词条 | Percy Duff |
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Percy Skipworth Duff {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (1922 – 2011) was the treasurer of Kendal[1] Borough Council from 1967, until April 1974 when he became deputy treasurer of the new South Lakeland District Council,[2] holding the position until his retirement in 1982. As his son Michael Duff said at his funeral "Percy Duff was a lucky man. He was lucky to survive scarlet fever as a child; he was lucky to survive in the Western Desert in 1943 when the man standing next to him was killed by a mortar and he wasn’t; he was lucky to be happily married; he was lucky to suffer from no illness in a long life and he was lucky to live in Kendal for all that time - a place that he loved." Percy Duff was involved in many clubs and societies some of which were:
He was appointed MBE in the 1986 New Year Honours. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kendaltowncouncil.gov.uk|title=Kendal Town Council - Home - Old Market Town, Lake District - Kendal, Cumbria|website=Kendal Town Council|accessdate=4 October 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.southlakeland.gov.uk|title=South Lakeland District Council home page|website=Southlakeland.gov.uk|accessdate=4 October 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.westmorlandmotorclub.co.uk|title=Welcome to the updated WESTMORLAND MOTOR CLUB WEBSITE|website=Westmorlandmotorclub.co.uk|accessdate=4 October 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wainwright.org.uk|title=The Wainwright Society :: for lovers of the fells and the Lake District|website=Wainwright.org.uk|accessdate=4 October 2018}} 5. ^ {{dead link|date=October 2018}} External links
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