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Society of Royal Cumberland Youths

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Society Peals

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Ringers
  1. Alan Regin 2385 (70 as C)
  2. Derek E Sibson 1776 (1554 as C)
  3. Simon J Davies 1317 (6 as C)
  4. E Jane Sibson 1211 (1 as C)
  5. Ian G Campbell 1205 (1 as C)
  6. Ian R Fielding 1203 (683 as C)
  7. Graham A Duke 1172 (160 as C)
  8. John P Loveless 1054 (487 as C)
  9. Richard M Hobbs 1027 (129 as C)
  10. Shirley E McGill 1023 (1 as C)
 
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Conductors
  1. Derek E Sibson 1554
  2. Ian R Fielding 683
  3. Stephen A Wheeler 552
  4. John P Loveless 487
  5. Jack E Page 287
  6. Roger Baldwin 274
  7. Ian Roulstone 233
  8. George Newson 227
  9. Graham A Duke 160
  10. Dennis Beresford 150
 
Shoreditch
Towers/Location
  1. Shoreditch, St Leonard 1010
  2. Spitalfields, Christ Church 233
  3. Westminster, St Martin in the Fields 122
  4. Watford, 15 Harford Drive 99
  5. Trumpington, St Mary & Michael 84
  6. Barton Seagrave, St Botolph 74
  7. Edmonton, All Saints 71
  8. West Ham, All Saints 63
  9. Highgate, St Anne 60
  10. Hackney, St John 51
Bellropes
Methods
  1. Spliced Surprise Major 1026
  2. Bristol Surprise Major 728
  3. Surprise Minor 359
  4. London Surprise Major 314
  5. Grandsire Triples 296
  6. Yorkshire Surprise Major 276
  7. Stedman Cinques 268
  8. Bristol Surprise Maximus 244
  9. Plain Bob Major 212
  10. Kent Treble Bob Major 206
Methods
 

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Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 18 April 1925 in 3hrs 35mins (28)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John Carter

  1. John Sparrow
  2. John D Matthews (C)
  3. Frank Smith
  4. Arthur J Neale
  5. Thomas Newman
  6. Richard Bevan
  7. George A Card
  8. Charles V Hare
  9. Henry T Wilson
  10. John W Cornford
  11. William Bottrill
  12. Cecil J Matthews
Peal No: 1345

64 High Street, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire

Sunday, 24 May 1925 in 2hrs 18mins (Size 13 in B flat)
5040 Plain Bob Major
Composed by Frank Bennett

  1. 1–2John Sparrow
  2. 3–4Walter Ayre
  3. 5–6John D Matthews
  4. 7–8Cecil J Matthews (C)
Peal No: 1346

Aldershot, Hampshire
St Michael the Archangel
Wednesday, 1 July 1925 in 3hrs 0mins (8-0-10)
5056 London Surprise Major
Composed by Frank Bennett

  1. Q M S G Gibbert R E
  2. Frederick A Holden
  3. Alfred H Winch
  4. Charles N Burdock
  5. John A Cole
  6. William T Beeson
  7. George W Steere
  8. Alfred H Pulling (C)
Peal No: 1347

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 11 July 1925 in 3hrs 37mins (28)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John Carter

  1. John D Matthews
  2. Frank Smith
  3. Arthur J Neale
  4. Thomas Newman
  5. George A Card
  6. Harry Parkes
  7. Charles V Hare
  8. Leonard H Baybut
  9. Alfred H Winch
  10. Percy Merson
  11. William Bottrill
  12. Edward Pugh
Peal No: 1348

Canterbury, Kent
Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of Christ
Monday, 3 August 1925 in 3hrs 35mins (30)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Charles H Hattersley

  1. John Sparrow
  2. John D Matthews (C)
  3. Thomas Newman
  4. William H Fussell
  5. Herbert E Audsley
  6. James R M Bennett
  7. Edwin Barnett
  8. Alfred H Winch
  9. Leonard H Baybut
  10. William Bottrill
  11. John W Cornford
  12. Edward Pugh
Peal No: 1349

Ipswich, Suffolk
St Mary le Tower
Saturday, 22 August 1925 in 3hrs 33mins (32)
5035 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

