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Aston Martin (15:98) 2 litre Speed (1936-38) Engine 1949cc S4 OC
Production 13
Race Number 91 Robert Middleton
Registration Number FGY 309 (London)
ASTON MARTIN SET

www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623759800132...

Originally built for the cancelled 1936 Le Mans 24 hour, the 2 litre Speed is essentially an enlarged 1.5 litre, still with Scintilla Vertex magneto, dry sump lubrication and a four speed crash gearbox, thouth the frame is stiffened and hydraulic brakes. With a top speed of around 100mph they were very quick and equally very expensive.

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Shot 23.04.2017 at the VSCC Formula Vintage Meeting, Silverstone REF 125-097

Aston Martin (15:98) 2 litre Speed (1936-38) Engine 1949cc S4 OC
Production 13
Race Number 91 Robert Middleton
Registration Number FGY 309 (London)
ASTON MARTIN SET

www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623759800132...

Originally built for the cancelled 1936 Le Mans 24 hour, the 2 litre Speed is essentially an enlarged 1.5 litre, still with Scintilla Vertex magneto, dry sump lubrication and a four speed crash gearbox, thouth the frame is stiffened and hydraulic brakes. With a top speed of around 100mph they were very quick and equally very expensive.

Thankyou for a massive 57,720,729 views

Shot 23.04.2017 at the VSCC Formula Vintage Meeting, Silverstone REF 125-098

The poster design is by Gösta Åberg.

I was visiting St Margarets Church in Lowestoft specifically to see the side chapel, dedicated to those who had lost their lives from the town in the Great War. The names of hundreds of them are written on panels down one side. I was here even more specifically to look for five names in particular – spread through-out the alphabet so that meant I needed good shots of at least five of the panels. Well I took pictures of them all, “just in case”. Not all are as sharp or framed as I might have liked and I definitely didn’t have time to thoroughly research all the names, (but who knows, I may come back!). So five panels are done, the rest are pot luck.

The Roll of Honour site has already made a start on trying to identify the names in the chapel.
www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/LowestoftStMargaretsChurch...

For more on each name see comments below.

Abbreviations used.
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
SDGW – Soldiers Died in the Great War

Mutford was the Civil District for the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriage, (until 1935 - when it became part of the new District of Lothingland).

C H Mallett
J E Mallett
B J Mann
B Manning
C Manning
G T B Manning
G Mantripp
R W Mantripp
O S Markham
J E Martin
J H Martin
A W S Mason
S A R Mason
W H Masterson
A V Mercer
C Metcalf
R Middleton
M A Miller
J T Mills

There is a picture of a Mr R Middleton of Lowestoft and the RNAS who had died in hospital, in the Norwich Mercury dated 18th August 1917 .

MIDDLETON, ROBERT
Rank:…………………....…..Air Mechanic 1st Class
Service No:……………….F/13464
Date of Death:………....07/07/1917
Age:……………………….....33
Service:………………….....Royal Naval Air Service
…………………………….......Air Station (Eastchurch)
Grave Reference:……..N. 102.
Cemetery:
LOWESTOFT (KIRKLEY) CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Husband of Evelyn Emma Middleton, of 250, London Rd., Lowestoft.
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/397656/MIDDLETON,%20R...

The WW1 Naval Casualties database records that Acting Air Mechanic 1st Grade F.13464 Robert Middleton, R.N.A.S. died from disease on the 7th July 1917 whilst serving at the Royal Naval Air Station Eastchurch Hants. He was born Lowestoft on the 27th April 1884. The next of kin informed of his death was his widow, Evelyn Emma, of 250 London Road, South Lowestoft, Suffolk.

He is also remembered on the War Memorial in Lowestoft St John.
www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/LowestoftStJohnsChurch.html

RNAS Ratings Service Records are available on FindMyPast according to the National Archive site.

