Item 103 - Fr Hammond to Bishop: House-keeper trouble; ill health; retirement

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GB ARCHON 2913 PA02-01-01-103

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Fr Hammond to Bishop: House-keeper trouble; ill health; retirement

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  • 6 January 1990 (Creation)

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(1913-1993)

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1913: birth
?-1943: Section Leader Fire Service
1943: recalled to the Army
1943-1945: promoted from Private to Captain
1946[?]-1952: Osterley, Middlesex and Beda College, Rome
1952: Ordained
1969-1985 PP at King's Lynn
1988-1993: PP Aldeburgh
1993: retired
1999: died
Born in Peterborough. Intended to become a priest but a long illness prevented him from doing so. Served in the Peterborough Fire Service. Joined Suffolk Regiment as a private in 1940. Left the army as Captain in 1946 and studied for 6 years at Osterley & Beda College in Rome. Ordained and worked in Bedfordshire before moving to Aldeburgh.

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Pre-2018: XEA1 file 1

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RCDEA Archive

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Updating the Bishop on his situation. Bad case of shingles nearly over and almost recovered. Housekeeper had to retire due ill health and replacement is unacceptable. Sister helping out for now. However, if the situation does not improve he cannot manage on his own and may retire to Peterborough near his family.

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      202mm x 253mm

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