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At St Andrew's Church, Congresbury, about 7 miles east of Weston-super-Mare.
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In the churchyard
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. PETHERAM.—At Standerton, South Africa, of enteric fever, Harry, eldest son of C. Petheram, Congresbury, aged 23 years.
The Weston Mercury, Saturday 19th January 1901
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....A VILLAGE TRAGEDY.—On Saturday last, Mrs Henry Blackmore, of the Causeway, in this parish, received a communication from the War Office, notifying her of the death of her son John, who died of enteric fever at Newcastle, South Africa, on June 9th. It will be remembered that shortly before the outbreak of the war James Gill and John Blackmore enlisted in the 2nd Somerset Light Infantry, and Henry Petheram in the 3rd Hussars, and all three proceeded to the front early in the course of the struggle for supremacy. Here Henry Petheram met his death through enteric, and now Blackmore has succumbed from a like cause, whilst James Gill was severely wounded in the leg and is now an inmate of Netley Hospital. Pathetic interest attaches to the matter by the fact that all three young men were near neighbours.
The Weston Mercury, Saturday 21st June 1902