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Edmund Burchell Rodway, of Adcroft, Trowbridge, died 

 suddenly, Dec. 19th, 1909, aged 59. Buried at Wingfield. Son of Rev. 

 Eusebius Joseph Rodway, Pastor of Wadham Street Chapel, Weston- 

 super-Mare. Born at Weston-super-Mare, 1850. Admitted Solicitor, 

 1877, came to Trowbridge and succeeded his uncle as a member of the 

 firm of Rodway & Mann, Solicitors. Married, first, 1887, Gertrude, fourth 

 d. of John Bayfield Clark, of Wingfield Green ; and, secondly, Rosa J. 

 Pittar, d. of a former Rector of Holy Trinity Church. An enthusiastic 

 educationalist and Churchman, a generous supporter of the Parish 

 Church, and a well-known member of the Alpine Club. 



Long obit, notice, with good portrait, Wiltshire Times, December 25th, 

 1909. Salisbury Diocesan Gazette, January, 1910. 



Rev. William Clark, died April llth, 1910, aged 72. Buried at 

 Charlton, near Pewsey. Gonville and Caius Coll., Camb. B.A., 1862 ; 

 M.A., 1866. Deacon, 1863; priest, 1864 (Rochester). Curate of 

 Springfield (Essex), 1863—68. Superintendent Byculla Schools, Bom- 

 bay, 1866—67. Curate of Longparish (Hants), 1868. Chaplain, 

 Ahmedabad, 1869—71. Acting Chaplain, St. Paul's, Poonah, 1872—73. 

 Chaplain, Karachi, 1873—78. Curate of Springfield (Essex), 1878—79. 

 Chaplain, Poonah, 1883 — 87. Rector of Bunbury, with Calveley, and 

 Peckforton (Ches.), 1888—96. Vicar of Upavon, 1896—1902. Rector 

 of Upper Stondon (Beds.), 1902. Vicar of Charlton St. Peter, near 

 Pewsey, 1908, until his death. He leaves behind him a record of good 

 work done in all the posts he filled. 

 Obit, notice, Wiltshire Gazette, April 21st, 1910. 



Samuel Benjamin Wilkins, died at Plymouth, April 7th, 1910, 

 aged 69. Born at Trowbridge. Son of James Wilkins, hat and cap 

 manufacturer. Ran away from Trowbridge School to join the Navy, 

 in order to qualify for the London Fire Brigade, which he joined later, 

 and eventually became one of Captain Shaw's lieutenants. He after- 

 wards became chief of the Barrow-in-Furness Fire Brigade, where he 

 remained many years until he was appointed Firemaster at Edinburgh. 

 He was the inventor and patentee of quite a number of appliances now in 

 general use for fife purposes, the most notable of which was the fireproof 

 curtain now generally used in theatres. He held a number of medals 

 for life-saving, and for distinguished conduct in the fire service. He 

 was the author of the following :— 



Fires and Means of Prevention. 



Public and Private Escapes and the Rescue of Life from Fire. 



A Method of Preventing the Destruction of Theatres and Loss of 

 Life by Fire. 



Electric Lighting from a Fire Point of View. 



His career was altogether remarkable. 



Obit, notice, with portrait, in Wiltshire Times, April 9th, 1910. 



