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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]this is not about Bill Williamson but I though this man should be remembered. Ripley & Heanor News July 15th 1910 LANGLEY MILL GRENADIER WHO GUARDED THE LATE KING EDWARD V11 ON DUTY IN DEATH CHAMBER, THRONE ROOM, AND FUNERAL TRAIN “Like father like son” is an aphorism that does not always apply so far as choice of daily profession is concerned, but in the case of the Stacey family of Langley Mill, the old saying has become a truism. Years ago Mr Edwin Stacey, a member of one of the best respected families in Ripley, entered his Majesty’s Army, and performed 21 years of a soldiers routine, seven years being in the Guards, and another nine years on the Reserve. Today he is a trusted official at Messrs Turner’s works at Langley Mill, where he is a storekeeper. His residence is in Sedgwick Street. So runs a very brief resume of the military career of Mr Stacey sen. To his eldest son, Thomas Edwin Berbeck Stacey, who enlisted in the Guards at Derby two years and seven months ago, and who is in the King’s Company 1st Grenadier Guards, fell the honour many a soldier would have forfeited a year’s pay for, that of being comprised in the parties which guarded the late Sovereign King Edward v11 in the death chamber and as he lay in state, and also he was one of the escort for the late King’s final journey from Paddington to Windsor. Private Stacey, whose photo we reproduce above (very dark photo), and who prior to his enlistment was an employee at the Associated Beverages Co’s works at Langley Mill, despite the fact he is only just entering manhood’s estate, stands 6ft 6ins is lithe of limb, and gives promise of developing into a man of fine physique. He was the recipient of the medal struck in acknowledgment of services rendered at the late King’s funeral, and along with men of his company was personally thanked by both the Queen Mother and King George. Last weekend Pte Stacey was home on two day’s leave, and received a hearty welcome from his relatives and numerous friends in the Erewash district. With natural pride he wore the medal which he received at his Sovereign’s hands. On the front side the medal bears a representation of the late King Edward V11, with the letters E.R.I., and on the rim is engraved the name, rank, etc, of the recipient. [/quote]
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this is not about Bill Williamson but I though this man should be remembered.

Ripley & Heanor News
July 15th 1910
LANGLEY MILL GRENADIER
WHO GUARDED THE LATE KING EDWARD V11
ON DUTY IN DEATH CHAMBER, THRONE ROOM, AND FUNERAL TRAIN
“Like father like son” is an aphorism that does not always apply so far as choice of daily profession is concerned, but in the case of the Stacey family of Langley Mill, the old saying has become a truism. Years ago Mr Edwin Stacey, a member of one of the best respected families in Ripley, entered his Majesty’s Army, and performed 21 years of a soldiers routine, seven years being in the Guards, and another nine years on the Reserve. Today he is a trusted official at Messrs Turner’s works at Langley Mill, where he is a storekeeper. His residence is in Sedgwick Street. So runs a very brief resume of the military career of Mr Stacey sen.
To his eldest son, Thomas Edwin Berbeck Stacey, who enlisted in the Guards at Derby two years and seven months ago, and who is in the King’s Company 1st Grenadier Guards, fell the honour many a soldier would have forfeited a year’s pay for, that of being comprised in the parties which guarded the late Sovereign King Edward v11 in the death chamber and as he lay in state, and also he was one of the escort for the late King’s final journey from Paddington to Windsor. Private Stacey, whose photo we reproduce above (very dark photo), and who prior to his enlistment was an employee at the Associated Beverages Co’s works at Langley Mill, despite the fact he is only just entering manhood’s estate, stands 6ft 6ins is lithe of limb, and gives promise of developing into a man of fine physique. He was the recipient of the medal struck in acknowledgment of services rendered at the late King’s funeral, and along with men of his company was personally thanked by both the Queen Mother and King George.
Last weekend Pte Stacey was home on two day’s leave, and received a hearty welcome from his relatives and numerous friends in the Erewash district. With natural pride he wore the medal which he received at his Sovereign’s hands. On the front side the medal bears a representation of the late King Edward V11, with the letters E.R.I., and on the rim is engraved the name, rank, etc, of the recipient.

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