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Brigadier Syd Thomson (1914-2009)
Tue, 3 Feb 2009 10:19:52 -0800 (PST)
Brigadier Syd Thomson, who has died aged 94, led the Seaforth
Highlanders of Canada both in capturing the Adriatic port of Ortona
and in inventing town-clearing tactics which were adopted by the
British Army. He took over command of the Seaforths on December 10
1943 when, together with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment ...
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Gerard Kemp (1929-2009)
Tue, 3 Feb 2009 10:17:56 -0800 (PST)
Gerard Kemp, who died on January 6 2009 aged 79, was a dogged and
energetic Daily Telegraph reporter sent to some of the most dramatic
troublespots during the Seventies.
Tall and burly, with the genial manner suggestive of a police
sergeant, Gerry Kemp was ever ready to respond to a late night phone
call by rac ...
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Sharat Sardana, 40, Goodness Gracious Me writer dies
Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:34:40 GMT
Goodness Gracious Me writer dies
Tributes have been paid to Emmy-award winning comedy writer Sharat Sardana
who has died aged 40.
Mr Sardana helped create popular television programmes Goodness Gracious Me
and The Kumars at No. 42.
Actors Meera Syal and Sanjeev Bhaskar, who worked with him on both shows
s ...
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+ Lady Ritchie of Dundee, widow of the 5th Baron
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:42:37 -0800 (PST)
Lady Ritchie of Dundee, widow of the 5th Baron, died 25 Jan 2009. Her
husband died last year. See:-
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/Peerage-News/browse_thread/thread/da...
As Anne Johnstone, dau of of Col Charles George Johnstone MC, of
Durban, South Africa
she married the 5th Baron Ritchie of Dundee, 23 Aug ...
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Sharat Sardana (c1968-2009)
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:18:30 -0800 (PST)
The creator of Emmy Award-winning comedy series The Kumars At No.42
has died after contracting a rare infection. Sharat Sardana, 40,
collapsed at his father?s home with a streptococcal virus and died on
Tuesday January 20, 2009, four days later, surrounded by family and
friends in hospital.
http://www.dailymai ...
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Jon Catleugh (1920-2009)
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:04:48 -0800 (PST)
Jon Catleugh, designer, artist and collector, was born on April 16,
1920. He died on January 7, 2009, aged 88. Jon Catleugh had many
facets to his life ? soldier, architect, designer, painter, collector
and ceramic historian. He is best known for his knowledge and
appreciation of all things relating to the Victori ...
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Bill Frindall, MBE (1939-2009)
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:59:18 -0800 (PST)
Bill Frindall, MBE, who died 29 Jan 2009, as a result of Legionaire's
Disease, aged 69, was from 1966 the scorer for Test Match Special on
BBC Radio, nicknamed "The Bearded Wonder" for his lustrous facial hair
and encyclopedic knowledge of cricket facts.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4403030/Bill-Fr ...
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John Martyn, OBE (1948-2009)
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:29:28 -0800 (PST)
John Martyn, OBE, singer and guitarist, was born on September 11,
1948. He died on January 29, 2009, aged 60. He emerged from the
British folk scene in the late 1960s to make some of the most
hauntingly evocative and mesmerising music of his era.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article56139 ...
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Elizabeth Countess of Meath (1913-2009)
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:13:02 -0800 (PST)
Elizabeth Countess of Meath, widow of the 14th Earl, died 26 January,
2009. She was 95.
She was born Elizabeth Mary Bowlby, 3 Feb, 1913, scion of that LG
family, and descended from the Viscounts Valentia; dau of Capt
Geoffrey Vaux Salvin Bowlby by his wife the former Hon Lettice
Annesley, CVO, sometime Lady-in- ...
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2nd Baron Robertson of Oakridge (1930-2009)
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:37:58 -0800 (PST)
The 2nd Baron Robertson of Oakridge died at his home, 18 January,
2009. He was 78.
William Ronald Robertson was born 8 Dec, 1930, son of the 1st Baron
Robertson of Oakridge, GCB, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC (1896-1974), and
a grandson of Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB,
GCMG, GCVO, DSO (1860- ...
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