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Name:
Harry Kenneth Luscombe
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1924, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Harry Kenneth Luscombe
Birth:
4 Jul 1924
Address: 35 Chapel Sreet
Baptism:
23 Jul 1924 (age 0)
Address: Stonehouse, Devon
His Godparents were Mr and Mrs Brown. Mr Brown was the Deputy Manager of Plymouth City Tramways. His two sisters, Doris and Gladys, were also present. Harry still has his silver christening mug.
Religion:
Church of England5
Residence:
frm Jul 1924 to 1940 (age 0-16)
East Stonehouse, Devon6
Address: 35 Chapel Street
Up to the age of 16 he lived above the shop in Chapel Street where a tobacconist, newsagent, confectionary and grocery business was run by his Mother. He had to help out by serving customers and, in his own words became 'practised in addition and subtraction'. At the time his father was still in full time employment with Plymouth Corporation Tramways, although he owned the business. The source gives a little anecdote about meeting two drillers in the dockyard where he was an apprentice.
Mr. Fayre,. 'Do you remember him getting up on a stool, dipping his little hand in the loose tobacco jar and pulling out 1/2 oz. of tobacco?'
Mr. Avery, 'No, but I remember him slicing a bar of Three Twist tobacco in a little guillotine and cutting me off half an ounce!'
Education:
frm Sep 1927 to Jul 1930 (age 3-6)
Address: Stonehouse, Devon
Education:
frm Sep 1930 to Jul 1936 (age 6-12)
Address: Stonehouse, Devon
Here he learned double, i.e. joined up, writing.
Many boys from the school whose fathers were in the Royal Marines also found the Royal Marines a career oportunity.
Sister's marriage:
20 Feb 1931 (age 6)
Marriage of sister Doris to Leslie John William Henry Wallace
Guest:
3 Jun 1936 (age 11)
Guest at marriage of George William Isaac and Gladys May Luscombe
Education:
frm Sep 1936 to Jul 1939 (age 12-15)
secondary education; the Junior Technical School5
Address: Stonehouse, Devon
In March 1939 (aged 14 1/2) he sat the 2 day Civil Service Examination for an Apprenticeship in H.M. Dockyard, Devonport. He passed.
Register (living with parents):
29 Sep 1939 (age 15)
1939 Register - Living with parents
Education:
frm 16 Oct 1939 to 16 Oct 1944 (age 15-20)
a boilermaker apprenticeship ; H.M Dockyard5
Address: Devonport
His apprentenship was served in various workshops and included 2 years on the Marking Off Floor. 12 out of 91 apprentices in the Engineering Department were selected to work in the Drawing Office in their 5th year; he was in the first batch of 6. He spent 3 months in the Main Drawing Office and 3 months at Montpelier.
In July 1944 volunteers were called for to go to H.M. Naval Base, Alexandria, Egypt. The scheme was extended to 5th year apprentices and Harry volunteered and was accepted.
In 1940/1, during his time as an apprentice, his father took over the Post Office in Durnford Street and Harry helped out in the evenings and weekends by helping in the shop and transcribing the counter books into the main ledger as well as attending Dockyard School and being a member of the Home Guard.
Residence:
frm 1940 to 1941 (age 15-17)
Horrobridge, Devon10
After the shop in Chapel Street was damaged in the blitz he went to live with his sister Doris and her husband Leslie at Brook Lodge, Sampford Spiney, about 2 miles from Horrobridge railway station. Here he slept in a folding chair until he moved round the corner to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Bond. Mrs. Bond was very kind to him. From Sampford Spiney he had to cycle to Horrobridge Station and from there catch a train to Devonport where he was apprentice in the Dockyard.
Later he moved to the Trotters opposite the butchers in Horrobridge with his parents which made it easier to get to work.
Whilst he lived at Sampford Spiney and Horrobridge he had a dispensation to arrive at work at half past eight instead of the normal starting time of eight o'clock without breaking the terms of his indenture.
