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MINCHER, Samuel
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MINCHER, Samuel

Isabel KnightJanuary 26, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1840 – d.1908 Between Sep-Oct 1840 Samuel John MINCHER was born in Northamptonshire to Thomas MINCHER (1816-1864) and Mary (1817-1887). His father Thomas was born in Shoreditch, Middlesex, and his...
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BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie

Brian CullenJanuary 26, 2021January 9, 2023
b.1844-d.1914 Agnes Bessie Corke was born in the 4th Quarter of 1844 in the Registration District of Camberwell, London, although her actual birth place was probably Peckham. The parents of...
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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

Infant Baby Hellicar. One of the first stories written about those buried in the cemetery. Read the story here http://www.hortoncemetery.org/hellicar-male/

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

On 6th  July 1983, Kirkwoods sent a list of the tombstones and memorials that had been removed from the cemetery to the Registrar General of Miscellaneous Records in St Catherine House.

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

Cemetery Clearance
In 1983, Epsom solicitors, Kirkwoods issued notice of “the intention to remove remaining tombstones, monuments and other memorials” from Horton “for the purpose of reducing
...the maintenance costs”. This was carried out on 26th May 1983.
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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
6 Jan

John Victor Smith was an underage recruit, a drummer then bandsman with 1st Battalion 17th foot Leicestershire Regiment.

He served in many scenes of war...and that took its toll. It is a really
...interesting read.

https://hortoncemetery.org/smith-john-victor/

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