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Gentleman Cadet Charles Francis Ward was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy on 23rd December 1903. Is it possible that he was actually serving in 75th Brigade, Royal Artillery - in Direct Support of the 4th Guards Brigade and heavily engaged in the Battle of Festubert on 16th May 1915?//

CWGC website shows that Captain Ward was the son of Charles Ward, F.R.C.S., of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; husband of Marjorie Ward. Mrs Ward applied for her husband's 1914 Star medal on 17th March 1920. At that time her address is given as Old Hill House, Westerham, Kent. Some details of his service in South Africa appear on 1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=192660

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"Cross Creek: This site was the home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, (1896–1953), the author of many major literary works, including The Yearling, which received the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the novels South Moon Under, and Golden Apples, and her memoir, Cross Creek. She was elected to the National Academy of Arts and Letters."[1]

"In 1928, the Rawlingses purchased a 72 acre orange grove near Hawthorne, Florida, in a hamlet named Cross Creek for its location between Orange Lake and Lochloosa Lake. She brought the place to international fame through her writing. She was fascinated with the remote wilderness and the lives of Cross Creek residents, her Cracker neighbors (descendants of pioneer settlers), and felt a profound and transforming connection to the region and the land. Wary at first, the local residents soon warmed to her and opened up their lives and experiences to her. Marjorie filled several notebooks with descriptions of the animals, plants, Southern dialect, and recipes and used these descriptions in her writings."—Wikipedia
 
In 2008, the US Postal Service unveiled a
stamp bearing Rawlings' image, in her honor,
at her Cross Creek home. (Scott 4223)

 
Rear of Main House – Then and Now (25 years later)

This photograph depicts the Rear of the Main House - showing a kitchen wing. A wash stand has been set up outside the rear kitchen wing.

"Rear of Main House - showing kitchen wing (2008)" by Baesel


 
"View showing the rear home (c.1985)" by Randall Prophet


 
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Cross Creek: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings !
 

Love it when Mr Hall puts a date on his photos! It was the 1899 Anniversary Day Intercolonial Challenge Races ... " ... Marjorie held the lead for the greater part of the course, but on the journey round the P. and O. buoy the last time she was passed by the Cutty Sark and Ena. ... " Read All About It! - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3687173

beachcomber australia Yay for Mr Hall! We love Anniversary Day pics - into the album it goes! Thanks BC

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Small correction - the newspaper report describes the race as a "14 footer dingey [sic] handicap". The skipper was J. M. Firth.

beachcomber australia Yep, that's a 14ft dinghy, with four sails set. Even has the spinnaker clew sheeted to windward of the mast.

Dale beachcomber australia Ah - thanks folks, that one should have been picked up earlier! :P