Residence:
frm 1941 to Oct 1944 (age 16-20)
Stonehouse, Plymouth11
Unknown GEDCOM info: Durnford Street
Occupation:
frm 17 Oct 1944 to 1952 (age 20-28)
His first posting after completing his apprenticeship as a boilermaker was to H.M. Naval Base, Alexandria. He was sent to Liverpool where he was billeted in the Ocean Club before embarking on the Capetown Castle. On the day that the ship sailed there was an incident in which a sailor on the destroyer H.M.S. Bligh (K467) across the basin from the Capetown Castle accidentally swept the promenade deck of the Capetown Castle with an automatic gun (probably an Oerlikon 20 mm cannon), killing 7 and injuring 16 passengers. Some rounds penetrated the superstructure and injured passengers in cabins. Harry and his friend Gus were lucky to escape injury. They had been walking along the promenade deck on the side facing the destroyer and just before the incident had crossed the ship to walk along the other side.
On the 7th November 1944 the ship sailed from Liverpool, past Belfast during an air raid, then two days west, then south to Gibraltar where she joined a convey for the 1,992 miles to Port Said. The captain was Commodore of the heavily defended convoy which included aircraft carriers and cruisers. 600 volunteer UK Palestine police were accommodated in temporary wooden bunks in the fo'rd hold with little chance of escape if torpedoed or mined. The voyage took 3 weeks. After calling at Port Said the Capetown Castle went on to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
At the Naval Base he was employed on marking off and towards the end of his time there there was talk of him going to Begahasi as a draftsman or possibly the Naval Base at Trincomalee in Ceylon. However, he returned to England in January 1946 and was employed on marking off in Devonport Dockyard where he replaced Edgar Langdon who had a drink problem. The other marker off was Harry Hawk.
He worked on the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Terrible which became H.M.A.S. Sydney and the weather ships Cochrane and Darymple.
Residence:
frm Nov 1944 to Jan 1946 (age 20-21)
Alexandria, Egypt
Occupation:
frm Mar 1952 to 1976 (age 27-52)
Technical Officer employed on non-destructive testing (NDT); Ministry of Defence, Bath
Daughter's marriage:
21 Apr 1975 (age 50)
Marriage of daughter Mary to Kenneth Wild
Occupation:
frm 5 Mar 1976 to 7 Jul 1984 (age 51-60)
Technical Staff Officer in Director General Ships - Directorate of Resorces and Programmes; the Ministry of Defence14
Address: Foxhill, Bath
As Technical Staff Officer in DGShips - DRP(Ships) in the grade of PTO II(M) then (C) he was primarily responsible for co-ordinating information on the ship and boat construction and refit programme which he published monthly in 'The Red Book' for use by senior management.
Diagnosed with:
1979 (age 54-55)
Address: Bath
after his weight dropped from 12st to 9st (nearly lost you said the RUH!). His sister Doris said that his wife Barbara wasn't feeding him properly! During the period of weight loss he occupied his mind by compiling ½ dozen or so notebooks with drawings on sailing, navigation, etc. (In 2012 he sent these notebooks to his great-nephew Neil Boyle.)
Illness:
frm 1979 to Jun 2015 (age 54-90)
coeliac disease17
and had to be particularly careful about his diet to avoid any product which contained gluten. He joined the Coeliac Society which produced a directory listing gluten free foods and suppliers of gluten free food. He did all his own baking using gluten free flour. After he embarked on a gluten free diet his weight returned to normal and he had fewer colds.
