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Bedfordshire Association

Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire

St James

Monday, 27 August 2018 in 2h 56 (18–2–12 in D)

5040 Grandsire Triples

Composed by J J Parker (6 part)

1 Ruth Stokes

2 Jane C Spencer

3 David I Stanford

4 Michael R Spencer

5 Richard A Horne

6 Christopher C Stokes

7 Stephen H Stanford (C)

8 James R B Saunders

Rung to commemorate the life of Christopher Bolton, L/Cpl. 512922. 14th Battalion London Regiment (London Scottish). Killed in action Wednesday 21 August 1918. Age 21. Lived Aspley Guise. Enlisted London. Son of John and Elizabeth Bolton of 87 High Street, Ridgmont. Commemorated: Locre No.10 Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. B.9, also on Ridgmont war memorial.

Also in fond and affectionate memory of C Michael Orme (17 August 2018) and his many significant contributions to Bedfordshire ringing.

The method chosen to mark the 300th anniversary of the first peal of Grandsire Triples at St Peter Mancroft, Norwich on 26th August 1718.