Joseph Simmonds, C.D.C.L. ? (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 22:19 (3195 days ago) @ nimrod

Hi,
any clues you can provide as to his wherabouts, and his work, political interests (Labour or Conservative, perhaps), hobbies etc would help, please.

Are these your Joseph ?, the dates almost tie-in ?.

Record_ID: 108206
Entry_Number: 737
Year: 1956
Month: Mar
Day: 22
Surname: SIMMONDS
Forenames: Joseph
Residence: 15 Ashmead R[oa]d Cinderford
Age_at_death: 59 years
Officiating_Minister: Eric G Pritchard Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: Died at Gloucester Royal Hospital
Notes: 25/56 written in margin
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/16
Page_No: 93
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St John
Soundex: S553

Record_ID: 109156
Entry_Number: 17
Year: 1926
Month: Jul
Day: 10
Grooms_Surname: SIMMONDS
Grooms_Forenames: Joseph
Grooms_Age: 31
Groom_Condition: Widower
Grooms_Occupation: Iron Worker
Grooms_Residence: Beachley
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Simmonds
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Joseph
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Iron Worker
Brides_Surname: VICKERY
Brides_Forenames: Alice Catherine
Brides_Age: 23
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Tutshill Tidenham
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Vickery
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: William
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Quarryman
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Kate Vickery
Witness_2: E.Francis
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Reginald Steen Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes: After bride's father's surname it states deceased
Register_Reference: P333/1 IN 1/11
Page_Number: 9
Parish_Chapel: Tidenham
Soundex_Groom: S553
Soundex_Bride: V260

My first guess for C.D.C.L. in this case would be something like "Chepstow & District Cricket League", which sadly I don't think ever existed...
But a local sporting win seems unlikely for a potentially expensive silver item such as this, especially a team event, altho the date does suggest it's an annual award. Seems more like a medal of honour, bravery award etc. Doesn't appear to relate to a significant age milestone, nor a long-service award given his fairly young age in 1931. If he was an iron-worker in Beachley, is this relevant ?. Army Apprentices College perhaps, or even the WW1 National Shipyard that preceded it, Joseph would have just been old enough to work there ?.
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