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(Alan) Rowland (Lingard) Escombe

(1921-2009), Shipping agent; son of W.M.L. Escombe

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(Alan) Rowland (Lingard) Escombe

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 10 July 1942
NPG x181815

(Alan) Rowland (Lingard) Escombe

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 10 July 1942
NPG x181816

(Alan) Rowland (Lingard) Escombe

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 10 July 1942
NPG x181817

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Penelope Escombe

08 August 2018, 16:29

Alan Rowland Lingard Escombe (3rd May 1921-15th August 2009) served in WW11 in The West Somerset Yeomanry fighting in the battle for Normandy and through to Brussels. At the end of the War he became a gunnery instructor at Larkhill. He then returned to the family shipping agents, Escombe McGrath & Co. Ltd, of which his father was Chairman, as was his Great Grandfather, Rowland Escombe, A.R.L. Escombe (known as Rowland) became Chairman of Escombe McGrath in 1965. He joined the board of P&OSNCo in 1978/1979 as a Director with responsibility for P&O in Australia and New Zealand. He retired in 1984.

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