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Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronetcies of England.
Summary
1818. George Shiffner 1st Baronet created.
3rd February 1842. Son Henry Shiffner 2nd Baronet succeeded.
1859. Brother George Shiffner 3rd Baronet succeeded.
14th December 1863. Son George Croxton-Shiffner 4th Baronet succeeded.
3rd January 1906. Son John Shiffner 5th Baronet succeeded.
5th April 1914. Son John Bridger Shiffner 6th Baronet succeeded.
24th September 1918. Brother Henry Burrows Shiffner 7th Baronet succeeded.
22nd November 1941. Son Henry David Shiffner 8th Baronet succeeded.
22nd August 2018. Second Cousin Once Removed Michael George Edward Shiffner 9th Baronet succeeded.
In 1818 George Shiffner 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex
On 3rd February 1842 George Shiffner 1st Baronet (age 79) died. His son Henry (age 52) succeeded 2nd Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex.
In 1859 Henry Shiffner 2nd Baronet (age 69) died. His brother George (age 67) succeeded 3rd Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex.
On 14th December 1863 George Shiffner 3rd Baronet (age 72) died. His son George (age 44) succeeded 4th Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex.
On 3rd January 1906 George Croxton-Shiffner 4th Baronet (age 86) died. His son John (age 48) succeeded 5th Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex.
On 5th April 1914 John Shiffner 5th Baronet (age 56) died. His son John (age 14) succeeded 6th Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex.
On 16th July 1918 John Bridger Shiffner 6th Baronet (age 18) and Sybil Helen Gibbons Lady Shiffner (age 20) were married. She by marriage Lady Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex. He was killed in action ten weeks later.
On 24th September 1918 John Bridger Shiffner 6th Baronet (age 19) was killed in action. He was buried at the Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Departement de l'Aisne. His brother Henry (age 16) succeeded 7th Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex; Henry would be killed in WW2 in 1941.
The battalion war diary gives a description of the action in which he was killed: "Captain Roberts ordered his company to open fire on the advancing enemy and when they were within 30 yards, the leading waves began to waver, on seeing this, Captain Roberts ordered his men to fix bayonets and then to charge the enemy. The men all rose from their positions in shell holes and charged with the bayonet and utterly routed the enemy, taking over 40 prisoners. The artillery in response to the S.O.S. signal, put down an intense fire on to the enemy, causing numerous casualties as they were running away. This action was specifically mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's communique. It was a fine example of the use of Infantry weapons and the value of the dash and fighting spirit shown by all ranks who took part, as their total number was less than 80, thus being out-numbered by 5 to 1." Shiffner was killed in the bayonet charge.
His mother Elsie Burrows chose his inscription, modifying a line from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1881 poem "Underwoods", changing "Doomed to know not winter, only spring" to "Born to know not winter, only spring."
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 22nd November 1941 Henry Burrows Shiffner 7th Baronet (age 39) was killed in action at Sidi Rezegh, Tobruk during Operation Crusader to raise the siege of Tobruk. His son Henry (age 11) succeeded 8th Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex.
On 22nd August 2018 Henry David Shiffner 8th Baronet (age 88) died. His second cousin once removed Michael (age 55) succeeded 9th Baronet Shiffner of Coombe in Sussex.