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04/10/2023 1:41 am
It’s a very common name
Our world doyenne and doyen are basically named “John” and “Mary”
It's still a notable coincidence for so many people in the British male top 10 to have the same name, even if it was the most common one at the time. I don't know what the statistics were for the United Kingdom, but it seems like around 5% of men born in the 1910s in the United States had the name John, according to this page, which is only a small fraction of the population.
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04/10/2023 4:46 am
It’s a very common name
Our world doyenne and doyen are basically named “John” and “Mary”
It's still a notable coincidence for so many people in the British male top 10 to have the same name, even if it was the most common one at the time. I don't know what the statistics were for the United Kingdom, but it seems like around 5% of men born in the 1910s in the United States had the name John, according to this page, which is only a small fraction of the population.
And the UK has had two cases of SCs with the same first and last name: Grace Jones and Mary Walker. Three of those people had the title of oldest person in Britain and Mary Florence Walker might get it in the future
13/11/2023 1:45 am
Donald Rose was visited by civic dignitaries this Armistice Day ( https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/108-year-old-ilkeston-man-8899484):
It's great to see him looking well. The article mistakenly says he is the oldest living WWII veteran in the UK - however Ailsa Stewart is a few days older and was a second officer in the Wrens (the Women's Royal Naval Service)
23/11/2023 10:57 pm
I’d struggle to get a card to that part of the world Robbie, but if you want some messages, let me know and I’ll send something via PM or similar
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