Society of Royal Cumberland Youths

Finchampstead, Berkshire
St James
Saturday, 29 April 1939 in 2hrs 42mins (7-1-7)
5040 Minor
7 methods: One extent each of St. Clement's Bob, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, Oxford Treble Bob, Reverse College, Kent Treble Bob, Oxford Bob and Plain Bob.

1. William J Paice
2. Miss S M S Fleming
3. Bryan O'Neil
4. Cyril A Burgess
5. George H Limmer
6. George Gilbert (C)

Erith, Kent
St John the Baptist
Saturday, 20 May 1939 in 2hrs 58mins (15)
5056 Superlative Surprise Major
Composed by George H Cross

1. Alan G Ball
2. Frederick J Cullum Jr
3. James E Bailey
4. George H Cross (C)
5. George W Steere
6. Thomas H Francis
7. Harry Hoverd
8. Herbert E Audsley

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
All Saints
Wednesday, 24 May 1939 in 3hrs 27mins (32)
5019 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John Carter

1. Frederick Hayes
2. Mrs F W Housden
3. Alfred H Pulling
4. Charles T Coles
5. Ralph Coles
6. John S Goldsmith
7. Edward R Coles
8. Thomas H Francis
9. George W Steere
10. Leonard Stilwell
11. James R M Bennett
12. George H Cross (C)

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire
St Mary
Wednesday, 24 May 1939 in 2hrs 54mins (6-0-11)
5040 Minor
7 methods: One extent each of Reverse College, Plain Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, Oxford Treble Bob, Single Oxford and St. Clement’s Bob.

1. Wilfred Gowing
2. James D Taylor
3. Cyril A Burgess
4. Bryan O'Neil
5. William Henley
6. George Gilbert (C)

Southwark, Surrey
St George the Martyr
Saturday, 27 May 1939 in 3hrs 14mins (14-2-24)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by John R Pritchard

1. Mrs F W Housden
2. Mrs P Humphrey
3. Mrs P Bagworth
4. Mrs C J Matthews
5. Evelyn Steel
6. Mrs J E Davis
7. Mrs J Botham
8. Mrs G R Fletcher (C)

City of London, Cripplegate
St Giles
Monday, 29 May 1939 in 3hrs 35mins (37-1-7)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Charles W Roberts

1. Frederick G Symonds
2. Joseph D Johnson
3. George H Cross (C)
4. Mrs C J Matthews
5. Edward T Griffin
6. H Richard French
7. Stanley J T Shellock
8. Thomas H Francis
9. Frederick J Cullum Jr
10. Harry Hoverd
11. George W Steere
12. James R M Bennett

Christchurch, Hampshire
Holy Trinity
Saturday, 12 August 1939 in 3hrs 50mins (27)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Charles W Roberts

1. Alfred H Pulling
2. George H Cross (C)
3. Marcia Marshallsay
4. Edward T Griffin
5. Mrs C J Matthews
6. Thomas Bevan
7. William M Stone
8. William E Cheater
9. William J Robinson
10. Thomas H Francis
11. Cecil J Matthews

Shoreditch, Middlesex
St Leonard
Saturday, 11 November 1939 in 3hrs 34mins (28)
5029 Stedman Caters
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1. William J Nudds
2. Mrs J E Davis
3. Alfred H Pulling
4. Mrs C J Matthews
5. George H Cross (C)
6. William J Robinson
7. Arthur J W Hughes
8. Thomas H Francis
9. Cecil J Matthews
10. Thomas Bevan

Arranged and rung with the bells half-muffled as a token of respect to the memory of those who have laid down their lives for their country.

Burnham, Buckinghamshire
St Peter
Saturday, 9 March 1940 in 3hrs 2mins (16)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by John R Pritchard

1. Wilfred Gowing
2. George H Limmer
3. Peter A Blamey
4. Frederick A Barker
5. Cyril A Burgess
6. Thomas Bevan
7. John E Taylor
8. George Gilbert (C)

Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields, Crypt
Saturday, 20 September 1941 in 2hrs 34mins (Size 14 in D)
5024 Plain Bob Major
Composed by George H Cross

1. 1–2George W Steere
2. 3–4Alfred H Pulling
3. 5–6George H Cross (C)
4. 7–8John S Goldsmith

Rung in honour of the 80th birthday of William H Fussell, of Slough, and of his completion of 60 years’ membership of the society. Umpire: William J Robinson

Warfield, Berkshire
St Michael Archangel
Saturday, 3 June 1944 in 3hrs 6mins (13-2-27)
5056 Kent Treble Bob Major
Composed by Thomas B Worsley

1. C Alfred Levett
2. Albert Diserens
3. Alfred J Rance
4. John M Gayford
5. Arthur J N Rance
6. Norman V Harding
7. Frank H Hicks
8. George Gilbert (C)

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire
St Mary
Saturday, 6 January 1945 in 2hrs 43mins (6-0-11)
5040 Minor
3 methods: Two extents each of Single Oxford Bob, Reverse Canterbury Pleasure and three extents of Plain Bob.

