I’m on my way down South for work so I’m diverting to Winchester to go and see Thomas Thetchers grave
Pictures / update to follow later
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Well after your post I googled Thomas. Gosh, aged 26 was so young to die. Very sad.
Save travels Darren 
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Thomas Thetchers
[/quote]Death of Thomas Thetcher, 1764
To members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) the name Thomas Thetcher, a grenadier in the North Regiment of the Hants Militia, is synonymous with the foundation of their organisation. But the curious link between Thetcher’s grave in the churchyard of Winchester Cathedral and AA is less well known to the wider public.
Thetcher died aged 26 on May 12, 1764 after drinking contaminated ‘small’ beer. He was buried in Winchester Cathedral churchyard with the following inscription on his tombstone:
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Seen as I’m away in a hotel for the night (which has a stocked mini bar 
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I’m having tea and then going to a meeting in Basingstoke 
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