St Peter and St Paul's Whit Procession, Rishton

iBase ID

302470

Reference identifier

HAC-H07-J2-13003-1

Title

St Peter and St Paul's Whit Procession, Rishton

Place

Rishton

Personal names

John Spencer Gibson; George Baron; Rennie Simpson

General notes

Rennie Simpson (the choir boy 5th from the left wearing a lanyard) became a precentor at St Paul's Cathedral.
In front of him is George Baron.
The third boy behind the choir (wearing a Blackburn Grammar School cap and badge) was John Spencer Gibson. He served in the intelligence Corps in the Second World War and helped capture Joachim von Ribbentrop.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

1934

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Subjects

Place Names > Rishton

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