William Campbell

[iameye]

Dec 19, 2011 19:25:58 GMT -5 truthseeker said:

A name is very important. It affects your character throughout your whole life.

do you really think so?


lol


Most scholars accept that YHWH is made up of Y, meaning "he", plus a form of HWY, the root of a group of words connected with "being" and "becoming"

The traditional rendering of the name, as found in English Bibles, is "I am who I am" or "I am that I am"
;D
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence






translation:

"this is the way of God"

on your highway, do ya? do ya? do ya?

lol

[kopenhagen]

Oct 2, 2011 10:14:06 GMT -5 B said:

Here's a curiousity.

"Paul Is Dead" by Jensen Rufe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4McYkNXFQY

if W Campbell died in 1977 who is Macca of today ?
do we know for sure if Paul died in a car accident in Nov/ 1966?
clues were found in Rubber soul /Revolver maybe he died before and how?

[kopenhagen]

is it possible Paul was replaced Phil Ackrill instead of W Campbell ?

digilander.libero.it/p_truth/

[SS]

Here you go kiddies...happy holidays.

www.youtube.com/user/wcampbelljunior

[B]

"wcampbelljunior commented
I wrote and arranged this music, with Mike O'Donnell - seems like 100 years ago - for one of the Thomas & Friends music videos - I am absolutely flabbergasted how this little home movie, accompanied by OUR music, can attain, approaching 29,000,000 hits on youtube ... has the world gone mad? The company owning the rights spent a fortune on the original Thomas films and scores and to my knowledge never get anywhere near these figures ... this better not be "freebie" music!!

3:22 Thomas The Tank Engine - Accidents Can Happen by junamle • 28,561,284 views
Accidents can happen on the Island of Sodor. "

Thomas The Tank Engine - Accidents Can Happen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYKs8r94Ns0

[maxwell]

Is that a photo of William Cambell? He looks just like (an older) James McCartney Jnr.
The apple hasn't fallen far from the tree afterall.

[kopenhagen]

Nov 24, 2009 4:20:18 GMT -5 knowthe411 said:

And JPM, the real one, seems to spend a lot of time here in the United States.

you're very funny so Paul is still alive ? as for Bill Shepard or campbell it doesn't exist, Bill is a knickname given to Faul , most likely Paul was replaced by Phil Ackriill until today

digilander.libero.it/p_truth/

[NAYDON]

His name is Wlliam Wallace Shepherd Campbell!
Or William Wallace Crowley?

[B]

Dec 3, 2012 14:30:27 GMT -5 SS said:

Here you go kiddies...happy holidays.

www.youtube.com/user/wcampbelljunior

Fool on the hill - sounds like a soundalike?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zps9tQpYIM


"Junior Campbell
Published on Feb 13, 2019

a bit of fun ... and a bit of mischief ... "William Campbell sings Paul McCartney"

Back in the 90's I was commissioned to write the music for a 6x50min TV drama for BBC Scotland ... apart from the incidental music this also required over 40 soundalike covers
for the soundtrack including many Beatles tracks. Here's one, a short version of Fool On The Hill, where "William Campbell sings Paul McCartney"
The series went on to pick up a BAFTA for Best Television Drama Serial 1995 great gig, great memories, my boy Paul did some terrific John Lennon which I might post at a later date.

oh, and I also had the audacity to stick a string quartet on the second verse ...
wonder what the great George Martin would have to say about that? Hurrruuuuuumph ..... !"

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round and round and round and round and round we go...

Willie Wonka Jacob Campbell Jingleheimer Schmidt!

[NAYDON]

Anyway, his stage name is Billy Shears!

[B]

Feb 27, 2019 3:47:26 GMT -5 NAYDON said:

Anyway, his stage name is Billy Shears!

www.openculture.com/2013/06/the_beatles_play_with_shakespeares_a_midsummer_nights_dream_1964.html

[B]

listen link:
www.audible.com/pd/The-Memoirs-of-Billy-Shears-The-Nine-After-9-09-Edition-Audiobook/B07MG7N8H7?ds_rl=1262685&ds_rl=1263561&source_code=GO1GB907OSH060513&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0arb3ePp4AIV2rbACh36qwp0EAAYASAAEgK6S_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

By: Thomas E. Uharriet, Billy Shears

comments coming soon.... probably

[joanmissqizzical]

Nov 24, 2009 4:20:18 GMT -5 knowthe411 said:

Are you all aware that Faul owns land on the Mull of Kintyre which is next to a place called Campbelltown? Coincidence? I don't think so. Campbell seems to be also the name of an Illuminati bloodline family.