  1. Albert C V Gasson
  2. Arthur J Neale
  3. Frank Smith
  4. John D Matthews (C)
  5. John Sparrow
  6. Thomas Newman
  7. Charles V Hare
  8. George A Card
  9. Leonard H Baybut
  10. Cecil J Matthews
  11. William Bottrill
  12. Thomas Bevan
Peal No: 1350

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 28 November 1925 in 3hrs 45mins (28)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

  1. Arthur N Hardy
  2. John Sparrow
  3. Thomas Newman
  4. John D Matthews (C)
  5. Frank Smith
  6. John S Goldsmith
  7. Leonard H Baybut
  8. Harry Sear
  9. Walter Sear
  10. William Bottrill
  11. Cecil J Matthews
  12. Edward Pugh

Rung with the bells half-muffled for Queen Alexandra, and the crew of the lost Submarine M.l.

Peal No: 1351

Edmonton, Middlesex
All Saints
Saturday, 20 February 1926 in 3hrs 5mins (15)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton

  1. James Saxby
  2. Phoebe Upsher
  3. Walter J Bowden
  4. Edmund G Tomlinson
  5. Edith K Parker
  6. Wilby J Hazell
  7. James Parker (C)
  8. George W Fletcher
Peal No: 1352

Gospel Oak, Middlesex
St Martin
Saturday, 20 March 1926 in 2hrs 46mins (12)
5040 Surprise Minor
7 methods: One extent each of Southwell, London, Wells, Beverley, Surfleet, Ipswich and Durham.

  1. Ernest T Butler
  2. William H Theobald
  3. Alfred Prior
  4. George A Dawson
  5. William W Miller (C)
  6. Edward D Smith
Peal No: 1353

Crayford, Kent
Paulinus
Thursday, 19 August 1926 in 2hrs 44mins (11-2-15)
5056 Double Oxford Bob Major
Composed by Edwin Barnett

  1. William Bond
  2. John H Cheesman
  3. Edwin Barnett Jr
  4. James R M Bennett
  5. Frederick J Cullum
  6. William Martin
  7. Herbert E Audsley
  8. Edwin Barnett
Peal No: 1354

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 21 August 1926 in 3hrs 37mins (28)
5019 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John Carter

  1. Frank Smith
  2. Edith K Parker
  3. Thomas Newman
  4. John D Matthews (C)
  5. Arthur J Neale
  6. George A Card
  7. Donald Findlay
  8. George W Fletcher
  9. Leonard H Baybut
  10. James R M Bennett
  11. Stafford H Green
  12. Edwin Pugh
Peal No: 1355

Painswick, Gloucestershire
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 28 August 1926 in 3hrs 40mins (25-2-19)
5035 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

  1. John D Matthews (C)
  2. Frank Smith
  3. Arthur J Neale
  4. Charles V Hare
  5. Stafford H Green
  6. Thomas Newman
  7. Thomas Bevan
  8. George A Card
  9. William Bottrill
  10. Leonard H Baybut
  11. James R M Bennett
  12. Edwin Pugh
Peal No: 1356

Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields
Monday, 27 December 1926 in 3hrs 40mins (30-1-20)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Charles H Hattersley

  1. Arthur N Hardy
  2. John D Matthews (C)
  3. Edwin Barnett Jr
  4. Arthur J Neale
  5. Frank Smith
  6. Thomas Newman
  7. Thomas Bevan
  8. John T Kentish
  9. Edward R Whitehead
  10. George A Card
  11. Leonard H Baybut
  12. Cecil J Matthews
Peal No: 1357

Crayford, Kent
Paulinus
Saturday, 15 January 1927 in 2hrs 58mins (11-2-15)
5056 Superlative Surprise Major
Composed by Charles H Hattersley

  1. Edwin Barnett Jr
  2. Herbert E Audsley
  3. John H Cheesman (C)
  4. William H Fussell
  5. Edith K Parker
  6. Henry T Wilson
  7. Frederick J Cullum
  8. George W Fletcher
Peal No: 1358

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 26 March 1927 in 3hrs 25mins (28)
5009 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John D Matthews

