St Oswald's
Wednesday, 29 June 2016 in 2h 47 (8–3–26)
5100 Grandsire / Plain Bob Doubles
(being: 2940 changes of GRANDSIRE (12 x 240s Leslie W. G. Morris & 1 x 60) & 2160 changes of PLAIN BOB (3 x 720s Mark Lynch), rung alternating method every 720 changes, every row 21 times at handstroke open and 21 times at backstroke muffled.)
Composed by Leslie W. G. Morris & Mark Lynch
1 Jane A Aked
2 Yvonne A Woodcock
3 Colin Aked
4 Philip R Wild
5 Christopher C P Woodcock (C)
Specially arranged and rung with the bells half muffled to commemorate the centenary of the death of Pioneer WILLIAM PEARSON GREEN, who was killed in action on 28th June 1916 at the age of 25, whilst serving in the Royal Engineers 1st Battalion.
William was a ringer at neighbouring Metheringham Church where he was one of the nine new ringers learning to ring at Metheringham, being taught by Fred Stokes (Tower Captain here at Blankney) after Metheringham bells were restored and augmented from 5 to 8 in 1912.
Fred Stokes called William’s first peal which was Grandsire Triples rung at Metheringham on 9th August 1913, with William on the second.
William’s brother Harry also learnt to ring at Metheringham at the same time and also rang in the above peal in 1913. Harry served in and survived the Great War.
William’s name appears on the treble bell at Metheringham which the local ringers raised the money for in 1912 when three new trebles were added. William was also a member of the Lincoln Diocesan Guild.
William P Green’s First Peal: http://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1203984
Rung on the back five (original five) as there would have only been these five bells here when William was ringing in the Parish prior to the Great War, with the sixth bell not being added until after the War in 1919. Unfortunately we were unable to ring a peal on Metheringham bells due to the poor state of the bells, so a quarter peal was rung there yesterday instead.
Completes June to peals: 5.

This performance is linked to the event Saint Andrew's and All Saints Society — Remembering our fallen local Ringers (WW1)