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Henry (Harry) Pimm

Henry (Harry) Pimm

Male 1895 - 1957  (62 years)    Has 18 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Henry (Harry) Pimm 
    Birth 1895  Hampstead, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1957  Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 4 Siblings 
    Person ID I369844  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2002 

    Father William Edwin Pimm,   b. 1864   d. 1952, Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Louise van Tongelen,   b. 1867, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1942, Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 1888  St Mary's, Staines, Middx Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F146354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Born the 10th of February 1895 at vale of Health Studios, Hampstead Heath, London NW, he was an artist, he was in Antwerp Belguim, during the Great War, he convinced the Germans that he was an American, until 1916 when the American declared war on Germany and was interned at Rublenleon Camp, he was also a commercial artist. he prepared action pictures to Daily Mirror, there was a story that he was dismissed for drawing a portrate of a famous Miltary General with his medals drawn back to front. He died on the 14th of February 1957 at st Charles Hosptial Kensington, London, he niece Jane Francis (Styles) Boyce was present at the death, she lived at 7 stanford Close, Ruislip Middx

      Feemasonary during WW1

      There is a dearth of information concerning Masonry amongst prisoners of war in Germany during the First World War. Doubtless, members of the Craft in prison camps became known to each other and found additional solace in the bond which united them. A number of brethren were internees in the civilian camp at Ruhleben (Spandau), but nothing is known of any organized Masonic activities amongst them. They were able, however, to identify each other and to get together from time to time. They met on one occasion to draw up an Address to Grand Lodge of England in the following terms: - "We, the undersigned brethren, at present interned with other British civilians at the concentration camp at Ruhleben, Spandau, Germany, send hearty good wishes to the Grand Master, officers and brethren in Great Britain, hoping that we may have the pleasure soon of greeting them personally." It was dated 9th December, 1914, and signed by 112 brethren. In spite of postal difficulties, it was received by the Grand Secretary on the 18th December and acknowledged by him on the 21st. In the following February a further list of brethren was sent to Grand Lodge, with a letter explaining that the brethren listed "were prevented from signing the address sent in December, partly from not being identified and some from being later arrivals at this concentration camp and who wish to be associated with the greetings then sent". The lists include brethren from England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, the West Indies, the United States, South America, Egypt and, strangely enough, from Germany. Most of the signatories were identified and a photographic copy of the Address was sent by the Grand Secretary to each lodge concerned,
      together with a covering letter in which he said: "Amongst these names you will observe a member of your lodge, of whom the brethren will be interested to hear. Perhaps you will kindly acquaint the family of such member of the communication, of which I shall be pleased to send them a copy." From the same camp, a beautifully-prepared Address, signed on behalf of all the brethren by Percy C. Hull, P.Dep.G.Org. (now Sir Percy Hull, Kt., P.G.Org., Mus.Doc., F.R.C.O), was sent to Grand Lodge on the occasion of the bicentenary celebrations in 1917. This also was copied and circulated. As the result of a request for aid on their behalf, Grand Lodge set up a special committee to act in the matter.
      An appeal Lodges was launched and met with a generous and continuous response, thereby enabling parcels of food and personal comforts to be regularly despatched to English brethren, and the aid was later extended to brethren of other jurisdictions under the Crown).



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