  1. William Rogers
  2. John D Matthews (C)
  3. Thomas Newman
  4. George A Card
  5. Leonard H Baybut
  6. Stanley W Baybut
  7. Ronald H Bullen
  8. Charles W Clarke
  9. Harry Sear
  10. Stafford H Green
  11. James R M Bennett
  12. George H Daynes
Peal No: 1359

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 4 June 1927 in 3hrs 16mins (28)
5007 Stedman Caters
Composed by John Carter

  1. Edwin Barnett
  2. John D Matthews (C)
  3. Arthur J Neale
  4. Richard Bevan
  5. James Hunt
  6. James Parker
  7. Frank Blondell
  8. William H Theobald
  9. William J Nudds
  10. Frank Smith

Grandfathers Peal, Average age of the band over 59 years, Average membership over 31 years. Owing to illness Caters was substituted for Cinques at the last moment.

Peal No: 1360

Southampton, Hampshire
St Mary
Wednesday, 31 August 1927 in 3hrs 41mins (21-2-8)
5056 London Surprise Major
Composed by Frank Bennett

  1. George Williams
  2. John W Faithfull
  3. George Pullinger
  4. D Cecil Williams
  5. Reginald Brown
  6. William T Beeson
  7. Frank Blondell
  8. Alfred H Pulling (C)

Conductors 50th peal in the method

Peal No: 1361

Erith, Kent
Christ Church
Monday, 26 September 1927 in 3hrs 6mins (17-0-23)
5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by Edwin Barnett

  1. Lionel J Cullum
  2. Edwin Barnett
  3. Edwin Barnett Jr
  4. John H Cheesman (C)
  5. William A Martin
  6. Herbert A Holden
  7. Frederick J Cullum
  8. George H Daynes
Peal No: 1362

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 1 October 1927 in 3hrs 50mins (28)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

  1. John D Matthews (C)
  2. Arthur N Hardy
  3. Thomas Newman
  4. Arthur J Neale
  5. James R M Bennett
  6. Richard Bevan
  7. Thomas Bevan
  8. John W Cornford
  9. George A Card
  10. Frank Smith
  11. Leonard H Baybut
  12. Cecil J Matthews
Peal No: 1363

Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields
Monday, 26 December 1927 in 3hrs 30mins (30-1-20)
5040 Plain Bob Royal
Composed by Henry J Tucker

  1. Arthur N Hardy
  2. John D Matthews (C)
  3. George Pullinger
  4. Thomas Newman
  5. Thomas Bevan
  6. Frank Smith
  7. George A Card
  8. Leonard H Baybut
  9. James R M Bennett
  10. Cecil J Matthews

First peal of Bob Royal on the bells, Rung after meeting short for Treble Twelve.

Peal No: 1364

Epsom, Surrey
St Martin
Saturday, 17 March 1928 in 3hrs 0mins (16)
5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal
Composed by William Pye

  1. Thomas Bevan
  2. John Sparrow
  3. Arthur J Neale
  4. Thomas Newman
  5. John D Matthews (C)
  6. Leonard H Baybut
  7. George W Steere
  8. George A Card
  9. Stafford H Green
  10. Cecil J Matthews
Peal No: 1365

Rayleigh, Essex
Holy Trinity
Saturday, 5 May 1928 in 2hrs 56mins (16-1-14)
5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by Edwin Barnett

  1. Edwin Barnett (C)
  2. Lionel H Page
  3. William Dudley
  4. John H Cheesman
  5. George E Wilson
  6. Stanley W Baybut
  7. Henry T Wilson
  8. George H Daynes
Peal No: 1366

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 17 November 1928 in 3hrs 50mins (28)
5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus
Composed by William Pye

  1. George H Cross
  2. John Sparrow
  3. Arthur J Neale
  4. John D Matthews (C)
  5. Mrs G R Fletcher
  6. Thomas Newman
  7. Herbert E Audsley
  8. Ronald H Bullen
  9. Walter Ayre
  10. George A Card
  11. Leonard H Baybut
  12. Cecil J Matthews
Peal No: 1367

Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields
Wednesday, 26 December 1928 in 3hrs 58mins (30-1-20)
5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus
Composed by William Pye

