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Robert Colin Christison: rugby captain, reader and “the beau-ideal of a soldier”

August 13, 2019November 8, 2020 ~ Arlington Baths Club History Group ~ 1 Comment

Robert Colin Christison was known as ‘Bertie’. An engineer from a family of engineers, was an athlete, interested in books and reading, and was described as “universally popular”.

Ernest Perry: A First World War soldier

May 22, 2018November 8, 2020 ~ Arlington Baths Club History Group ~ Leave a comment

The Arlington Baths Club is marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War by finding out more about the men commemorated on our war memorial. Here is what we’ve discovered about Ernest Perry.

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