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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During his lifetime, George E. Deakin (1864-1940) wrote a number of poems and songs. His song The Bride Immortal was published by Peter Derek Limited in 1937, priced 2s. The Australian contralto singer, Mme Clara Serena (1890-1972), sang the song for the first time in December 1936 to much acclaim at Queen’s Hall, Wigan. What is the
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Muriel A Fildes, known as Bunty, was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in 1915, the daughter of Frank George Fildes and Amy Alice Fildes (née Poulston). Bunty was the youngest bridesmaid at the marriage of Capt William George Deakin MC and Dorothea May Burrow in Cheltenham on 10 August 1918. Age 87, Bunty passed away on
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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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