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It is reported that gifts received up to Wednesday amounted to £941 14s.
Approximately totals of savings have been reported as follows: County Girls’ School,
£1,528; Palmer Schools, £702; Forest Road area, £1,571; Earley area, £1,918;
Twyford area, £17,215; Farley Hill area, £6,510.

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Sat 12 April
ROYAL VISITORS
Their Highnesses, Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marie Louise, honoured
the Hon. Mrs. Corfield by visiting Tithe Barn on Tuesday and inspecting the work of
the central office, shop and stores in connection with Hospital Supply Depots in
Berkshire. Their Highnesses were very interested in all they saw. Those who work
with Mrs. Corfield were presented.

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Sat 10 May
GIVE-TAKE SALE
A give-and-take sale was held on Wednesday, at Tithe Barn, by permission of the
Hon. Mrs. Corfield, O.B.E. The sum of £35 16s. was raised this being devoted to the
funds of the Moral Welfare Association.

PROCEEDS OF RECITAL
The Royal Naval War Amenities Fund have acknowledged receipt of a cheque for
£40 15s. 7d. Forwarded by the Right Hon. Lord Caldecote C.B.E., the Lord Chief
Justice of England, the proceeds of a recital by Miss Jelly d’Aranyi at Wokingham.

WOKINGHAM MAN MISSING
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward, of 82, Oxford Road, Wokingham, received news on Monday
that the aircraft of which their son, Sgt.-Pilot Leslie A. Ward, R.A.F.V.R.. was pilot
failed to return to its base. Ward, who was educated at the Palmer Schools and
Ranelagh, was a member of the Wokingham Cricket Club, and played football for
both Wokingham and Embrook.

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Sat 7 June
THE ROLL OF HONOUR
More Hood Victims
Wokingham Man Lost In The Hood
Among those lost in H.M.S. Hood was Anthony B.J. Bamford (19), of
Easthampstead Road, Wokingham. Mr. Bamford was educated at Palmer School,
Wokingham, and then at Ranelagh School, Bracknell, having won a scholarship. He
joined the Royal Navy at 16; was trained at Portsmouth on the St. Vincent,
subsequently joining the Hood after brilliantly passing every examination. Becoming
an A.B. at 18 Mr. Bamford served in the Mediterranean and was present when units of
our Navy sank Italian warships in Taranto harbour. His father fought in these same
waters twenty years ago.

DEATH OF EX-A.R.P. CHIEF
The death occurred on Sunday of Captain E. Hamilton-Bate, R.N. (retired), of 3,
Crescent Road, Wokingham. Captain Hamilton Bate was A.R.P. Controller for the
Borough of Wokingham in succession to Captain A.S.C. Trench, and he retired from
that office for reasons of health in April this year. At the meeting of Wokingham
Town Council on Thursday, the Mayor spoke of Captain Hamilton-Bate’s services for

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