Retirement:
3 Jul 1984 (age 60)
the Ministry of Defence
Cause: on reachig retirement age
Address: Foxhill, Bath
attended:
11 Apr 1985 (age 60)
Attended funeral of Gladys May Luscombe
Guest:
25 Mar 1991 (age 66)
Guest at marriage of Jack Peter William Ward and Patricia Hélène Wallace
Guest:
18 Mar 1995 (age 70)
Guest at marriage of Andrew Robert Boyle and Heidi Elisabeth Martin
Death:
18 Jun 2015 (age 90)
Ivy Bank Nursing Home18
Address: Bath
Harry had been at Ivy Bank House for a year after tripping over a lawn mower cable and falling and, as a consequence, breaking his knee cap. The kneecap was repaired at Bath hospital and he went to Ivy Bank House to recuperate. Although he had physiotherapy progress seemed slow and, although he expressed a wish to return home, he had a continual fear of falling and said he would not do so until he was confident that he would not fall. Initially he occupied the respite care room was on the ground floor where, if he left the door open, he had a view of the comings and goings in the hallway which provided a source of interest. However, he had difficulty in reading and seemed to lose interest in the E & T magazines which his niece Pat used to send him and he devoured so avidly when he was at home. His letters also became shorter and less frequent and were preoccupied with his state of health. During his time at Ivy Bank he was hospitalised a couple of times – once for a skin graft for a skin cancer on his leg and another time after a fall. He had also had several minor falls just before his death.
Funeral:
1 Jul 2015
Address: Bath
at 2.30 p.m. The service was conducted according to the Church of England rite by the duty officiant and was followed by his cremation. The service was attended by his only daughter Mary, her husband Kenneth Wild, two of their daughters Anna and Lucy, his niece Patricia and her husband Jack, and his neighbours Ken and his wife. His other granddaughter Emma was unable to attend because she had had a baby a few days before. There were also some staff from the Ivy Bank House the nursing home where he died and two ladies probably in their late 60s who Mary spent a long time talking to after the service but to whom we were not introduced to Pat and Jack. Mary made it obvious that Pat and Jack were not welcome and made a point of saying that her family were going home to a lasagne lunch.
Jack had the feeling that Harry was being processed as there were no service sheets, few mourners and no wake. Although he had been confirmed he did not attend church other than for weddings, christenings and funerals and as far as Jack knew neither his daughter Mary nor her husband Ken were churchgoers so it seemed that a humanist service would have been more appropriate. However, Harry's wife Barbara had had a religious cremation service at Haycombe Crematorium 10 years before so probably the family were following form.
Spouse: Barbara Mary Sowden, 1940?, age 15
Daughter: Mary Barbara Luscombe
1948, Off to the Wedding of Harry Kenneth Luscombe and Barbara Sowden
1948, Bridesmaids & Page Boy
1948, Harry and Barbara with the Wedding Party at the Reception
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
12 Jun 1948 (age 23)
Address: Stuart Road, Pennycomequick, Plymouth, Devon
Reginald Sowden gave his daughter away. The Best Man was Reginald Lyon who was Barbara's cousin and the Bridesmaids were Barbara's sister Joan and Harry's niece Pat Wallace. The Pageboy was Francis Lyon, the son of the Best Man. Joan who was dressmaker made the wedding and Bridesmaids' dresses and the Pageboy's outfit. Harry knew Barbara and her sisters, Beryl (who he called Bess) and Joan before he went to Egypt in 1944. On his return in 1946 he met up with Beryl again and courted her although, judging from a number of his letters and what he said to Pat and Jack Ward, he was also very fond of Bess. It would appear that Barbara's father, Reginald Sowden, didn't entirely approve of Harry, especially when he and Barbara has a holiday together in St Ives before they were married. However, Barbara's mother was supportive.
The reception was held at Barbara's parents' house and they honeymooned in Newquay. On the honeymoon they visited Tom Nankervis and his wife Nell who was a Hockin. They also met the musician Norman [Nankervis] who was presumably Tom's brother.
Life and Career
Although his niece Pat Ward and her husband Jack were aware that up to his retirement he worked in Ministry of Defence in Bath and, prior to that, had worked in H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, and in Egypt at H.M. Naval Base, Alexandria, they were not aware of what he had done and his many achievements until after the death of his wife Barbara. Before then, if he tried to talk about his work or aspects of his personal life before his marriage, she would say, 'We don't want to hear about that Harry.' and that was the end of the matter.
