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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: William Whinfrey
« on: Monday 19 September 16 10:11 BST (UK)  »
I was about to send to you that unless you want to keep the bible we would be happy to take it and pay whatever it cost. We are so pleased to have discovered that the letter still exists, and we are all most grateful to you for trying to find William's family.
All that remains is to make arrangements. I would be able to pick it up as the safest way of transport, but I will leave that entirely to you. I am living near Nottingham, and I understand that you are in the north east - which I know quite well.
This is really exciting!

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: William Whinfrey
« on: Monday 19 September 16 08:46 BST (UK)  »
I can well understand and approve your caution.
I have spoken to my eldest sister who is the real family historian. She tells me that after the death of my aunt her children may have given all her boooks to OXfam or were taken by house clearance people. Either could have put it on Ebay. These things happen!
By way of confirming my link with the Whinfreys, I can offer the following. At the front of the Bible there was a list of children, marriages, etc. My great great grandfather William married Eliza in December 1883, and their eldest daughter Florence was born in May 84. This embarassed her later in life, so she changed the marriage date to 1882. My maternal grandmother Ethel was Flo's sister, and her brother William was the one killed in 1916. Eliza Whinfrey died before her son William, before the Great War.
The letter from William's commanding officer was signed Alderson (or something very similar). It is the loss of this letter which has concerned us most.This is what we most regret losing, but we have no oidea what else might be in the Bible.
We are not especially bothered about the Bible itself, but any contents we would be most gratful for. 

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: William Whinfrey
« on: Sunday 18 September 16 20:55 BST (UK)  »
William was my mother's uncle who died of wounds on 28th April 1916. The family bible was in the care of my aunt but seems to have disappeared. I know it had in it a letter from his commanding officer giving the cause of his death, and this is lost too.
His parents kept the Red Lion in Tickhill but retired to 23 Cliffe Field Road Sheffield. My mother's mother was brought up in the Red Lion, and left to marry Harold Rawson, a local builder who ran the business with his brother.
I can give you more information is you would like.
Peter (Sophy is just username as so many Peters!)
 

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: William Whinfrey
« on: Sunday 18 September 16 15:42 BST (UK)  »
Long time since you pposted htis, but I have a lot of info on Great Uncle William Whinfrey if you still want it.

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