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- ↑ Bourne, John, Centre for First World War Studies , retrieved 16 November 2016
- ↑ Anglican Parish Registers, Chiddingfold, St Mary, Surrey History Centre, Woking, Surrey
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- ↑ Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England, Principal Probate Registry, London