Armstrong Aileen M.:
Aileen M. Armstrong, FRHistS (1905-2000) was secretary of the English Place-Name Society (c.1930-1946), of which she later became Vice-President, and compiled the three-volume Place-names of Cumberland (1950-52). In 1946 she became secretary to the Royal Historical Society.Bell Patricia:
Patricia Bell was Bedfordshire County Archivist 1968-1986 and also General Editor for BHRS. She both edited and contributed to many BHRS volumes.Emmison F. G.:
F. G. Emmison (1907-1995) MBE, FSA, FRHistS began his career at Bedfordshire County Record Office under Dr Fowler, where he worked on the Bedfordshire Parish Registers series. He became Essex County Archivist in 1938. He was prominent in archive management and staff training. He did much to publicise archives through his writings on Essex history, including Tudor secretary: Sir William Petre at court and home (1961).Godber Joyce:
Joyce Godber (1906-1999) was Bedfordshire-born. Following a history degree, she spent a few years teaching, then worked at Oxford University Press. She was assistant secretary at the Institute of Historical Research before becoming clerk of the records, then County Archivist of Bedfordshire (1946-68). She was general editor of BHRS (1946-76) and an active member of the Society of Archivists and the British Records Association. She planned the transfer of the record office to its new premises, which took place in 1969, the year in which her History of Bedfordshire was published.Linnell C. D.:
Charles Darby Linnell (1877-1963) taught German at Bedford Modern School. He was a frequent contributor to the Bedfordshire Magazine and author of articles about Pavenham.Manning F. J.:
Frederick Joseph Manning (1892-1962) was a solicitor in Luton. He was Treasurer of BHRS for 34 years and the driving force in reviving the Society after Dr Fowler’s death and the Second World War.Richards Margaret:
Margaret Richards was a member of Bedford County Record Office staff and contributed to the Bedfordshire Magazine.Thompson Isobel:
Isobel Thompson (?-1985) was a teacher and volunteer at Bedfordshire County Record Office.Underwood Andrew:
Andrew Underwood (1934-2012) taught in Ampthill and then at Bedford Modern School from 1966 to 1989, where he was subsequently the school archivist. He researched and wrote extensively on his native Ampthill.Young P.:
Brigadier Peter Young DSO, MC, FRS (1915-1988) was an Oxford history graduate and professional soldier. He became a leading military historian, author and Head of Military History at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1959-69. He also founded ‘The Sealed Knot’ re-enactment society dedicated to the English Civil Wars.
