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Major Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 5 October 1914
Monday 5 Octr… After tea Madge K & I had a walk & I went down to 84 St Georges Terr after dinner as usual. The great question for us at the moment is billets. Madge & K are likely to go...
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Major Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 6 October 1914
Tuesday 6 Oct … I had a letter from Mr Herbert Samuel expressing his sympathy & saying that the private secretary to the First [Sea] Lord had written that Duncan “was quite one of the best boys...
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George Bowes-Wilson of Hutton Rudby
Martin Eggermont kindly sent me this information on George Bowes-Wilson:George was born on 26 October 1873. He was educated at Clifton and New College, Oxford, and qualified as a Solicitor in April...
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Major Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 14 October 1914
Wednesday 14 Oct … I received a telegram from Averil [his sister-in-law] that a boy’s body had been found at Karright [?] and she was sending the papers by express post.  I received the papers about...
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Major Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 16 October 1914
Friday 16 Oct… I wired to the Navy League to order me a wreath from Harrods to be placed on the Nelson Column on Trafalgar Day and I sent a card to attach to it as follows: “In loving memory of...
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