October 2022

Deakin and Combe Education Grants

Every year, the Deakin and Combe Memorial Trust assists students with their educational costs. The Trust makes awards to students who are studying or about to study an agriculture-related course and whose parent(s) have contributed to the industry in England or Wales. Candidates typically receive between £500 and £1000 towards expenses including training courses, laptops […]

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The Wedding of Capt. William George Deakin MC to Dorothea May Burrow, 10 August 1918

From the Evesham Journal, 17 August 1918: The interest of very many friends of both families centred in the wedding of Captain William George Deakin, M.C., R.H.A., to Miss Dorothea May Burrow, at Highbury Congregational Church, Cheltenham, on Saturday, and there was a large party present to witness the ceremony, conducted by Rev. S.S. Shrubsole, B.D. The

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