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| relatives = Amelia Charlotte, Ernest H, [[Cyril Bland|Cyril Herbert George]], Frederic William, Frank Percy, Edith L, Elizabeth Mabel | | relatives = Amelia Charlotte, Ernest H, [[Cyril Bland|Cyril Herbert George]], Frederic William, Frank Percy, Edith L, Elizabeth Mabel, Dorice Litchfield, Kathline, Leslie (siblings) | ||
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Revision as of 12:31, 15 December 2020
| George Bland | |
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| Born |
c1885 23 May 1872Boston |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Boston Grammar School |
| Parents | George Colley Bland |
| Relatives | Amelia Charlotte, Ernest H, Cyril Herbert George, Frederic William, Frank Percy, Edith L, Elizabeth Mabel, Dorice Litchfield, Kathline, Leslie (siblings) |
George Bland was educated at Boston Grammar School.
Bland was born at Boston, Lincolnshire, the son of Veterinary Surgeon George Colley Bland. In the 1899 census the family was living at 5 Red Lion Street, Boston. By the time of the 1901 census the family had moved to 6 Red Lion Street.
In 1899 George Bland won Boston Grammar School's 1st Prize for Arithmetic, Division II. His prize was a copy of With Kitchener to Khartum by George Warrington Steevens. The book chronicles Steevens' attachment to British forces during the Mahdist War in the Sudan. These photographs of the prize were provided by Wesley Pepperdine.
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Prize inscription