1. Hilda M Taylor
2. Joyce Hearn
3. Frank H Hicks
4. Norman V Harding
5. William Henley
6. George Gilbert (C)

Burnham, Buckinghamshire
St Peter
Saturday, 13 January 1945 in 3hrs 0mins (16)
5040 Grandsire Triples
Composed by Joseph J Parker
Twelve part, 7th observation

1. Hilda M Taylor
2. John E Taylor
3. John M Gayford
4. Frank H Hicks
5. A James Glass
6. Norman V Harding
7. George Gilbert (C)
8. Frank C W Knight

Guildford, Surrey
Holy Trinity
Monday, 2 April 1945 in 3hrs 10mins (23-3-8)
5040 Grandsire Triples
Composed by John Holt
Holt's Original

1. Harold A May
2. Albert Lambkin
3. William M Stone
4. George W Steere
5. George L Grover
6. Frank C W Knight
7. Alfred H Pulling (C)
8. William T Beeson

Bexley, Kent
St Mary
Saturday, 5 May 1945 in 2hrs 54mins (7-0-18 )
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton

1. Herbert E Audsley
2. Herbert A Holden
3. Mrs C J Matthews
4. James E Bailey
5. Harry Hoverd
6. George H Cross (C)
7. George W Steere
8. Frederick J Cullum Jr

Pinner, Middlesex
St John the Baptist
Saturday, 23 June 1945 in 3hrs 6mins (18)
5040 Plain Bob Major
Arranged by Walter Ayre

1. Harold E Punt
2. Frank Blondell
3. Patricia Holmes
4. Thomas Bevan
5. William J Bunce
6. Walter Ayre (C)
7. Thomas Collins
8. Cecil J Matthews

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
All Saints
Saturday, 7 July 1945 in 3hrs 25mins (18-3-27)
5103 Stedman Caters
Composed by Arthur Knights

1. William J Robinson
2. Alfred H Pulling (C)
3. George C Goodman
4. Frederick A Coley
5. Cecil J Matthews
6. Frank E Hawthorne
7. H William Barrett
8. William T Beeson
9. George W Steere
10. Frank C W Knight

Grayshott, Hampshire
St Luke
Saturday, 11 August 1945 in 3hrs 2mins (8-1-9)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by John R Pritchard

1. Harold A May
2. Raymond A Clist
3. Alfred H Pulling (C)
4. William H Viggers
5. Frank E Hawthorne
6. Frank C W Knight
7. Norman V Harding
8. William T Beeson

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire
St Mary
Monday, 8 October 1945 in 2hrs 45mins (6-0-11)
5040 Minor
7 methods: One extent each of Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, Cambridge Surprise, St. Clement’s Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Single Oxford, Kent Treble Bob and Plain Bob.

1. Jean M Broomfield
2. Ronald C Noon
3. C Edward Jefferies
4. Frank H Hicks
5. William Henley
6. George Gilbert (C)

Barnet, Hertfordshire
St John the Baptist
Saturday, 10 November 1945 in 3hrs 5mins (22-3-15)
5024 Plain Bob Major
Composed by George H Cross

1. John M Payton
2. Frederick A Barker
3. Thomas Bevan
4. Arthur Warren
5. William J Bunce
6. Thomas Collins
7. Cecil J Matthews
8. Walter Ayre (C)

Burnham, Buckinghamshire
St Peter
Saturday, 10 November 1945 in 3hrs 2mins (16)
5040 Grandsire Triples

1. Mary Pemberton
2. Joyce Hearn
3. H William Barrett
4. Ronald C Noon
5. Jean M Broomfield
6. George C Goodman
7. George Gilbert (C)
8. Frank H Hicks

Beckenham, Kent
St George
Saturday, 17 November 1945 in 3hrs 9mins (14-0-2)
5000 Kent Treble Bob Royal
Composed by George H Cross

