Marjorie & Myrtle at the 6th. Hole in 1908 in Welby Gardens, Grantham

            The Postcard

A postally unused postcard bearing no studio name. The card, which has a divided back, is one of a series of six photographs on the photostream that were taken on the same day in 1908. There is also a further photograph that was taken in June 1909.

On the back of the card the following has been written:

"1, Welby Gardens
Grantham.
Myrtle and Marjorie
having a 'round'.
Myrtle putting at the
6th. hole.
Photo taken June 9th. 08".

If you search using the words Welby and Grantham, you can see all seven photographs.

Frederick Campling

So what else happened on the day that the photograph was taken?

Well, Tuesday the 9th. June 1908 marked the birth in Basford, Nottinghamshire of Frederick Campling.

Frederick Stratford Campling was an English cricketer and Royal Air Force airman.

Frederick Campling's Cricket Career

Frederick Campling made his first-class debut in South Africa for Orange Free State against Rhodesia in 1930. He played five first-class matches in his career, all for Orange Free State and spread over a period of four years.  In these matches he scored 59 runs at a batting average of 9.83, with a high score of 16.

Predominantly a bowler, he took 11 wickets at a bowling average of 22.09, with best figures of 4/75. He later played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Devon between 1935 and 1939.

Frederick Campling in WWII

Campling served in the Second World War with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as part of No. 258 Squadron in Burma, where he held the rank of Leading Aircraftman.

He became a prisoner of war to the Japanese, becoming a victim of the Sandakan Death Marches when he died at the age of 36 on the 22nd. March 1945 in Sandakan, Borneo, Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies.

Frederick is commemorated on the Kranji War Memorial in Singapore and on the Ilsington War Memorial in Ilsington, Devon.

Taken on: June 26, 2021

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