I believe there are three Pauls and one of them is Phil Ackrill who, in interviews as Paul, refers to Scotland quite a bit. Faul aka William Sheppard aka Aleister Crowley lives and spends his time on his estate in Peasmarsh, SUSSEX. Phil Ackrill's Paul (who has a thicker accent than the other two) lives in or near Scotland. And JPM, the real one, seems to spend a lot of time here in the United States.

This was posted so long ago, but new info has surfaced in 10 years.  On Phil Ackril....well, he did not really exist.  The band Denny Laine and the Diplomats had them all with blonde hair pompadours and ice cream suits.  Not a great look. When Denny Laine left the band for a better offer, Bev Bevans described how depressing it was as the band started falling apart/ He mentioned that Phil and one other band member had girlfriends and went off and got married.  And that was the last mention of Phil Ackril being in person anywhere. Phil Ackril was/is William Shepherd.  I search the civil records for him anywhere and there is no mention of his birth, census, parents, or where he was from actually.  I tore up the UK records, and newspaper clippings....and nothing.  It makes sense that he was a double for Paul.  In the book the "Memoirs", supposedly being William having Thomas Uharriet write it for him, said that William actually met Paul in July of 1963 obviously when Paul was still alive.  It was at the Plaza Club at Old Hill. Sure enough, in an article about the Diplomates mentioned they played at the Plaza club in 1963, and the Beatles were there.  The Dips might have been in the line up, or a cover band because the Beatles were really becoming super popular by then.

There are definitely more than three Pauls, and he uses doubles still today....except they are doubles for William now!     More brain cells just died!!  I can't cant process anymore tonight.

[joanmissqizzical]

Dec 24, 2011 19:31:02 GMT -5 kopenhagen said:

Oct 2, 2011 10:14:06 GMT -5 B said:

Here's a curiousity.

"Paul Is Dead" by Jensen Rufe
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4McYkNXFQY

if W Campbell died in 1977 who is Macca of today ?
do we know for sure if Paul died in a car accident in Nov/ 1966?
clues were fou nd in Rubber soul /Revolver maybe he died before and how?

Mike Williams who has gained a lot of attention in thoroughly researching this has said that Paul may have been replaced earlier.  The ghost writer Thomas Uharriet stated that Paul's death did occur and is well documented.  The powers that were, Tavistock etc worked together with Mi 6 in keeping it under wraps initially. And it may even have been planned.  The book seems to hold true to a lot of things.  Iamaphoney was supposedly headed up by Neil Aspinall with Williams blessings. William does have a contract, and in public, he definitely is fulfilling his requirements.  But via the book, he has a major message he is wanting to say before he leaves this world.  I've read it and it really is a very complex story. I halfway believe it in spite of my brain telling me that something is off.  Not sure what it is.....but it is much bigger than just Paul.....and whether he has one, two or more doubles.  Just looking at the pictures of him over the years, there are definitely pictures of him that are undeniably the IRL Paul McCartney.  And then I think about that clip of him being ties\d up like Gulliver and the Liliputians, may mean that he is around and even seen in public or with his current band, but has to leave the scene for what?  More surgery, to keep being indoctrinated....etc.  In the book, he denounced MKUltra and a lot of what is going on.  It's the strangest thing I've ever read....because parts are definitely true...but other things not so much.

"Liliputions"  it just made me think about another Lily reference.  And I can't remember is coat of arms, and if it has any "Fleur-de-lis" on it, as that us the French word for "Lilly of the valley". Of course the coat of arms would have come from the "Lilly" reference since his coat of arms was created after he was knighted.  Not sure about how that connects to him because many coat of arms have 'fleur de lis" on them, but just more for everyone to chew on.