1. James E Bailey
2. Ellen E Davis
3. Mrs C J Matthews
4. George H Cross (C)
5. James R M Bennett
6. Frederick J Cullum Jr
7. Ronald C Noon
8. Frank H Hicks
9. Cecil J Matthews
10. George Gilbert

Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields
Saturday, 1 December 1945 in 3hrs 44mins (30-1-20)
5019 Stedman Cinques
Composed by John Carter

1. Edward J Beer
2. George H Cross (C)
3. Ellen E Davis
4. Mrs C J Matthews
5. Herbert E Audsley
6. H Richard French
7. Harold P Burton
8. James E Bailey
9. George W Steere
10. Walter Ayre
11. Cecil J Matthews
12. Thomas Bevan

Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields, Choir Vestry
Tuesday, 1 January 1946 in 2hrs 25mins ()
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by John R Pritchard

1. 1–2Walter Ayre (C)
2. 3–4Alfred H Pulling
3. 5–6Cecil J Matthews
4. 7–8George W Steere

Gravesend, Milton, Kent
SS Peter & Paul
Saturday, 2 February 1946 in 3hrs 0mins (11-3-2)
5056 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Charles Middleton

1. Edward J Beer
2. Mrs C J Matthews
3. Ellen E Davis
4. Kenneth W Mayer
5. Walter H Dobbie
6. George H Cross (C)
7. Jack L Millhouse
8. George J Butcher

Bexley, Kent
St Mary
Wednesday, 6 February 1946 in 2hrs 39mins (7-0-18 )
5056 Superlative Surprise Major
Composed by George H Cross

1. Herbert E Audsley
2. Frederick J Cullum Jr
3. Edwin A Barnett
4. Frederick A Coley
5. Jack L Millhouse
6. George H Cross (C)
7. Harry Hoverd
8. James E Bailey

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
All Saints
Saturday, 9 March 1946 in 3hrs 11mins (27)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Frederick H Dexter

1. Mrs J E Davis
2. Mrs C J Matthews
3. Alfred H Pulling (C)
4. William J Robinson
5. George W Steere
6. Cecil J Matthews
7. Norman V Harding
8. Frank E Hawthorne

Calne, Wiltshire
St Mary the Virgin
Saturday, 11 May 1946 in 2hrs 53mins (26)
5040 Grandsire Triples
Composed by Joseph J Parker
Twelve part

1. Herbert Burry
2. William A Hacker
3. Frederick Walker
4. Harry S Parsons
5. Frederick W Hale
6. Sidney G Grant
7. Edwin A Barnett (C)
8. William Haines

Guildford, Surrey
Holy Trinity
Wednesday, 29 May 1946 in 3hrs 11mins (23-3-8)
5040 Double Norwich Court Bob Major
Composed by William A Cave

1. H William Barrett
2. William J Robinson
3. Alfred H Pulling (C)
4. Norman V Harding
5. Harold A May
6. Ronald J C Hagley
7. George Gilbert
8. William T Beeson

Burnham, Buckinghamshire
St Peter
Saturday, 8 June 1946 in 3hrs 13mins (16)
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by John R Pritchard

1. Hilda M Taylor
2. Joyce Hearn
3. Mary Pemberton
4. Jean M Broomfield
5. Freda D Murkitt
6. Gordon W Limmer
7. George H Limmer
8. George Gilbert (C)

Burnham, Buckinghamshire
St Peter
Saturday, 29 June 1946 in 3hrs 0mins (16)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Frederick H Dexter

1. Alfred H Pulling (C)
2. William J Robinson
3. Norman V Harding
4. Jean M Broomfield
5. Harold A May
6. Reginald W Rex
7. George Gilbert
8. Cyril A Burgess

Guildford, Surrey
Holy Trinity
Wednesday, 18 September 1946 in 3hrs 0mins (23-3-8)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by Frederick H Dexter

1. Alfred H Pulling (C)
2. Harold A May
3. Norman V Harding
4. William J Robinson
5. H William Barrett
6. Ronald J C Hagley
7. George Gilbert
8. T Mark White

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
All Saints
Wednesday, 20 November 1946 in 3hrs 44mins (32)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Charles W Roberts

1. Ellen E Davis
2. Frederick Hayes
3. Mrs C J Matthews
4. Patricia Holmes
5. Mrs R F Deal
6. Sydney M Bailey
7. Ralph Coles
8. Alan F Thirst
9. George H Cross (C)
10. Thomas H Francis
11. Cecil J Matthews
12. Frank C W Knight

