Doox~A Soldier Of The Great War & His Legacy

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

This Book{let} is available from Mr John Pollock,the Author,of Perranwell Station,Truro,Cornwall,TR3 7PF @ £3.99 +53p P&P.

It tells the story of Doox Prangley,a 2nd Lieutenant with the 1st Bn;The Lincolnshire Regt,[JP's Mothers Cousin]& the "Doox Book" a memorial to Doox,preserved @ Ypres Memorial Church.

He was KiA by a Shell splinter on 25th September 1916 @ the Battle of Morval,on the Somme.The Booklet has illustrationsof the Doox Book & of Doox Himself as well as reproductions of the various Memorials erected to his Memory,etc.

Details apeared this morning in the "Lynn News & Advertiser".

[George Armstrong Custer]

Sounds interesting - is the author the same John Polock who has written biographies of General 'Chinese' Gordon and Kitchener? If so, then his work is impressive.

Ciao,

GAC

This Book{let} is available from Mr John Pollock,the Author,of Perranwell Station,Truro,Cornwall,TR3 7PF @ £3.99 +53p P&P.

It tells the story of Doox Prangley,a 2nd Lieutenant with the 1st Bn;The Lincolnshire Regt,[JP's Mothers Cousin]& the "Doox Book" a memorial to Doox,preserved @ Ypres Memorial Church.

He was KiA by a Shell splinter on 25th September 1916 @ the Battle of Morval,on the Somme.The Booklet has illustrationsof the Doox Book & of Doox Himself as well as reproductions of the various Memorials erected to his Memory,etc.

Details apeared this morning in the "Lynn News & Advertiser".

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[Tim Godden]

Thanks for the info, do you know if he has an email address?

Cheers,

Tim

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

As far as I know he is not the same Author,he only wrote of Doox when he learned of his relationship through his Mother,Doox was her Cousin,& I think it is more a one off labour of love.

[SandraB]

Hello

What is Doox connection with Downham Market?

Sandra

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

Hello

What is Doox connection with Downham Market?

Sandra

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Doox lived @ Bexwell St Mary's Rectory from 1911,His widower Father was Curate there{his mother had died in 1899,two years after Doox was born @ Colkirk},The actual Downham Connection is that Mr Doox Senior Commissioned a Local corn merchant:George Smith of Downham to produce the Doox Commemorative Book with its Illuminated Pages,The Photographs in the book are mounted on silk from his {Doox's} Mothers Wedding dress,The covers are made of Wood from Bexwell Rectory Garden ,A Gold Cross On the Book's Cover is made from Gold from his Mothers Wedding ring.The cross that originally marked his Grave is hanging in Bexwell Church,along with a White marble memorial,there is a joint White Marble Commemorative Memorial @ the site of the boundary of Bexwell & Ryston,to Doox & his childhood friend Lionel Henry Pratt,son of the Squire of Ryston Hall, who was killed exactly a year prior to his chum Doox.

[SandraB]

Thanks for that information. My great great grandad was a corn and seed merchant in Downham Market during the early 1900s (but he wasn't called George Smith).

Sandra