tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post4839655435745954670..comments2024-03-13T16:33:53.563+00:00Comments on <b>Dr Tony Shaw</b><br>: Herbert Eyres Britton's First Book, and His Article on His Father, the Poet John James BrittonDr Tony Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-6425434361621378772008-06-25T23:48:00.000+01:002008-06-25T23:48:00.000+01:00Herbert Eyres Britton died on 24th Dec 1940, of ly...Herbert Eyres Britton died on 24th Dec 1940, of lymphatic leukaemia.<BR/>The information on his death certificate came from Edith Leslie Britton, his devoted unmarried sister.<BR/>Herbert Eyres has left a very large number of descendants, and I know now about many of them.<BR/>I wonder whether his spirit was broken in 1925, when he lost his sister Ruth Elise May, and his second wife Alice, within a month.Snatch51https://www.blogger.com/profile/10892372914963273478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-15920686040482812002008-03-01T09:05:00.000+00:002008-03-01T09:05:00.000+00:00Hey, this is news. Have you just discovered that o...Hey, this is news. Have you just discovered that on the GRO Index?Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-39441062940953118612008-02-29T20:32:00.000+00:002008-02-29T20:32:00.000+00:00Herbert Eyres Britton's message at Christmas 1940 ...Herbert Eyres Britton's message at Christmas 1940 was valedictory.<BR/>He died within days, if not hours.Snatch51https://www.blogger.com/profile/10892372914963273478noreply@blogger.com