After her death he began to talk about his life and career. It was almost as if the floodgates has opened. Although both Pat and Jack were interested in his early years and Pat could relate to many of the incidents, she did not understand many of the technical matters. Here Jack came into his own as he understood what Harry was talking about and could respond.
As it was impossible to remember all that he said Jack asked him to record some details of his early life and career, expecting only a few brief notes. However, this was the trigger for a series of letters which provide many of the references for his and his parent's lives.25
Relationship with Beryl Sowden
Harry's relationship with his wife's sister seems rather ambivalent. It would appear that he regretted not marrying Beryl rather than Barbara and a number of his letters made either a direct or indirect reference to this. He also expressed concern that he did not know what the Sowden sisters (Beryl, Barbara and June) were 'up to' during his time in Egypt although he had no 'understanding', formal or otherwise, with any of them.
However, his letters make clear that after Beryl's husband's death in 2004 he avioded all contact with Beryl although she lived only a few doors away in Maple Gardens, saying that it was up to her family to look after her. He obviously observed the coming and goings at his siter-in-law's and would ask one of children how she was.27 28
Grandfather on his Father's side
His father was illegitimate, but was almost certainly someone with the surname of of Northcott as his Father's birth was registered in the name of Henry Northcott Luscombe; also it would appear that the Luscombes knew the Northcotts and of the connection. Tracing which Northcott through census records has been difficult as the available information either from Harry Luscome himself or from notes left by his sister Doris is conflicting.
However, he has shown a grest interest in tracing his Grandfather and the various letters which refer to the subject provide the following information:-
His sister Doris's husband Leslie Wallace traced him to a house in Manamead Hill, Plymouth and that he was a lawyer. Leslie who was Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy at the time made it clear that he wanted nothing from him, but would like him to know he was doing well. (HKL 2005-06-05 City of Plymouth p1 [p4 of scan])
His mother (Nellie Hawkins) said that his Grandmother (Clara Amelia) was a little older than his Grandfather who had been keen to marry her over a period of time, but was talked out of it by his family. (HKL 2005-06-05 City of Plymouth p2 [p5 of scan])
In 1924 his father sought out Grandfather Northcott rather than his Father. He speculates that he had not sought his Father, Harry (sic) Northcott, because he was dead. (HKL 2005-06-05 City of Plymouth p4 [p7 of scan])
His Father went to Coburg Street School which is about half a mile from Greenbank where HKL believes the Northcotts lived. He speculates that Clara had moved to Greenbank to be near her son's Father. (HKL 2005-06-05 City of Plymouth p4 [p7 of scan])29
Relationship with his Daughter Mary
It is obvious from various snippets in his letters to his niece Patricia Ward that he loved his only child Mary dearly. However, he seemed to have little time for Mary's husband Kenneth Wild which became a increasing source of friction between them. This was largely suppressed whilst his wife Barbara was alive but after her death in 2004 he fell out with Mary because he believed that Ken was fiddling his expenses and on one of Mary's visits he was unwise enought to voice his suspicions. Naturally she was upset and stormed out of the house. Afterwards Pat learned in a telephone call to his next door neighbour Geof that she had gone into Geof and his wife in tears about her father's attitude to her husband. After that all contact between Mary and her father ceased (including the sending of Christmas and Birthday Cards) although occasionally Mary would visit her Aunt - Beryl Sowden - a few doors away in Maple Gardens.
He talked about his suspicions on several occasions to Pat and Jack Ward when they visited him in Bath after his wife's death. (Although they had developed the practice of visiting him and his wife every few months before his wife died, after his wife's death they made monthly visits which obviously became important to him espececially after his estrangement from Mary.)25
Sport
In his early years there was climbing and running along the shoreline at Devil's Point (Firestone Bay) and rowing boats in Stonehouse Creek.
