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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Battle of the Somme is in 1910-1920 First World War.
On 1st July 1916 Captain John Macfarlane Charlton (age 21) was killed in action on his twenty-first birthday on the first day of the Battle of the Somme seven days after the death of his elder brother Lieutenant Hugh Vaughan Charlton.
After 1st July 1916. Memorial plaque and window showing Saint George to Captain George Henry Hall Scott (deceased) at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lesbury [Map] by Archibald Keightley Nicholson (age 45) .
On 15th September 1916 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Paston Mack (age 53) was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme. Memorial at St Margaret's Church, Paston [Map].
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Paston Mack: On 22nd January 1863 he was born to John Mack of Paston Hall.
On 16th September 1916 Guy Baring (age 43) was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme. Seventeen officers and six-hundred and ninety other ranks went into battle, but only three officers survived (one injured) and two-hundred and twenty-one other ranks. Baring was buried in Citadel New Military Cemetery
On 22nd September 1916 Edward Wyndham Tennant (age 19) was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme. Sculpted by Allan Gairdner Wyon (age 34). Salisbury Cathedral [Map].
Edward Wyndham Tennant: On 1st July 1897 he was born to Edward Tennant 1st Baron Glenconner and Pamela Wyndham Viscountess Grey.
On 1st April 1917 Second Lieutenant Robert Bosse (age 27) died from wounds received at the Battle of the Somme. He was buried at Tempeux-la-Fosse and subsequently buried at Peronne Communal Cemetery. Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall [Map].
Second Lieutenant Robert Bosse: On 19th May 1889 he was born at Eccleshall, Staffordshire.