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Reverend Bernard James FAILES, M.A., R.N. O.B.E.

1887 - 1965 (77 years)

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Name	Bernard James FAILES
Prefix	Reverend
Suffix	M.A., R.N. O.B.E.
Born	14 Sep 1887	Westminster, Middlesex
Gender	Male
Census	1 Apr 1891	14 Barton Street, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, London
Census	1 Apr 1901	Boarding House for Westminster School, 1 Little Deans Yard, Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, London
Occupation	1911
	Schoolmaster
Census	1 Apr 1911	The Vicarage, Willoughby, Rugby, Warwickshire
		Failes family 1911 census
Misc	3 Jun 1919
	Awarded O.B.E.
	In recognition of services in connection with the War Royal Navy Acting Chaplain the Rev. Bernard James Failes
		Acting Chaplain, the Rev. Bernard James Failes M.A., R.N. London Gazette
Census	1939	The Vicarage, Norwich Road, Watton, Norfolk
Occupation	1939
	Clerk in Holy Orders
	Officiating Chaplain, R??
Probate (Grant of)	18 May 1951	Norwich, Norfolk
	Granted probate on the estate of Harold Watson Failes
		Harold Watson Failes Probate
Occupation	18 May 1951
	Clerk
Buried	Jul 1965	Parish Church, All Saints, Tilney All Saints, Norfolk
		Bernard James Failes O.B.E. Burial
Occupation	13 Jul 1965
	Priest
Died	13 Jul 1965	West Runton, Norfolk
	Also recorded as 19/7, see Probate.
		Rev. Bernard James Failes The Elizabethan
Person ID	I12095	1. Essex Ennevers
Last Modified	15 Nov 2020

Father	Reverend Watson FAILES, M.A., Born: 1 Nov 1847, Edmonton, Middlesex , Died: 3 Feb 1920 (Age 72 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Caroline FAILES, Born: 1854/5, Tilney St Lawrence, Norfolk , Died: 9 Dec 1932 (Age 77 years)
Married	1880	Downham District, Norfolk
Family histories		Close family links in a Victorian rural community A summary of the complex blood relationships that existed within some of the Tilney All Saints, Norfolk families who appear in my family history (Failes, Overton, Pollyn etc)
Family histories		Marriages to a closely-related family member (including to a dead spouse's sibling and a dead sibling's spouse and some bigamous and other illegal marriages)
Family ID	F3519	Family Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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	Born - 14 Sep 1887 - Westminster, Middlesex
	Census - 1 Apr 1891 - 14 Barton Street, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, London
	Census - 1 Apr 1901 - Boarding House for Westminster School, 1 Little Deans Yard, Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, London
	Census - 1 Apr 1911 - The Vicarage, Willoughby, Rugby, Warwickshire
	Census - 1939 - The Vicarage, Norwich Road, Watton, Norfolk
	Probate (Grant of) - Granted probate on the estate of Harold Watson Failes - 18 May 1951 - Norwich, Norfolk
	Buried - Jul 1965 - Parish Church, All Saints, Tilney All Saints, Norfolk
	Died - 13 Jul 1965 - West Runton, Norfolk

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