Gervas (Charles Robert) Clay
16.04.1907 - 18.04.2009
Graduated Oxford 1929
http://www.spanglefish.com/gervasclay/
DEAD FLOWERS BY REQUEST
So when I come to die
Throw no fresh flowers to me;
I have loved them in my life,
Bury them not that be.
But take some old dead flowers
Whose fragrance has gone on,
That they and I may cross together
The unknown Rubicon.
G.C.R.CLAY
12 July, 1932
A Servcie of Thanksgiving for Gervas's life was held in the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, North Cheriton, Somerset, at 3 p.m. on Friday 15th May 2009, attended by over fifty family and friends.
Gervas's father was Gerard (Arden) Clay (GAC); his mother was (Ella) Violet Clay nee Thornewill (EVC), and both had grown up in Burton-on-Trent, where both families had been established for over two hundred years. Gerard had been the first of his family to go abroad, and Gervas the first to make his career abroad. Gerard and Violet had married in 1906, and spent part of their honeymoon in Paris.
Upon graduating from Oxford in 1929, Gervas was recruited by H.M.O.C.S. (His Majesty's Overseas Civil Service), the Colonial Office of His Majesty King George V, and, after doing a year's post-graduate course in Jusrisprudence at Oxford, Gervas, then 23, sailed out to Africa, and then travelled by train to Northern Rhodesia, where he served for three years. Then he flew home on leave, after which he sailed back to Africa for another three year tour, after which he sailed back home on leave again - but this trip was different! On board ship, he met a young girl. They fell in love, became engaged, married, and sailed back to Africa the day after the wedding.
http://www.spanglefish.com/LettersFromGervas/
During his first six years, his first two tours of duty, Gervas wrote a letter home to his parents almost every week.
Gervas Clay and Betty Baden-Powell had four children: Gillian, Robin, Nigel, and Crispin.
16.04.1907 - 18.04.2009
Graduated Oxford 1929
http://www.spanglefish.com/gervasclay/
DEAD FLOWERS BY REQUEST
So when I come to die
Throw no fresh flowers to me;
I have loved them in my life,
Bury them not that be.
But take some old dead flowers
Whose fragrance has gone on,
That they and I may cross together
The unknown Rubicon.
G.C.R.CLAY
12 July, 1932
A Servcie of Thanksgiving for Gervas's life was held in the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, North Cheriton, Somerset, at 3 p.m. on Friday 15th May 2009, attended by over fifty family and friends.
Gervas's father was Gerard (Arden) Clay (GAC); his mother was (Ella) Violet Clay nee Thornewill (EVC), and both had grown up in Burton-on-Trent, where both families had been established for over two hundred years. Gerard had been the first of his family to go abroad, and Gervas the first to make his career abroad. Gerard and Violet had married in 1906, and spent part of their honeymoon in Paris.
Upon graduating from Oxford in 1929, Gervas was recruited by H.M.O.C.S. (His Majesty's Overseas Civil Service), the Colonial Office of His Majesty King George V, and, after doing a year's post-graduate course in Jusrisprudence at Oxford, Gervas, then 23, sailed out to Africa, and then travelled by train to Northern Rhodesia, where he served for three years. Then he flew home on leave, after which he sailed back to Africa for another three year tour, after which he sailed back home on leave again - but this trip was different! On board ship, he met a young girl. They fell in love, became engaged, married, and sailed back to Africa the day after the wedding.
http://www.spanglefish.com/LettersFromGervas/
During his first six years, his first two tours of duty, Gervas wrote a letter home to his parents almost every week.
Gervas Clay and Betty Baden-Powell had four children: Gillian, Robin, Nigel, and Crispin.
Gervas (Charles Robert) Clay
16.04.1907 - 18.04.2009
Graduated Oxford 1929
http://www.spanglefish.com/gervasclay/
DEAD FLOWERS BY REQUEST
So when I come to die
Throw no fresh flowers to me;
I have loved them in my life,
Bury them not that be.
But take some old dead flowers
Whose fragrance has gone on,
That they and I may cross together
The unknown Rubicon.
G.C.R.CLAY
12 July, 1932
A Servcie of Thanksgiving for Gervas's life was held in the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, North Cheriton, Somerset, at 3 p.m. on Friday 15th May 2009, attended by over fifty family and friends.
Gervas's father was Gerard (Arden) Clay (GAC); his mother was (Ella) Violet Clay nee Thornewill (EVC), and both had grown up in Burton-on-Trent, where both families had been established for over two hundred years. Gerard had been the first of his family to go abroad, and Gervas the first to make his career abroad. Gerard and Violet had married in 1906, and spent part of their honeymoon in Paris.
Upon graduating from Oxford in 1929, Gervas was recruited by H.M.O.C.S. (His Majesty's Overseas Civil Service), the Colonial Office of His Majesty King George V, and, after doing a year's post-graduate course in Jusrisprudence at Oxford, Gervas, then 23, sailed out to Africa, and then travelled by train to Northern Rhodesia, where he served for three years. Then he flew home on leave, after which he sailed back to Africa for another three year tour, after which he sailed back home on leave again - but this trip was different! On board ship, he met a young girl. They fell in love, became engaged, married, and sailed back to Africa the day after the wedding.
http://www.spanglefish.com/LettersFromGervas/
During his first six years, his first two tours of duty, Gervas wrote a letter home to his parents almost every week.
Gervas Clay and Betty Baden-Powell had four children: Gillian, Robin, Nigel, and Crispin.
16.04.1907 - 18.04.2009
Graduated Oxford 1929
http://www.spanglefish.com/gervasclay/
DEAD FLOWERS BY REQUEST
So when I come to die
Throw no fresh flowers to me;
I have loved them in my life,
Bury them not that be.
But take some old dead flowers
Whose fragrance has gone on,
That they and I may cross together
The unknown Rubicon.
G.C.R.CLAY
12 July, 1932
A Servcie of Thanksgiving for Gervas's life was held in the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, North Cheriton, Somerset, at 3 p.m. on Friday 15th May 2009, attended by over fifty family and friends.
Gervas's father was Gerard (Arden) Clay (GAC); his mother was (Ella) Violet Clay nee Thornewill (EVC), and both had grown up in Burton-on-Trent, where both families had been established for over two hundred years. Gerard had been the first of his family to go abroad, and Gervas the first to make his career abroad. Gerard and Violet had married in 1906, and spent part of their honeymoon in Paris.
Upon graduating from Oxford in 1929, Gervas was recruited by H.M.O.C.S. (His Majesty's Overseas Civil Service), the Colonial Office of His Majesty King George V, and, after doing a year's post-graduate course in Jusrisprudence at Oxford, Gervas, then 23, sailed out to Africa, and then travelled by train to Northern Rhodesia, where he served for three years. Then he flew home on leave, after which he sailed back to Africa for another three year tour, after which he sailed back home on leave again - but this trip was different! On board ship, he met a young girl. They fell in love, became engaged, married, and sailed back to Africa the day after the wedding.
http://www.spanglefish.com/LettersFromGervas/
During his first six years, his first two tours of duty, Gervas wrote a letter home to his parents almost every week.
Gervas Clay and Betty Baden-Powell had four children: Gillian, Robin, Nigel, and Crispin.
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