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Tineke,
You'll find my transcription in a PM addressed to you.

CHH junior does seem to be a very shady character - army, navy, air force, "explorer" etc etc as well as bankrupt, divorce.

Downcraig, there was absolutely nothing about him 'shady': proceedings for bankruptcy instigated 1904 whilst he was abroad recruiting African natives to bring a village to UK for the Bradford Exhibition. The adjudication was Annulled and Receiving Order Rescinded Oct 27 1905, it appearing that all the debts had been paid in full.

He subsequently successfully pursued his share of the profits in a Civil Action HASTINGS v BAMBERGER [Dispute as to an African Exhibition] reported in The Times Thursday 5th December 1907 pg9, Issue 38508, col D, so he was justified in describing himself 'Explorer'. I'm now aware that many of both sexes reverted to their single status after divorce, probably to enable a second marriage in church?  CHH was honest about his age, unlike his first bride, and he certainly engaged in yachting and motorboat racing pursuits, after his military career!

I'll send you a PM with my email address if you'd like to reciprocate off-site with details of CHH/Carla divorce and I can then send you my research as attachments.

dee-jay

That’s brilliant, Ian!  Thank you so much for tying up that loose end. The parish was the one I anticipated but the paid researcher I employed failed to find it some years ago. 

There does appear a discrepancy in the date of birth as his birth certificate states 30 March 1838.

I need to dig into my files as, if memory serves me correct, I had to get the details checked by the local Registrar as the reproduction copy ‘lifted’ from the GRO original was difficult to read in parts.

Once again, many thanks.
dee-jay

Thank you Paco and Stan for your input but I was hoping that someone local to Newbury might be in a position to check the NWN at the library around the date of burial. 

I subscribe to both the FNRC [Friends of Newtown Road Cemetery] and the BL Newspaper Archive but digitization of the NWN post-1872 is unlikely to be available in my lifetime, and I'm no longer physically able to make the trip to undertake the search myself.

In addition to scaling rooftops, William WESTALL swam under the bridge at Wash-water in 1869;  the lad who fell through the ice in 1870 was able to calmly tread water for ten minutes until rescued.  William's occupation in 1871 was Painter Journeyman, likely employed by Samuel BIDDIS, and according to another son's statement recorded in the Reading Mercury in 1876, William was also a member of the Fire Brigade.