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Offline kena

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Major Fred Davenport of Leek
« on: Saturday 28 February 09 12:26 GMT (UK) »
Hi, please is anybody related to this brave soldier who died at Ypres in 1917 who may have a photo of him please that I can maybe see a copy of, my greatgrandad Hughes was his batman in the Royal Field Artillery and my grandad was named after him.

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Anna
Mullon, Fowell, Thornely, Wilding, Lowndes,Gallimore - Cheshire
Routledge, Bell, Gillesby, Armstrong, Forster, Ewart, Nixon, Kennedy,Reay,Wright,Nattrass,Little,Richardson - Cumberland
Winsborough, Hannabus, Copp, Salter, Bray, Williams, Bonney, Creedy, Matthews, Kelner - Devon
Minto, - Durham
Allaker, Fitch,Groom,Queary - Essex
Steeple, Moult, Woodcock - Lancashire
Trafford, Hambleton, Cordon, Sweetman, Goldstraw, Brough, Barton, Dawson, Sutton, Stevenson - Staffordshire
Huess - Somerset

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Re: Major Fred Davenport of Leek
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 28 February 09 15:15 GMT (UK) »
Hi

I presume you've seen the following

Leek Cemetery

Major Frederick DAVENPORT, Royal Field Artillery,
KiA at Wieltjie, 25 Sept 1917, 25

From http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/STS/Leek/MIs.html
 by Alf Beard

Wendy
VEAL, PRICE, STURGE, HOLDER, BELLET, DREW, TAYLOR, HALES/GOUGH, PRICE, COOK, BURNELL, HOLBIN, MERRY, GUNNING, WOOD, STOCK, GULLOCK, GWILLYM Som/Glos
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ADMONS Berks
CROWE, REYNOLDS, Suff
KITCHEN Nlk
Abram C[H]ARLSON Sweden/Ldn
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Re: Major Fred Davenport of Leek
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 28 February 09 15:20 GMT (UK) »
Hi, I have yes.

Many Thanks

Anna
Mullon, Fowell, Thornely, Wilding, Lowndes,Gallimore - Cheshire
Routledge, Bell, Gillesby, Armstrong, Forster, Ewart, Nixon, Kennedy,Reay,Wright,Nattrass,Little,Richardson - Cumberland
Winsborough, Hannabus, Copp, Salter, Bray, Williams, Bonney, Creedy, Matthews, Kelner - Devon
Minto, - Durham
Allaker, Fitch,Groom,Queary - Essex
Steeple, Moult, Woodcock - Lancashire
Trafford, Hambleton, Cordon, Sweetman, Goldstraw, Brough, Barton, Dawson, Sutton, Stevenson - Staffordshire
Huess - Somerset

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Re: Major Fred Davenport of Leek
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 14 April 20 20:46 BST (UK) »
He is my great great grandfather. I can try and find a picture but with current lockdown I cant get to family photos with my father. I can ask him though.