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Obituary in Bournemouth Echo
« on: Wednesday 17 May 17 21:09 BST (UK) »
Would someone, please, be able to look for an obituary in the Bournemouth Echo, for someone who died in 1945?

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Re: Obituary in Bournemouth Echo
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 17 May 17 23:42 BST (UK) »
Hi Joy

would you post their name and date of death please?

Dawn
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Sherry-Paddington & Marylebone,
Longhurst-Ealing & Capel, Abinger, Ewhurst & Ockley,
Chandler-Chelsea

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Re: Obituary in Bournemouth Echo
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 17 May 17 23:50 BST (UK) »

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Re: Obituary in Bournemouth Echo
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 18 May 17 09:12 BST (UK) »
Yes. Hilda King died 17 July 1945 at Red Post Bridge, Abbotts Ann, Andover, Hampshire, age 38.

Her home address was in Winton, Bournemouth so her family may have brought her home to be buried.
Probate was granted to her aunt Linda Wort:
KING Hilda of 21 Highfield Road, Winton, Bournemouth, spinster, died 17 July 1945 at Red Post Bridge, Abbotts Ann, Andover, Hampshire. Probate Llandudno 15 August to Linda Wort (wife of Henry James Wort). Effects £376 18s. 6d.

Hilda's mother Alice King's death registration December qr 1946 Bournemouth district age 63. Probate was granted to her sister Linda Wort:
KING Alice of 21 Highfield Road, Winton, Bournemouth, widow, died 27 November 1946 at 95 Ensbury Park Road, Winton. Probate London 18 December to Linda Wort (wife of Henry James Wort). Effects £821 15s. 5d.
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