At the age of 9 he started playing rugby at High Street School. (Tom Head the Senior Master refereed the Schoolboy Final in London.) He continued playing rugby at Junior Technical School in the 2nd and then the 1st team which reached the final of the Littleton Shield which was played at the Plymouth Albion Rugby Ground (his team lost!). In Alexandria he played rugby for H.M. Naval Base; a perk was playing against the Springboks Army Touring Team who provided a delightful punch (drink - not foul!). The Naval Base Team's trainer - Albert Grase - asked him to play for St Columbia in Plymouth on their return to England but, as it was a Roman Catholic club and his father was Provincial Grand Paymaster of the Devon Freemasons under the auspices of the Bishop of Credition, he thought it better to decline! (He had also been baptised into the Church of England, however, this of itself would probably not have stopped him playing for St Columbia.
He started playing lawn tennis at the Stonehouse Lawn Tenis and Bowling Club (his father was Chairman) on his return from Egypt and he became Treasurer of the Club. When he moved to Bath in 1952 he played tennis for a couple of seasons for the Ministry of Defence (Navy) Drawing Office Team.
Initially his involvement in non-destrutive testing required periods of detached duty which affected his ability to participate in sport. However, as NDT units became established in in Dockyards and Outports the requirement for detached duty lessened and he became Treasurer of the Director of Naval Construction (Lawn) Bowls Team for approximately 5 years until 1968. It is not known whether he played bowls during this time. He told Pat and Jack Ward during one of their visits that he had been invited by some colleagues to play bowls in Bath's Victoria Park and had suggested to his wife Barbara that she might like to come along to watch. She declined but during the game he looked up and saw Barbara sitting on a bench overlooking the green with her arms folded and looking like thunder. When he waved to her she got up and walked away. He never played bowls again.30 31
Holidays
In the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s his parents were able to afford an annual fortnight holiday, usually Riselip, Hornchurch, London, Portsmouth or the Isle of Wight where he was allowed to collect the coloured sand from the bottom of the cliff at Alum Bay. He particularly enjoyed boating at Southsea and Sandown and photographing the German 'crack' liners Bremen and Europa.
He describes a holiday in Bournemouth with Barbara to which they took her sister Beryl along as a second honeymoon. The meaning is not entirely clear especially as their first honemoon was spent in Newquay.
On one family holiday to the Isle of Wight they took their daughter's (Mary's) school friend Marilyn along, and on another to Wales when Mary was at Chichester College her fiend Pam Moffat.
For approximately 18 years running annual holidays were taken in the Isle of Wight and sometimes twice a year after he retired. Once he was diagnosed as a celiac it was important that they went to a hotel that understood his dietary needs and they fround sucha hotel on the Isle of Wight.
Mant weekends were spent at Witsands.32
Telephone
Harry and his wife Barbara did not have a telephone as they considered that it would intrude on their privacy. Harry was also concered that Bery would spend long hours on the 'phone to her sister Beryl who lives a few doors away in Maple Avenue. However, in March 2005 he agreed to hve a tellephone installed for emergency use after he has a fall due to dizziness . He claimed that the dizziness was due to the malt in Kellogs Cornflakes (some celiacs develop and intollerance to malt). After that he ate only malt-free products.33
Thelma Varner, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Harry Kenneth Luscombe. Custom Id: FC333568; Cit. Date: 4 July 1924. Harry Luscombe, 9 Maple GardensBath. Call Number: Private Papers.
Doris Winifred Wallace (née Luscombe), Note on the Descendents of Daniel Hawkins, (c. 1988). Custom Id: DWL 02; Harry (Kenneth) born 4 Jul 1924. Cit. Date: 4 July 1924. Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 14 July 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2002-07-14; Baptism. Cit. Date: 23 July 1924. Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Lusccome to his Niece Patricia Ward dated 25 July 2005, (25 July 2005). Custom Id: HKL 2005-07-25; Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 14 July 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2002-07-14; Significant Dates Page 1 (Page 3 of scan). Pat Ward.
Ibid. Pat Ward.
Harry K Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Pat Ward dated 30 Aug 2005, (30 Aug 2005). Custom Id: HKL 2005-08-30; Page 3. Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 14 July 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2002-07-14; Significant Dates p1 (p3 of scan). Cit. Date: from September 1930 to July 1936. Pat Ward.
