Castle Inn 1940s

Folkestone Herald 16-10-1948

Obituary

The death occurred at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, on Monday, of Mr. Harry Surtees, licensee of the Castle Inn, St. John’s Church Road, Folkestone. Aged 66, Mr. Surtees had been ill for only a short time.

He was born in Newcastle and came to Folkestone 20 years ago after holding a licence in Tonbridge for several years. For some time he has been a director of the Silver Spring Mineral Water Company and a member of Folkestone and District Licensed Victuallers’ Association. During the first world war Mr. Surtees served as an Engineer Lieut. in the Royal Navy and for a period was in command of H.M.S. St Vincent.

He leaves a widow and two daughters, the younger of whom is in Malaya where her husband is manager of a rubber plantation. The other daughter is married to Mr. B.J.W. Hosking, headmaster of Christ Church C. of E. School.

The funeral will take place today at 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church, followed by the interment at Hawkinge.