  1. Arthur N Hardy
  2. Edwin Barnett Jr
  3. Arthur J Neale
  4. John D Matthews (C)
  5. William J Nudds
  6. Thomas Newman
  7. Frank Smith
  8. George W Steere
  9. Walter Ayre
  10. George A Card
  11. Leonard H Baybut
  12. Cecil J Matthews
Peal No: 1368

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 23 February 1929 in 3hrs 44mins (28)
5280 Cambridge Surprise Maximus
Composed by William Pye

  1. Edwin Barnett
  2. John D Matthews
  3. Freda Orr
  4. Arthur J Neale
  5. George H Cross (C)
  6. Thomas Newman
  7. George W Steere
  8. George A Card
  9. John W Cornford
  10. Ronald H Bullen
  11. Leonard H Baybut
  12. Cecil J Matthews
Peal No: 1369

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 6 July 1929 in 3hrs 31mins (28)
5019 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John Carter

  1. Edwin Barnett
  2. John H Cheesman (C)
  3. Herbert E Audsley
  4. Herbert Shemming
  5. Edwin Barnett Jr
  6. Isaac J Attwater
  7. Thomas Bevan
  8. William H Theobald
  9. Stafford H Green
  10. Harry Sear
  11. Edward D Smith
  12. William Bottrill

A thanksgiving for the King's recovery. It was also rung as a compliment to the Very Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard, D.D., late Rector of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, and a member of the Royal Cumberland Youths, who was installed Dean of Canterbury Cathedral on July 1st. Also to Mr.Cecil J. Matthews on the birth of a son and heir.

Peal No: 1370

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
St Mary
Saturday, 31 August 1929 in 3hrs 36mins (22-2-16)
5035 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

  1. John D Matthews (C)
  2. John Sparrow
  3. Ronald H Bullen
  4. Arthur N Hardy
  5. Thomas Newman
  6. Cecil J Matthews
  7. Thomas Bevan
  8. George W Steere
  9. George A Card
  10. George H Cross
  11. Leonard H Baybut
  12. Frank Smith
Peal No: 1371

Dartford, Kent
Holy Trinity
Saturday, 18 January 1930 in 3hrs 8mins (18)
5088 London Surprise Major
Composed by James W Washbrook

  1. Edwin Barnett
  2. Mrs R F Deal
  3. Edith K Fletcher (C)
  4. John H Cheesman
  5. Charles T Coles
  6. Herbert E Audsley
  7. James Parker
  8. George W Fletcher
Peal No: 1372

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 12 April 1930 in 3hrs 18mins (28)
5007 Stedman Caters
Composed by John Carter

  1. Freda Orr
  2. Mrs R F Deal
  3. Thomas Newman
  4. Arthur J Neale
  5. John D Matthews (C)
  6. Alfred Pye
  7. George A Card
  8. Wilfred Williams
  9. Cecil J Matthews
  10. Albert Diserens
Peal No: 1373

Gravesend, Kent
St George
Saturday, 17 May 1930 in 2hrs 55mins (17-3-22)
5060 Yorkshire Surprise Major
Composed by George H Cross

  1. Harry Hoverd
  2. Mrs R F Deal
  3. Edward J Beer
  4. Wilfred Williams
  5. George H Cross (C)
  6. Leonard H Baybut
  7. Frederick J Cullum
  8. Ronald H Bullen
Peal No: 1374

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Monday, 9 June 1930 in 3hrs 32mins (28)
5019 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John Carter

  1. Edwin Barnett
  2. Herbert E Audsley
  3. John H Cheesman (C)
  4. John W Cornford
  5. Thomas Newman
  6. Thomas Bevan
  7. Alfred Pye
  8. George A Card
  9. Frederick J Cullum Jr
  10. William Bottrill
  11. Leonard H Baybut
  12. Harry Parkes
Peal No: 1375

Highclere, Hampshire
St Michael and All Angels
Saturday, 22 November 1930 in 3hrs 12mins (11-0-27)
5088 Superlative Surprise Major
Composed by Nathan J Pitstow

  1. Samuel Quinton
  2. Reginald W Rex
  3. George Pullinger
  4. William H Fussell
  5. William Henley
  6. D Cecil Williams
  7. George Williams (C)
  8. George Gilbert
Peal No: 1376

Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields
Friday, 26 December 1930 in 3hrs 28mins (30-1-20)
5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal
Composed by John A Burford

  1. Thomas Bevan
  2. Walter Ayre
  3. Herbert E Audsley
  4. George A Card
  5. Alfred Pye
  6. Frederick J Cullum
  7. William Bottrill
  8. Cecil J Matthews
  9. George H Cross (C)
  10. Leonard H Baybut
Peal No: 1377

Crayford, Kent
Paulinus
Friday, 30 January 1931 in 2hrs 37mins (11-2-15)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Frederick H Dexter

  1. Edwin Barnett
  2. Mrs G H Cross
  3. John H Cheesman
  4. Edwin Barnett Jr
  5. Harry Hoverd
  6. Wilfred Williams
  7. Herbert E Audsley
  8. George H Cross (C)
Peal No: 1378

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 14 February 1931 in 3hrs 25mins (28)
5011 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

  1. Edwin Barnett
  2. Edward J Beer
  3. Herbert E Audsley
  4. John D Matthews (C)
  5. Thomas Newman
  6. George A Card
  7. Alfred Pye
  8. Harry Hoverd
  9. George W Steere
  10. Frederick J Cullum Jr
  11. George H Cross
  12. Cecil J Matthews
Peal No: 1379

Erith, Kent
St John the Baptist
Sunday, 15 February 1931 in 2hrs 54mins (15)
5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by George H Cross

  1. Mrs G H Cross
  2. Harry Hoverd
  3. Frederick J Cullum
  4. George H Cross (C)
  5. Wilfred Williams
  6. Edward J Beer
  7. Herbert E Audsley
  8. Ronald H Bullen
Peal No: 1380

Romford, Essex
St Edward the Confessor
Thursday, 16 April 1931 in 2hrs 55mins (15)
5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by Edwin Barnett

  1. Edwin Barnett (C)
  2. Mrs G R Fletcher
  3. Alfred Pye
  4. John D Matthews
  5. Ernest W Furbank
  6. Ernest J Butler
  7. George W Steere
  8. George W Fletcher
Peal No: 1381

West Ham, Essex
All Saints
Saturday, 16 May 1931 in 3hrs 10mins (28)
5043 Stedman Caters
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

  1. George Hayden
  2. Frederick G Symonds
  3. William H Theobald
  4. Charles A Hughes
  5. Alfred Pye
  6. Harry Hoverd
  7. George A Card
  8. George W Steere
  9. George H Cross (C)
  10. Edward D Smith
Peal No: 1382

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire
St Mary
Monday, 18 May 1931 in 2hrs 40mins (6-0-11)
5040 Minor
7 methods: One extent each of St Clement's Bob, Cambridge Surprise, Canterbury Pleasure, Oxford Treble Bob, Single Oxford Bob, Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob.

  1. William E Taylor
  2. William T Beeson
  3. George H Gutterbridge
  4. Leonard Stilwell
  5. William Henley
  6. George Gilbert (C)
Peal No: 1383

Thatcham, Berkshire
St Mary
Wednesday, 22 July 1931 in 3hrs 7mins (13-0-23)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Thomas Thurstans

  1. D Cecil Williams
  2. George Pullinger
  3. John W Faithfull
  4. Leonard Batting
  5. Reginald W Rex
  6. Cyril Pearce
  7. George Williams (C)
  8. Samuel Quinton
Peal No: 1384

Erith, Kent
St John the Baptist
Sunday, 16 August 1931 in 3hrs 1min (15)
5088 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by George H Cross

  1. Ronald H Bullen
  2. Mrs G H Cross
  3. George H Cross (C)
  4. E Charles Patten
  5. Frederick A Coley
  6. Harry Hoverd
  7. Herbert E Audsley
  8. Frederick J Cullum Jr
Peal No: 1385

Erith, Kent
St John the Baptist
Sunday, 18 October 1931 in 3hrs 1min (15)
5088 Norfolk Surprise Major
Composed by George H Cross

  1. Mrs G H Cross
  2. George H Cross (C)
  3. Harry Hoverd
  4. John H Cheesman
  5. Frederick A Coley
  6. Frederick J Cullum Jr
  7. Edward D Smith
  8. Herbert E Audsley
Peal No: 1386

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