The Nation’s Mourning: Remarkable Scenes in Birmingham: Memorial Services: Civic Procession to the Parish Church: The day of general mourning ordered by the Privy Council was solemnly observed throughout the country yesterday. All shops were closed, and business of every kind was suspended, while memorial services were held in the places of worship of all denominations … … Among those invited to be present at the civic memorial service were the following … (long list of invitations includes) … Birmingham Law society: – Messrs. J. G. Bradbury (president), J. Hargreave (vice-president), Charles Ekin (hon. secretary), Walter Barrow, R. A. Pinsent, M. N. Phelps, J. A. Marigold, W. M. Smythe, E. Evershed, A. H. Coley, H. B. Carslake, A. S. Bennett, J. Moore-Bayley, D. Cochrane, F. S. Pearson, A. L. Lowe, Philip Baker, F. A. Chatwin, J. Sutton Sharpe, (West Bromwich), A. H. Lewis (Walsall).
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948