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    Flying FAREWELL

    Jul 25, 2021 2 minutes
    From Bruce Taylor
    Photos by NZHRM Archives & Allan Porter

    Bob Edgcumbe 1938 – 2021

    OB Edgcumbe or, to be precise, Robert Charles Edgcumbe The Right Hon. Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, with subsidiary titles of Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort and Baron Edgcumbe, passed away June 12th in his 83rd year. Bob was a member of the Whakatane Rod & Custom Club for several years and served two terms as club president.

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