[ekauqodielak]

Mar 5, 2019 3:39:27 GMT -5 joanmissqizzical said:

This was posted so long ago, but new info has surfaced in 10 years. On Phil Ackril....well, he did not really exist.

And you have proven this with what evidence?

And that was the last mention of Phil Ackril being in person anywhere.

A bold claim. It may be the last mention of him you've found, but Ackrill never existing and your inability to find public mentions of a man who was no longer in public life and whose band made no impression on popular culture are not one in the same.

Phil Ackril was/is William Shepherd.

My cat is the Dalai Lama. If I say it often enough it's true. They look *exactly* alike despite sharing none of the immutable facial features such as pupil distance and length of the nasal spine and skull size --- just like Ackrill and Sir Billy.

I search the civil records for him anywhere and there is no mention of his birth, census, parents, or where he was from actually.  I tore up the UK records, and newspaper clippings....and nothing.

I'll guess we'll just have to take your word for it, eh?

It makes sense that he was a double for Paul.

No. It doesn't make sense. They looked absolutely nothing alike and their differences could not be altered by cosmetic surgery, then or now.

In the book the "Memoirs", supposedly being William having Thomas Uharriet write it for him, said that William actually met Paul in July of 1963 obviously when Paul was still alive. It was at the Plaza Club at Old Hill. Sure enough, in an article about the Diplomates mentioned they played at the Plaza club in 1963, and the Beatles were there. The Dips might have been in the line up, or a cover band because the Beatles were really becoming super popular by then.

Oh, so it's Sir Billy by way of the imaginary Uharriet who wants people to believe that he's really a guy it's physically *impossible* for him to have ever been. Well, that makes sense; would you expect anything other than red herrings from Sir Billy? I sure don't.

There are definitely more than three Pauls, and he uses doubles still today....

On that, we can agree. But there have been a minimum of 3 Pauls in simultaneous rotation since "Paul" was a tiny kid.

[ekauqodielak]

[hotman637]

Mar 24, 2019 21:59:21 GMT -5 ekauqodielak said:

Mar 5, 2019 4:08:01 GMT -5 joanmissqizzical said:

Mike Williams who has gained a lot of attention in thoroughly researching this has said that Paul may have been replaced earlier.  

Mike Williams, like ALL 66ers, hasn't thoroughly researched anything. No one who thinks there was One Real Paul McCartney until 1966 has thoroughly researched anything. It's not like it takes
a lot of effort to google image search "Paul McCartney" + "1961". But 66ers don't believe Earth existed before Beatlemania. No one can look at pictures of "Paul McCartney" from babyhood through
1963 and come away saying 'yup that's just one guy' unless they're legally blind...or on the payroll of somebody who is very invested in the idea of a single Paul and a single replacement. 

I mentioned this song before (Isis by Dylan who was replaced MANY TIMES) but this verse really applies if you basically say "Paul" did not exist!


I broke into the tomb but the casket was empty
There were no jewels no nothing, I felt I'd been had
when I saw my partner was just being friendly
when I took up his offer I must have been mad

Or as Larry the Cable Guy said "they were looking for a sucker but they could not find one so they picked me", lol!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=INilAY6aJTc

[ekauqodielak]

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Oh, that is an interesting line. It's a really neat story concept, too. This person thinks they've been chosen for some very special task of unusual honor and slowly comes to realize dozens of others have been solicited to do the same before him. And that, while he may have been in on one aspect of the con, he was being conned as much as anybody else.

I'm on the fence about Dylan and, frankly, haven't stared at enough photos or video of him to have an opinion on the veracity of his identity.

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[timmyb52]

Mar 24, 2019 21:53:48 GMT -5 ekauqodielak said:

Mar 5, 2019 3:39:27 GMT -5 joanmissqizzical said:

This was posted so long ago, but new info has surfaced in 10 years. On Phil Ackril....well, he did not really exist.

And you have proven this with what evidence?

And that was the last mention of Phil Ackril being in person anywhere.

A bold claim. It may be the last mention of him you've found, but Ackrill never existing and your inability to find public mentions of a man who was no longer in public life and whose band made no impression on popular culture are not one in the same.

