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John William Anstee (b 1897) World War One Hero

We have uploaded to the World War One Roll of Honour a biography of John William Anstee of the Toddington Anstees, who emigrated to Canada to become a rancher and then during the war served back in England with the 1st Draft 230th OS Battalion of the Canadian Forestry Corps. Anybody who has information they would like toContinue reading “John William Anstee (b 1897) World War One Hero”

Geoffrey Arthur Anstee World War One Hero

We have uploaded to the World War One Roll of Honour a biography of Geoffrey Arthur Anstee of the Toddington Anstees who fought in (amongst others) the Battle of Le Transloy in October 1916, part of the Battle of the Somme, for which he received the Military Cross in 1917. Anybody who has information they would like to addContinue reading “Geoffrey Arthur Anstee World War One Hero”

Toddington, Bedfordshire Anstee Page Commenced

The Toddington Anstees of Bedfordshire are a sub-branch of the Houghton Regis Anstees, who themselves are a sub-branch of the Swanbourne Ansteys. We have begun to map the pedigree of this sub-branch and we are actively on the lookout for anybody who is willing to add their specialist knowledge of the Toddington Anstees to this Anstey story project. Anybody withContinue reading “Toddington, Bedfordshire Anstee Page Commenced”