These record him as born Lowestoft on April 27th 1884 at Lowestoft. His civilian occupation was Carpenter. He enlisted on the 29th April 1916. He was assigned to HMS President 11, (No3 WMA) for pay purposes “For Services in Land Operations.” He then moved to Aero Wing No.3 at Luxeuil, remaining there until the 31st May 1917. The last 9 days he was nominally at the Crystal Palace base, before then moving on the the R.N.A.S. establishment at Eastchurch. He was moved to R.N. sick quarters at Sheerness, (HMS Daedalus) on the 1st July 1917 suffering from septic poisoning. He succumbed to this on the 7th.

April 27th 1884 – Birth

From his service record – see above, and WW1 Naval Casualties.

The birth of a Robert Middleton was registered in the Mutford district in the April to June quarter, (Q2), of 1884. Mutford District included Lowestoft and the nearby villages.

1891 Censuses of England & Wales and Scotland

The 6 year old Robert Middleton, born Lowestoft, was recorded living at 5 Marine Parade, Lowestoft. This was the household of his parents, Robert, (aged 44, a Carpenter born Mattishall, Norfolk) and Marian, (aged 47, born Brockdish, Norfolk). As well as Robert their other children living with them are:-
Minnie….aged 21…born Lowestoft…Confectioners Assistant
Edith……aged 16…born Lowestoft….Dressmakers Assistant
Matilda…aged 12…born Lowestoft

1901 Censuses of England & Wales and Scotland

The Middleton family were still living at 5 Marine Parade. As well as parents Robert, (54), and Mary Ann, (57), their children still single and living at home are Minnie, (30, her parents housekeeper), Edith, (26, Dressmaker), Matilda, (21, Drapers Shop Assistant) and Robert, (16, Carpenter). The family also have one live in servant.

1911 Census of England and Wales

The 26 year old Robert Middleton, still single and a Carpenter, Joiner + Undertaker was recorded living at home with his widowed mother, Mary Ann, (aged 69 and recorded as a Lodging House Keeper). The two of them are still living at 5 Marine Parade. They also have one live in servant.

An Evelyn Emma Aldous, aged 23 and single was sharing lodgings with the 29 year old Alice Elizabeth Nobbs, also single. The pair were living at 26 Maidstone Road, Lowestoft, and were Elementary School Teachers employed by the Town Council. Alice was from Loddon, Norfolk, while Evelyn was from Beccles, Suffolk.

1913 – (probable) marriage

The most likely candidate for the wedding was recorded in the Wangford District of Suffolk, in the January to March quarter, (Q1), of 1913 when a Robert Middleton married an Evelyn E Aldous.

Post August 1911 it had become compulsory when registering the birth of a child with the Civil Authorities in England and Wales to also record the mothers maiden name. A check of the General Registrars Office Index of Births for England and Wales produces two possible candidates for children of Robert and Evelyn.

The birth of a Mary E Middleton, mothers maiden name Aldous, was recorded in the Mutford District in the April to June quarter, (Q2), of 1914.

The birth of a Eileen M Middleton, mothers maiden name Aldous, was recorded in the Wangford District of Suffolk in the January to March quarter, (Q1), of 1917.

On the day

His service records, (see above), detail that he succumbed to septic poisoning.

The death of a Robert Middleton aged 33 was recorded in the Sheppey District of Kent in the July to September quarter, (Q3), of 1917.

The 1917 Probate Calendar records that Robert Middleton, of 23 Salisbury Road, Kirkley, Suffolk, a First-Grade Mechanic with the Royal Naval Air Service, died on the 7th July 1917 at the Naval Hospital, Sheerness, Kent. Probate was granted at the Ipswich Court on the 22nd August to Evelyn Emma Middleton, widow. Effects were valued at £427 3s 7d.
probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Middleton&a...

Robert D. Webb present in 1956 "Le Cavalier du crépuscule" with Elvis Presley, Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Neville Brand,...

Rob with a nice very wet carp.

A nice treble hook up towards the end of the session but it started off very slow indeed.

Rob with a nice carp.

Rob playing one of the seven carp he caught.

A nice treble hook up towards the end of the session but it started off very slow indeed.

Rob had 5lb of silvers and fished the feeder for the first time.

Carmen Camacho, Beth Wong, Aurelia Martin, and Valerie Ervin

Jon Lourie, Chair, Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committe and Board Member, Silver Spring Town Center, Inc.