Secretary's report for congregational church for year ending 30th September 1944
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Secretary's report for congregational church for year ending 30th September 1944
Description
Reports that two of their flock, including Mr Russell Luxton and J R Flaxman had made ultimate sacrifice and Mr C Lambert was missing. Gives some biographical details and describes activities for J R Luxton and Jimmy Flaxman.
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1944-09
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Two sided typewritten document
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MLuxtonJR1086977-170404-03
Transcription
[underlined] COPY. [/underlined]
[underlined] CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. [/underlined] (Mr. Ferguson.)
[underlined] SECRETARYS' REPORT FOR THE YE[missing letters] ENDING 30th SEPTEMBER 1944. [/underlined]
[underlined] EXTRACT [/underlined]
We also remember tonight those of our own flock who are playing their part in the great fight for freedom. Some are in other lands, and our prayer is that in days of danger they may find the Divine Presence very near to guard and protect them from all evil.
Mr. Russell Luxton and Mr. J.R. Flaxman Junr., two of our lads have made the supreme sacrifice, and Mr. C. Lambert is on the "missing" list.
Mr. Russell Luxton was a fine lad and acted as Secretary to the Primary Department of our London Street School.
Tonight my thoughts go back to the days when I acted as Group Leader at our Junior Church, and as I wended my way to the Church on Sunday afternoons, I always saw Russell accompanied by his sister Dorothy on their way to the School, and the feeling that I had in those days was, that we should find Russell Luxton one who in after years would give greater service for the Master in the School. But with the need for calling up of our young folks for war service, Russell Luxton found himself in the R.A.F. and after his training was over, the dangerous work of bombing enemy territory began for him. It was when on one of those hazardous flights that his plane did not return.
Those of us who knew Russell feel confident that his life is in keeping with that of the Divine Will. The reward of the faithful one is assuredly his.
Jimmy Flaxman as we knew him in his boyhood days was a bright and happy lad. Coming from a sea 4/3 faring race it was only natural that he should find his calling amongst those who go down to the sea in ships. He joined the Navy in pre-war days, so that in the critical days whn [sic] this country stood alone against a tyrannical foe, Jimmy Flaxman was playing a noble part in helping to keep the old counrty [sic] free from the opressor [sic]. My earliest recollection of Jimmy was as a pianist at the Junior Church at the old Church in the days when Joe and Frank Howarth acted as Joint Superintendents with great success and in that part of the service Jimmy played his part
We remember tonight with prayerful hearts the passing of those two young lives and we also remember the dear ones who are left to mourn at a time when life for them seemed so promising. May our young friends in the Church ever remember those two lads for what they have done for their Master in their earlier days and of the
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supreme sacrifice they have made in the fight against an evil foe.
[underlined] CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. [/underlined] (Mr. Ferguson.)
[underlined] SECRETARYS' REPORT FOR THE YE[missing letters] ENDING 30th SEPTEMBER 1944. [/underlined]
[underlined] EXTRACT [/underlined]
We also remember tonight those of our own flock who are playing their part in the great fight for freedom. Some are in other lands, and our prayer is that in days of danger they may find the Divine Presence very near to guard and protect them from all evil.
Mr. Russell Luxton and Mr. J.R. Flaxman Junr., two of our lads have made the supreme sacrifice, and Mr. C. Lambert is on the "missing" list.
Mr. Russell Luxton was a fine lad and acted as Secretary to the Primary Department of our London Street School.
Tonight my thoughts go back to the days when I acted as Group Leader at our Junior Church, and as I wended my way to the Church on Sunday afternoons, I always saw Russell accompanied by his sister Dorothy on their way to the School, and the feeling that I had in those days was, that we should find Russell Luxton one who in after years would give greater service for the Master in the School. But with the need for calling up of our young folks for war service, Russell Luxton found himself in the R.A.F. and after his training was over, the dangerous work of bombing enemy territory began for him. It was when on one of those hazardous flights that his plane did not return.
Those of us who knew Russell feel confident that his life is in keeping with that of the Divine Will. The reward of the faithful one is assuredly his.
Jimmy Flaxman as we knew him in his boyhood days was a bright and happy lad. Coming from a sea 4/3 faring race it was only natural that he should find his calling amongst those who go down to the sea in ships. He joined the Navy in pre-war days, so that in the critical days whn [sic] this country stood alone against a tyrannical foe, Jimmy Flaxman was playing a noble part in helping to keep the old counrty [sic] free from the opressor [sic]. My earliest recollection of Jimmy was as a pianist at the Junior Church at the old Church in the days when Joe and Frank Howarth acted as Joint Superintendents with great success and in that part of the service Jimmy played his part
We remember tonight with prayerful hearts the passing of those two young lives and we also remember the dear ones who are left to mourn at a time when life for them seemed so promising. May our young friends in the Church ever remember those two lads for what they have done for their Master in their earlier days and of the
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supreme sacrifice they have made in the fight against an evil foe.
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Citation
Mr Ferguson, “Secretary's report for congregational church for year ending 30th September 1944,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 16, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/41963.