Forwarded at Bev's request. Her messages are still not getting through to the list. Regards, Louise >>> B. Edmonds <[email protected]> Afternoon all. Found in Op Shop today. The Aldenham School Register was first published in 1898. I think this edition goes up to 1938 [7th edition]. Aldenham is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire and this book is a real little gem. The Author has attempted to find out as much as he could about the past pupils of this school. Many, many names from all over England and Commonwealth Countries with lots of information on some of their pupils and hardly anything on others. Some died in Japan, some Egypt-South Africa etc. etc. some even died in South America. One chap died whilst elephant hunting in Portuguese East Africa. Lots went to Australia and New Zealand as well. For instance FOX, Edwin Spencer, 1863-1867 ( Son of Edwin FOX, East India Merchant) Cricket Eleven, Formerly Tea Planter in Ceylon. Died at Salcombe, S. Devon, Nov., 1932 CARTER, Sydney William Brown, Sep 1887-Jul. 1893. " Trethake, " Oreston, Plymouth. ( Son of James CARTER, of Marlborough, Wilts.) Auchioneer & Valuer. WALLIS, Lionel John, 1898-Jul 1899. Greengates, Brixham, South Devon. ( Son of John Augustus WALLIS, M.D., H.M. Commissioner in Lunacy, of Harrow-on-the-Hill) Resident Inspector for Plymouth and South Devon for the Union Assurance Society Ltd. Cubs: Royal Western Yacht Club of England and Royal South Western Yacht Club, Plymouth. Great War 9th Lincs Regt: Capt. That is a just a couple of examples. If you think an ancestor may have attended this school then I am happy to do a look-up. Regards Bev Edmonds >>>>

Hello Bev and list, Aldenham School Registers:- nice to see your posting on Commonwealth Countries. My husband Terry and I are members of The Royal Commonwealth Society in Western Australia and have been for very many years. In fact Terry is the current President and is working hard to build up numbers. Like most Societies today there has been a drop off as members grow older and trying to get younger people involved isn't easy. However, we managed to start a youth group who at the moment seem to be doing well. We have a Speech and Leadership competition every year with students from all over the State high schools and colleges competing. Most of our winners go to University (usually Law) and some have gone on to Cambridge and Oxford and are teaching over there. I doubt we would have any ancestors in Hertfordshire but would be interested to know of anyone mentioned who had an attachment to/with Australia. Kind regards Ann Spiro Guild of One-Name Studies Representative for WA & NT. [email protected] Guild registered surnames: BASKETT; BRIGGS  http://www.one-name.org/ Baskett DNA Project: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Baskett -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Louise C via Sent: Sunday, 31 July 2016 7:44 AM To: Devon mailing list Subject: [DEV] Aldenham School Registers - Devon Folk + CommonwealthCountries 1898-1936 Forwarded at Bev's request. Her messages are still not getting through to the list. Regards, Louise >>> B. Edmonds <[email protected]> Afternoon all. Found in Op Shop today. The Aldenham School Register was first published in 1898. I think this edition goes up to 1938 [7th edition]. Aldenham is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire and this book is a real little gem. The Author has attempted to find out as much as he could about the past pupils of this school. Many, many names from all over England and Commonwealth Countries with lots of information on some of their pupils and hardly anything on others. Some died in Japan, some Egypt-South Africa etc. etc. some even died in South America. One chap died whilst elephant hunting in Portuguese East Africa. Lots went to Australia and New Zealand as well. For instance FOX, Edwin Spencer, 1863-1867 ( Son of Edwin FOX, East India Merchant) Cricket Eleven, Formerly Tea Planter in Ceylon. Died at Salcombe, S. Devon, Nov., 1932 CARTER, Sydney William Brown, Sep 1887-Jul. 1893. " Trethake, " Oreston, Plymouth. ( Son of James CARTER, of Marlborough, Wilts.) Auchioneer & Valuer. WALLIS, Lionel John, 1898-Jul 1899. Greengates, Brixham, South Devon. ( Son of John Augustus WALLIS, M.D., H.M. Commissioner in Lunacy, of Harrow-on-the-Hill) Resident Inspector for Plymouth and South Devon for the Union Assurance Society Ltd. Cubs: Royal Western Yacht Club of England and Royal South Western Yacht Club, Plymouth. Great War 9th Lincs Regt: Capt. That is a just a couple of examples. If you think an ancestor may have attended this school then I am happy to do a look-up. Regards Bev Edmonds >>>> ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message