St. Peter’s East Tytherley:
18/09/1935 5024 Bob Major
in 3 hours 19 minutes (14 cwt). (Composed and conducted by George Williams).Three ringers, each of whom lost an arm in the Great War, took part together in a peal of Bob Major. They were Messrs. H Balaam (Basingstoke), G Pullinger (Bishopstoke), and J W Faithfull (Southampton).
They were all ringers before the war, and it says much for their enthusiasm that, despite the handicap of having lost a limb, they have kept up active participation in the art. All these ringers, as well as other one-armed men, have previously rung peals, but this is believed to be the first occasion that three have taken part in the same peal.
1. Reginald C H Connolly
2. Harry Balaam
3. George Pullinger
4. John W Faithfull
5. Edward B Hampton
6. Louis J Lockyer
7. George Williams (C)
8. John Chesterman
First peal of Major – 5.