Phil Ackril was/is William Shepherd.

My cat is the Dalai Lama. If I say it often enough it's true. They look *exactly* alike despite sharing none of the immutable facial features such as pupil distance and length of the nasal spine and skull size --- just like Ackrill and Sir Billy.

I search the civil records for him anywhere and there is no mention of his birth, census, parents, or where he was from actually.  I tore up the UK records, and newspaper clippings....and nothing.

I'll guess we'll just have to take your word for it, eh?

It makes sense that he was a double for Paul.

No. It doesn't make sense. They looked absolutely nothing alike and their differences could not be altered by cosmetic surgery, then or now.

In the book the "Memoirs", supposedly being William having Thomas Uharriet write it for him, said that William actually met Paul in July of 1963 obviously when Paul was still alive. It was at the Plaza Club at Old Hill. Sure enough, in an article about the Diplomates mentioned they played at the Plaza club in 1963, and the Beatles were there. The Dips might have been in the line up, or a cover band because the Beatles were really becoming super popular by then.

Oh, so it's Sir Billy by way of the imaginary Uharriet who wants people to believe that he's really a guy it's physically *impossible* for him to have ever been. Well, that makes sense; would you expect anything other than red herrings from Sir Billy? I sure don't.

There are definitely more than three Pauls, and he uses doubles still today....

On that, we can agree. But there have been a minimum of 3 Pauls in simultaneous rotation since "Paul" was a tiny kid.

The best propaganda is mixed with a little truth and a ton of lies (The Memoirs).

This book is unfounded speculation with the best bits of PID/PWR replaced research  from the internet compiled together to create this fictional/fantasy story that offers not one bit of real facts or evidence to support its main thesis.

It is a cash grab and nothing more IMHO.

UHarriet claims their is so much evidence proving JPM's death...but yet, he offers not one example of said evidence!

WHAT A JOKE!

[ekauqodielak]

Mar 25, 2019 23:07:04 GMT -5 timmyb52 said:

The best propaganda is mixed with a little truth and a ton of lies (The Memoirs).

This book is unfounded speculation with the best bits of PID/PWR replaced research  from the internet compiled together to create this fictional/fantasy story that offers not one bit of real facts or evidence to support its main thesis.

It is a cash grab and nothing more IMHO.

UHarriet claims their is so much evidence proving JPM's death...but yet, he offers not one example of said evidence!

WHAT A JOKE!

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That Sir Billy hasn't issued a cease & desist to "Uharriet" should be enough evidence (for any conspiracy theorist) that the book is sanctioned propaganda. I mean, I get that that they had to do *something*, as Paul-alikes were, seemingly, much more difficult to come by than Feorges & Fingos &, even, the hit or miss Fohns. But it still seems weird that they couldn't find or make later Pauls who looked more like the Pauls faces of the Beatlemania-era. Unless, yes, cognitive dissonance is part of the point. But if that's the case, why bother with the Paul Is Dead mythology? I just feel like there's some big, important and likely obvious piece of the puzzle that we're still missing.

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[mothernaturesson]

Mar 5, 2019 3:39:27 GMT -5 joanmissqizzical said:

Nov 24, 2009 4:20:18 GMT -5 knowthe411 said:

Are you all aware that Faul owns land on the Mull of Kintyre which is next to a place called Campbelltown? Coincidence? I don't think so. Campbell seems to be also the name of an Illuminati bloodline family.

I believe there are three Pauls and one of them is Phil Ackrill who, in interviews as Paul, refers to Scotland quite a bit. Faul aka William Sheppard aka Aleister Crowley lives and spends his time on his estate in Peasmarsh, SUSSEX. Phil Ackrill's Paul (who has a thicker accent than the other two) lives in or near Scotland. And JPM, the real one, seems to spend a lot of time here in the United States.

