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Deaths

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20 March 2026

BRADBURY. — On 9 February, the Revd George Graham Bradbury: Rector of Winfrith Newburgh with Chaldon Herring (1964-68); Chaplain to the Forces (1968-71); aged 90.

COMPTON. — On 9 March, the Revd Barry Charles Chittenden Compton: Rector of Ridley (1969-70); Ash (1969-70); aged 92.

DRUCE. — On 10 February, the Revd John Perry Druce: Vicar of Walsall Wood (1964-74); Rector of Farnborough (1974-87); East Bergholt (1987-99); Priest-in-Charge of Bentley with Tattingstone (1995-99); aged 91.

MEDFORTH. — On 3 November, 2025, the Revd Allan Hargreaves Medforth; Priest Vicar of Southwell Minster (1955-59); Vicar of Farnsfield (1959-72); Rural Dean of Southwell (1966-72); Vicar of St Peter’s, St Albans (1972-95); Rural Dean of St Albans (1974-84); 98.

TORRENS. — On 7 March, the Revd Robert Harrington Torrens, Vicar of Eaton Socon (1963-73); All Saints’, Pittville (1975-84); Chaplain of Frenchay Hospital, Bristol (1984-94); Manor Park Hospital, Bristol (1984-94); St Peter’s Hospice, Bris-tol (1994-98); Priest-in-Charge of Chippenham and of Snailwell (1998-2001); aged 93.

TRAFFORD-ROBERTS. — On 8 March, the Revd Rosamond Jane Trafford-Roberts: Lecturer of St Botolph’s, Aldgate, with Holy Trinity, Minories (2000-05); Chaplain of the House of St Barnabas-in-Soho (2003-05); aged 85.

WILCOX. — On 27 February, the Revd David Thomas Richard Wilcox: Team Vicar of Yate New Town (1997-2002); aged 83.

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