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St John the Baptist
Tuesday, 20 June 2017 in 2h 44 (9–1–2 in G)
5040 Surprise Minor
7m: 1 extent each London, Cranford, Surfleet, Berwick, Bourne, Cambridge, Norwich
1 Charlotte M Smith
2 Richard I Allton (C)
3 Simon J Dixon
4 Anthony H Smith
5 Paul M Mason
6 Alan Regin
Rung in memory of Private Ben Saddington, a ringer at this tower. 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He was wounded during the action at Messines Ridge, Belgium, and died on 14th June 1917. He is buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France. On 13th February 1909, at the age of 14, he took part in a peal of Plain Bob Minor at Cranford which, at the time, was the youngest band to have rung a peal, average age 16⅔ years. Their name liveth for evermore.
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