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Openshaw, Laurence Pratt, 1892-1927
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Dates of existence
1892-1927
History
Openshaw, Laurence Pratt, only son of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Horrocks Openshaw, M.S., C.B., C.M.G., of St. Marylebone, by Gertrude, daughter of William Pratt, of Bruen Abbey, co. Oxon.; b. Jan. 29, 1892; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1910, matric. Michaelmas 1910; 1st class Science (Eng.) 1914; B.A. 1914; M.A. 1919; served in Great War I; Major R.A.F. April 1, 1918; Chief Test Pilot Westland Aircraft Co.; m. 1927, Jean, daughter of R. Bruce, managing director of the Westland Aircraft Co.; killed in an accident while flying at Bournemouth, Hants, June 6, 1927.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Full
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963