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A funny thing happened on the way to the war memorial


John_Hartley

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Mrs H took me away last weekend. On the way back, we stopped for lunch at Kirkby Lonsdale (on the Cumbria/Lancashire border).

Spotted the local war memorial in the churchyard, so went to have a look. Like you do. It's been renovated in the not too distant past as all the names appear newly engraved (on what I think was slate). And then I spotted a fair uncommon name that seemed familiar, so I made a mental note. Back home, I quickly realised that I'd come across this guy on a couple of occasions during research and never knew that he'd come from there.

Oh, and the funny thing? That was Mrs H taking me away.

John

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Not Bocking.

Nor, in similar but more local vein, T A (probably, but not necessarily, Thomas Albert) Ladley who continues to defeat me (and who I also can't ID on the 1911 Census).

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