The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 49 No.4 | March 2023

Hampshire Family Historian The

Contents

Editorial

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by Stephen Pomeroy Chairman’s Report

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March2023

HGS News

Vol 49 No.4 • ISSN 0306-6843

HGS Exhibition at the HRO

Farewell

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Searchers

Death in Dorset

by Roy Montgomery News from the Hampshire Archives 148 Surnames Featured in this Issue 151 The History and Future of Bastion No.1 152 by Alan Petrie A Mother’s Life at Sea 154 by Terry Gilmour

Deadline Material for possible inclusion in the June 2023 Family Historian should be received strictly by 21st May 2023 . All contributions are, however, appreciated as early as possible. The deadline applies to regular features only. Disclaimer The Hampshire Family Historian is the official publication of the Hampshire Genealogical Society. Material is copyright of the Society and may not be reproduced without written permission. The Hampshire Genealogical Society does not accept responsibility for personal views expressed in this publication, or in any articles. Submission of material The editor welcomes articles, feedback, letters or searchers requests for the journal. Text should be typed in black, with illustrations if appropriate. Send to the HGS Office at the address on the inside front cover marked for the attention of the editor. Please enclose a SAE for return of any photos or other items. Items can also be sent by e-mail to editor@hgs-online.org.uk as Word documents. In this case please send any photos or illustrations as separate image files rather than embedded in the document. You can have them in the document to indicate where they should appear or use placeholders. Images degrade when they are imported and resized when embedded. HGS reserves the right to reproduce submissions in publicity materials and on the society website. Please ALWAYS include a telephone contact — and if a member your membership number. To comply with data protection requirements please state what contact details you want printed in the journal or website, e.g telephone number and/or e-mail and/or address.

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“My husband and I” met HM The Queen 157 by Pat Gilbert Ancestry indexing error 161 by Richard Backhouse Members’ Surname Interests 162 Local Group Programmes 166 Theft When Swimming 179 by Roy Montgomery Death in Dorset 180 by Roy Montgomery Membership IBC

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