 Sept. 1937 Ruth Ellen, d. of Bertram Wilfred Bartlett, bank manager, of Seaton, Devon; d. 14 Feb. 1988.
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GB 2014
Rules and/or conventions used
International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Sources
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992