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Month: December 2025

Lawrence Percy Grey DCM

December 16, 2025 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

An article about a soldier with a connection to the village who is commemorated on the war memorial in St…

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Posted in: Genealogy, Hook Norton, Local History Filed under: 1st Battalion, Casualties, Iraq, Kut, Mesopotamia, Siege of Kut, WW1

Hugh Cloberry Christian

December 5, 2025 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

One of my more recent articles can now be read online, just click on the link – Articles – Recent.…

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Posted in: Local History, Oxfordshire, Uncategorized Filed under: history, Hook Norton Manor, Isle of Man, landowner, local history, military, naval, Royal Navy

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