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Abbey Church of St Mary and St Helena
Tuesday, 3 October 2017 (8–2–0 in G)
1260 Grandsire Doubles
1 Sarah-Louise Ward
2 Alexander J Nash
3 Richard J Marshall
4 Ian Townsend
5 Stephen H Stanford (C)
6 Ann Desics
Rung half-muffled to commemorate the life of Stanley Amos Blain, Sapper 522737, 7th Division, Signal Company Corps of Royal Engineers. Died of wounds Wednesday 3rd October 1917 in France and Flanders, Aged 23. Born and resident Elstow, enlisted Bedford, Son of George and Elizabeth Blain of Elstow, Bedford. Embarked for France, 22 April 1917. Buried in Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium, Plot II, Row I, Grave 37. Commemorated on Elstow War Memorial and on a tablet at Elstow Bunyan Meeting. (In the 1911 census he was aged 16, an apprentice bricklayer, resident The Lane, Elstow. His effects went to Mr G W Blain of West End Elstow, formally 2632 Royal Engineers, Qualified Bricklayer aat atestation)
Also in memory of Miriam Clark, former Tower Captain, died 21 August 2017.
This performance was rung In memoriam — Miriam Clark
