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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A quick search for the Newnham Artillery Volunteers led me to the Morris &amp; Co. Directory of Newnham 1876, which includes a particularly detailed description of the town. It also mentions under Gentry:</p>
<p>&quot;CARTER Maurice Frederic, Esq., (Capt. 3rd. Gloucestershire Artillery Volunteers), Banksian house.</p>
<p>And under Trades &amp; Professions:<br />
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&quot;CARTER Maurice Frederic, solicitor, commissioner in Chancery and Common Law, perpetual commissioner for taking acknowledgments of deeds by married women, coroner for the Forest division of the county, clerk to the magistrates for Newnham division, to the commissioners of taxes for Newnham and Coleford divisions, to the Local Boards of Health for Awre, Newnham, and Westbury-on-Severn, to the Rural Sanitary Authority and the Board of Guardians, and vestry clerk for Westbury-on-Severn, superintendent registrar, distributor of stamps, and agent for the Mutual Assurance Society, Banksian house&quot;</p>
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I see there was (is?) a residential address listed for some named residents called Artillery Place, presumably where the Volunteers drilled ?, hopefully without firing live charges as this appears to be a &quot;desirable&quot; address !.  <br />
LATER UPDATE - In fact this is still an address in Newnham, its near the river,maybe if and when they were using live ammunition they shot at the river to avoid collateral damage ?.  See postcode GL14 1BH.</p>
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Also listed under Trades is &quot;SIMMONDS Mrs. Ann, builder, High street&quot; - Tom's mother presumably ? </p>
<p><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/newnham1876.htm">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/newnham1876.htm</a></p>
<p>More about the Glos Artillery Volunteers here. It seems a little odd to read that Maurice Carter served in the 3rd, which was apparently based at Gloucester, when the 2nd were based at Newnham. Both were formed in 1860 - perhaps in the early days the Newnham area had more expertise and manpower than Gloucester did. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire_Volunteer_Artillery#Volunteer_Artillery_1859-1908">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire_Volunteer_Artillery#Volunteer_Artillery_1...</a> did ?.</p>
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<title>Tom SYMONDS (SIMMONDS) from Newnham 1855 - 1935 (reply)</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>From the Glos Journal 12 Sept 1914</p>
<p>Newnham</p>
<p><strong>Mr Tom SYMONDS</strong>, Newnham, whose name for a quarter of a century was so prominently associated with the Newnham Artillery Volunteer Co., was very properly appointed to enlist recruits for Lord K's Army and he has been very successful at it, having enlisted nearly forty men from Newnham, Blakeney, Awre, Viney Hill and Soudley. They have joined either the Engineers, Cavalry or Artillery branches of the Army.</p>
</blockquote><p>a possible:-</p>
<p>Year: 1935 <br />
Month: Jul <br />
Day: 13 <br />
Surname: SIMMONDS <br />
Forenames: Tom <br />
Residence: 44 Kingsholm Road Glos <br />
Age_at_death: 79 <br />
Officiating_Minister: C E Dodd vicar <br />
Event: Burial <br />
Cause_of_death:  <br />
Memoranda:  <br />
Notes:  <br />
Register_Reference: P228 IN 1/20 <br />
Page_No: 94 <br />
Parish_Chapel: Newnham </p>
<p>1911<br />
Tom Simmonda 54 Builder<br />
Ruth Scott 20 <br />
Gertrude Hobbs 31</p>
<p>1901<br />
Tom Simmonds abt 1857 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Head Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Laura Simmonds  abt 1874 Sunderland Wife Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Ann Simmonds  abt 1824 Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England Mother Newnham, Gloucestershire </p>
<p> 1891<br />
Ann Simmonds  abt 1824 Wooton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England Head Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Tom Simmonds  abt 1856 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Son Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Annie E Simmonds  abt 1863 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Clement Heppenstall  abt 1887 Lincolnshire, England Nephew Newnham, Gloucestershire </p>
<p>1881<br />
Ann Simmonds  abt 1824 Wooton Underedge, Gloucestershire, England Head Newnham, Gloucestershire  Builder<br />
 Tom Simmonds  abt 1856 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Son Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Fredrick Simmonds  abt 1858 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Son Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Annie C. Simmonds  abt 1863 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Edward J. Simmonds  abt 1865 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Son Newnham, Gloucestershire </p>
<p>1861<br />
William Simmonds  abt 1814 Ross, Herefordshire, England Head Newnham, Gloucestershire  Builder<br />
 Ann Simmonds  abt 1824 Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England Wife Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Tom Simmonds  abt 1856 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Son Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Fredrick Willm Simmonds abt 1858 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Son Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 James Simmonds abt 1860 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Son Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Eliza Willington  abt 1843 Coleford, Gloucestershire, England Servant Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Ann Holder  abt 1794 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Boarder Newnham, Gloucestershire  <br />
 Drusilla Wallis  abt 1792 Taynton, Gloucestershire, England Boarder Newnham, Gloucestershire </p>
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Year: 1855 <br />
Month: Sep <br />
Day: 30 <br />
Parents_Surname: SIMMONDS <br />
Child_Forenames: Thomas <br />
Fathers_Forenames: William <br />
Mothers_Forenames: Ann <br />
Mothers_Surname:  <br />
Residence: Newnham <br />
Occupation: Builder <br />
Officiating_Minister: E C Brice <br />
Event: Baptism <br />
Memoranda:  <br />
Notes:  <br />
Register_Reference: P228 IN 1/9 <br />
Page_Number: 83 <br />
Parish_Chapel: Newnham</p>
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<title>Tom SYMONDS (SIMMONDS) from Newnham</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the Glos Journal 12 Sept 1914</p>
<p>Newnham</p>
<p><strong>Mr Tom SYMONDS</strong>, Newnham, whose name for a quarter of a century was so prominently associated with the Newnham Artillery Volunteer Co., was very properly appointed to enlist recruits for Lord K's Army and he has been very successful at it, having enlisted nearly forty men from Newnham, Blakeney, Awre, Viney Hill and Soudley. They have joined either the Engineers, Cavalry or Artillery branches of the Army.</p>
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