Harry K. Luscombe, Enclosure to Letter from Harry Lusccome to his Niece Patricia Ward dated 17 Aug 2005, (Box File Uncle Harry's Letters). Custom Id: HKL 2005-08-17; Annotation on Enclosure 3. Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 14 July 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2002-07-14; Annex Page 1 &2 (Page 7 & 8 of scan). Pat Ward.
Ibid. Significant Dates Page 1 & Annex Page 2 (Pages 3 & 8 of scan). Pat Ward.
Ibid. Significant Dates p1 & Annex p3 (pp3 &9 of scan). Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Conversation between Harry Luscombe and Jack Ward on 26 Sep 2005, Recorder: Jack P. W. Ward, (26 Sep 2005). Provided calarification of events referred to in his letter of 14 Jul 2005. Dowell-Wallace Data Base.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 14 July 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2002-07-14; Significant Dates Page 3 (Page 5 of scan). Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patrica Ward dated 16 Mar 2005, (Box File Uncle Harry's Letters). Custom Id: HKL 2005-03-16; Cit. Date: 16 March 2005. Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 28 May 2012, (28 May 2012). Custom Id: L:HKL2010-05-28; Page 2. Cit. Date: 1979. Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patrica Ward dated 16 Mar 2005, (Box File Uncle Harry's Letters). Custom Id: HKL 2005-03-16; Pages 1 & 2. Cit. Date: 16 March 2005. Pat Ward.
Jack Ward, Telephone conversation between Kenneth (Ken) Wild and Jack Ward on 24 June 2015, (Contaminous note recorded in Dowell-Wallace database ). Cit. Date: 18 June 2015. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
Kenneth Wild, Telephone conversation between Ken Wilf and Pat Ward 25 June 2015, (Contaminous note recorded in Dowell-Wallace database ). Cit. Date: 27 June 2015.
Note on Harry Luscombe's Funeral by Jack Ward, 2 July 2015, Dowell-Wallace Data Base, Page 1.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Harry Kenneth Luscombe's Marriage and Descendants , (c. 2000). Custom Id: HKL Note; Cit. Date: 21 April 1975. Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 14 July 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2002-07-14; Significant Dates Page 2 (Page 4 of scan). Pat Ward.
Doris Winifred Wallace (née Luscombe), Note on the Descendents of Daniel Hawkins, (c. 1988). Custom Id: DWL 02; Pat Ward.
Photographs of the Wedding of Harry Kenneth LUSCOME and Barabara SOWDEN. Custom Id: St Barnabas Church, Plymouth, Devon; Cit. Date: 12 June 1948. Pat Ward.
Jack P. W. Ward, See Note; Items which are referenced to this source are based on the personal recollections of the compiler of this database and may not be recorded elsewhere. Dowell-Wallace Data Base.
Parish Register for Marriage of Harry Kenneth Luscombe and Barbars Mary Sowden, St Banabas, Devonport, Devon, 12 June 1948, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.
Harry K Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his Niece Pat Ward dated 5 Jul 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2005-06-05; Main letter p 3. Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patrica Ward dated 16 Mar 2005, (Box File Uncle Harry's Letters). Custom Id: HKL 2005-03-16; p1-2. Pat Ward.
Harry K Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his Niece Pat Ward dated 5 Jul 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2005-06-05; City of Plymouth p1-2 & 4 (4-5 &7 of scan). Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 14 July 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2002-07-14; Section headed Sport (Pages 10 &11 of scan). Pat Ward.
Jack P. W. Ward, See Note; Items which are referenced to this source are based on the personal recollections of the compiler of this database and may not be recorded elsewhere. Conversation with HKL. Dowell-Wallace Data Base.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 14 July 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2002-07-14; Section headed Holidays (Pages 12 & 13 of scan). Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patrica Ward dated 16 Mar 2005, (Box File Uncle Harry's Letters). Custom Id: HKL 2005-03-16; p3. Pat Ward.