William Stanley (Bill) Edmonds

Baptism record: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFSZ-Z29 : 6 December 2014), William Stanley Edmonds, 22 Jul 1882; citing , reference item 3 p 62; FHL microfilm 1,542,062.

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1901 Census, aged 18, at Rossall School in Fleetwood, Lancs. It is described as "a first-grade public school, established by royal charter", and the census records for all boys and staff occupy about 21 pages. (the school today):
Name William Edmonds
Event Type Census
Event Date 31 Mar 1901
Event Place Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
County Lancashire
Civil Parish Fleetwood
Ecclesiastical Parish St Peter Fleetwood
Sub-District Fleetwood
Registration District Fylde
Gender Male
Age 18
Occupation STU
Relationship to Head of Household Pupil
Birth Year (Estimated) 1883
Birthplace Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Page Number 10
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9V3-2G5 : 8 April 2016), William Edmonds, Fleetwood, Lancashire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Fleetwood subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

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1924: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33044/page/3025/data.pdf Foreign Office, November 29, 1924. The KING has been graciously pleased to appoint:— William Stanley Edmonds, Esquire, O.B.E., to be one of His Majesty's Consuls-General in the Levant Consular Service;

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1927: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_New_Year_Honours Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - William Stanley Edmonds OBE Consul-General attached, with the local rank of First Secretary, to His Majesty's Embassy in Turkey. (Note: to Smyrna – now called Izmir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0zmir)

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1934: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34132/page/1015/data.pdf Foreign Office, October 4, 1934. The KING has been graciously pleased to appoint:— William (Stanley Edmonds, Esquire, C.M.G., O.B.E., to be His Majesty's Consul-General for the Departments of Haut Rhin, Bas Rhin, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Vosges, Haute-Sadne, Doube, and the Territory of Belfort, to reside at Strasbourg

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Godfather to Ron Myburgh Private , who visited him after the war in July 1945. (Ron was billeted at Hove, Sussex for a few months.)

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Death registration, Jul-Sep 1969 at Uckfield (unknown whether in hospital or at home in Crowborough). "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCJ-VL7Y : 4 September 2014), William Stanley Edmonds, 1969; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Uckfield, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.