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Hugh Douglas Gunning                       1897-1953
Hugh was born 17 February 1897, the son of Francis John P. Gunning and Sarah Victoria Barnes, at Lullington Frome, Somerset. He married Alice Mildred Sharpe.
Alice Mildred Sharpe                           1898-1983
Alice was born on 16 January 1898, the daughter of Arthur Calvert Sharpe and Mary Middlemost, at Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
I have identified the following children:
  Ruth Mildred Born 26 Oct 1920   Wiltshire Married Geoffrey Langdon Down
John Noel Born 20 Jan 1922   Wiltshire
Margaret Mary Born 5 Aug 1923   Wiltshire
Humphrey David Born 23 Apr 1925   Wiltshire Married Maureen F. P. Hodges
Ian Hugh Born 14 Nov 1926   Wiltshire
Nigel Stuart Born abt 1928   Wiltshire Married Jennifer A. Nicholls
Anne Born 24 Dec 1931  
Jennifer Born abt 1936   Sussex
Sally Born abt 1939   Sussex

Birth of Parents
Hugh Douglas Gunning b: 17 Feb 1897           Lullington Frome, Somerset         1897 2Q Frome 5c 413
son of Francis John P. Gunning and Sarah Victoria Barnes

Alice Mildred Sharpe b: 16 Jan 1898           Huddersfield, Yorkshire         1898 1Q Huddersfield 9a 330
daughter of Arthur Calvert Sharpe and Mary Middlemost

Marriage
abt 1919
Hugh Douglas Gunning
Alice Mildred Sharpe		 Huddersfield, Yorkshire         1919 4Q Huddersfield 9a 725

Children
Ruth Mildred Gunning b: 26 Oct 1920           Wiltshire         1920 4Q Warminster 5a 225
daughter of Hugh Douglas Gunning and Alice Mildred Sharpe
John Noel Gunning b: 20 Jan 1922           Wiltshire         1922 1Q Warminster 5a 222
son of Hugh Douglas Gunning and Alice Mildred Sharpe
Margaret Mary Gunning b: 5 Aug 1923           Wiltshire         1923 3Q Warminster 5a 214
daughter of Hugh Douglas Gunning and Alice Mildred Sharpe
Humphrey David Gunning b: 23 Apr 1925           Wiltshire         1925 2Q Warminster 5a 207
son of Hugh Douglas Gunning and Alice Mildred Sharpe
Ian Hugh Gunning b: 14 Nov 1926           Wiltshire         1926 4Q Warminster 5a 189
son of Hugh Douglas Gunning and Alice Mildred Sharpe
Nigel Stuart Gunning b: abt 1928           Wiltshire         1928 3Q Warminster 5a 178
son of Hugh Douglas Gunning and Alice Mildred Sharpe
Anne Gunning b: 24 Dec 1931                   1932 1Q Banbury 3a 1859
daughter of Hugh Douglas Gunning and Alice Mildred Sharpe
Jennifer Gunning b: abt 1936           Sussex         1936 1Q Chichester 2b 506
daughter of Hugh Douglas Gunning and Alice Mildred Sharpe
Sally Gunning b: abt 1939           Sussex         1939 1Q Chichester 2b 576
daughter of Hugh Douglas Gunning and Alice Mildred Sharpe

1939 Register Birth Date September 1939
Brookfield, Chichester, Sussex
Hugh D. Gunning
Alice M.
Ruth M.
John N.
Margaret M.
Humphrey D.
Ian H.
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Anne
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16 Jan 1898
26 Oct 1920
20 Jan 1922
5 Aug 1923
23 Apr 1925
14 Nov 1926
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24 Dec 1931
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Unpaid Domestic duties
Office Clerk at Hospital
Mentally Deficient
Seeking Work
At School
At School
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At School
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Death
Hugh Douglas Gunning Died 2 Aug 1953, Age 56,     West Sussex       1953 3Q Chichester 18 1893

WINCHESTER   23 Mar 1954                         Probate
GUNNING, Hugh Douglas, of Cossicks, Bosham, Sussex, died 2 August 1953, at Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, Probate Winchester, 23 March, to Alice Mildred Gunning, widow.   Effects £8,953 4s. 6d.

Death
Alice Mildred (Sharpe) Gunning Died 1983     West Sussex       1983 1Q Chichester 5h 393


SPECIAL THANKS  to Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Townsend, nee Middlemost, of Natal, South Africa, for providing many of the details on this family.