Beckenham, Kent
St George
Saturday, 7 December 1946 in 3hrs 21mins (14-0-2)
5079 Stedman Caters
Composed by Gabriel Lindoff

1. Mrs R F Deal
2. Ellen E Davis
3. Mrs C J Matthews
4. Ernest W Furbank
5. George H Cross (C)
6. Frank E Hawthorne
7. Major D Satow M C
8. Cecil J Matthews
9. Benjamin F Baker
10. George W Steere

Northfleet, Kent
St Botolph
Saturday, 15 March 1947 in 2hrs 51mins (14-0-10)
5040 Stedman Triples
Composed by James W Washbrook

1. Ellen E Davis
2. Mrs C J Matthews
3. George H Cross
4. D W R Winterton
5. Alfred G Williams
6. James E Bailey
7. George J Butcher (C)
8. Cecil J Matthews

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire
St Mary
Saturday, 19 April 1947 in 2hrs 55mins (6-0-11)
5040 Minor
7 methods: One extent each of Reverse Canterbury Pleasure, St Clement's Bob, Oxford Treble Bob, Double Oxford Bob, Kent Treble Bob, Single Oxford and Plain Bob

1. Mary R Jaycock
2. Patricia Holmes
3. H William Barrett
4. George C Goodman
5. Cyril A Burgess
6. George Gilbert (C)

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
All Saints
Saturday, 31 May 1947 in 3hrs 17mins (27)
5079 Stedman Caters
Composed by Charles W Roberts

1. Ellen E Davis
2. Mrs R F Deal
3. Mrs C J Matthews
4. H William Barrett
5. Frank E Hawthorne
6. George H Cross
7. George Gilbert
8. Thomas H Francis (C)
9. Cecil J Matthews
10. Thomas Bevan

Epsom, Surrey
St Martin
Saturday, 7 June 1947 in 3hrs 12mins (16)
5040 Cambridge Surprise Royal
Composed by Henry Dains

1. Cecil J Matthews
2. Ellen E Davis
3. Mrs C J Matthews
4. Patricia Holmes
5. Harold A May
6. George H Cross (C)
7. Frank E Hawthorne
8. Norman V Harding
9. Thomas H Francis
10. Clifford A Vessey

Apsley End, Hertfordshire
St Mary
Monday, 9 June 1947 in 2hrs 46mins (14-3-6)
5040 Minor
21 methods: 1) Lytham, London Bob, Thelwall, Double Oxford, Double Court, Hereward, College Bob, Wavertree, St Clement’s and Childwall 2) Fulbeck, Plain Bob, Double Bob, Canterbury Pleasure and Reverse Bob 3) Cambridge and Primrose Surprise 4) Oxford Bob 5) Beverley Surprise 6) York Surprise 7) London Surprise.

1. Edwin J Upton
2. William J Puddifoot
3. William C Hughes
4. Augustin V Good
5. Herbert Gates
6. Walter Ayre (C)

Westminster, Middlesex
St Martin in the Fields, Choir Vestry
Monday, 7 July 1947 in 2hrs 23mins ()
5056 Plain Bob Major
Composed by Charles H Martin

1. 1–2Thomas H Francis
2. 3–4Cecil J Matthews
3. 5–6Edwin A Barnett (C)
4. 7–8George W Steere

Bradford, Yorkshire
St Peter
Monday, 4 August 1947 in 3hrs 23mins (25-2-21)
5040 Little Bob Royal
Composed by John Carter

1. Peter N Bond
2. David J Charnley
3. Ernst H Raynor
4. Jean A Southerst
5. Ronald H Dove
6. Donald R Marshall
7. Clifford A Vessey (C)
8. Gordon Benfield
9. Alan F Thirst
10. Frank C W Knight

Canterbury, Kent
Cathedral & Metropolitical Church of Christ
Saturday, 6 September 1947 in 3hrs 45mins (30)
5007 Stedman Cinques
Composed by Charles H Hattersley

1. Mrs R F Deal
2. Edward J Beer
3. Thomas H Francis
4. Patricia Holmes
5. George H Cross (C)
6. H Richard French
7. Bertram J Luck
8. Frank B Lufkin
9. Harry Hoverd
10. George W Steere
11. Cecil J Matthews
12. Frank C W Knight