This was posted so long ago, but new info has surfaced in 10 years.  On Phil Ackril....well, he did not really exist.  The band Denny Laine and the Diplomats had them all with blonde hair pompadours and ice cream suits.  Not a great look. When Denny Laine left the band for a better offer, Bev Bevans described how depressing it was as the band started falling apart/ He mentioned that Phil and one other band member had girlfriends and went off and got married.  And that was the last mention of Phil Ackril being in person anywhere. Phil Ackril was/is William Shepherd.  I search the civil records for him anywhere and there is no mention of his birth, census, parents, or where he was from actually.  I tore up the UK records, and newspaper clippings....and nothing.  It makes sense that he was a double for Paul.  In the book the "Memoirs", supposedly being William having Thomas Uharriet write it for him, said that William actually met Paul in July of 1963 obviously when Paul was still alive.  It was at the Plaza Club at Old Hill. Sure enough, in an article about the Diplomates mentioned they played at the Plaza club in 1963, and the Beatles were there.  The Dips might have been in the line up, or a cover band because the Beatles were really becoming super popular by then.

There are definitely more than three Pauls, and he uses doubles still today....except they are doubles for William now!     More brain cells just died!!  I can't cant process anymore tonight.

Hey Joan! 
I tried to track down Phil Ackrill previously and also couldn’t find anything on him. Reading your post made me revisit looking for him. The only place that I can find any concrete info on him was in that Midland Beat article from November 1963. And the only place that I can seem to find that is on the Moody Blues website via a google search (and it doesn’t even show the photo when you go to the actual website... very strange…).

So, since I couldn’t find a higher quality photo, I tried to glean what I could from the fuzzy image. I found that Phil’s dad’s name was Wilfred Edward, his mom was Doris Hilda, his brother was Brian Edward John and his sister was Heather Mary. His date of birth was really hard to read but I thought it said something like March 7, 1945 in Birmingham. It’s amazing, the amount of private info that they shared in those band bio articles!

I plugged all of that info into Ancestry and STILL wasn’t finding him… But I did find out, based on his siblings’ birth registries, that their mother’s maiden name was Smith. I then searched for just “Ackrill” with “ Smith“ as MMN and found TREVOR P Ackrill! VICTORY! 
I didn’t find a death record in my search, so I believe he is probably still alive.
I did find a marriage record to a “Gillian F Keen” in July 1966, but I didn’t look any further from there.



I really don’t believe that he is a Paul replacement... I think that he probably just got married and settled down. 

[mothernaturesson]

Mar 26, 2019 10:44:18 GMT -5 ekauqodielak said:

Mar 25, 2019 23:07:04 GMT -5 timmyb52 said:

The best propaganda is mixed with a little truth and a ton of lies (The Memoirs).

This book is unfounded speculation with the best bits of PID/PWR replaced research  from the internet compiled together to create this fictional/fantasy story that offers not one bit of real facts or evidence to support its main thesis.

It is a cash grab and nothing more IMHO.

UHarriet claims their is so much evidence proving JPM's death...but yet, he offers not one example of said evidence!

WHAT A JOKE!

---

That Sir Billy hasn't issued a cease & desist to "Uharriet" should be enough evidence (for any conspiracy theorist) that the book is sanctioned propaganda. I mean, I get that that they had to do *something*, as Paul-alikes were, seemingly, much more difficult to come by than Feorges & Fingos &, even, the hit or miss Fohns. But it still seems weird that they couldn't find or make later Pauls who looked more like the Pauls faces of the Beatlemania-era. Unless, yes, cognitive dissonance is part of the point. But if that's the case, why bother with the Paul Is Dead mythology? I just feel like there's some big, important and likely obvious piece of the puzzle that we're still missing.

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I totally agree... I feel like the ever-regal Sir George Martin wouldn’t love that his son voiced the audiobook version... unless he was totally cool with it all. I feel like he was a dad you didn’t want to let down, like his disapproval would be soul-crushing. Haha! 

On the note of the audiobook, have you guys heard it? I tried to start there because I couldn’t stomach holding the book in my hands… (Or paying 35 freaking dollars for it!!) but it was AWFUL not my cup of tea. Gregory Paul Martin’s “Paul accent” is so distracting, to say the least about the whole circus. 
Also, I realized that I had to “decode“ it. For the love of Paul. 
Forget the $35… Can I have a refund on the time of my life I have spent on this garbage? 

[ekauqodielak]

May 12, 2020 16:56:12 GMT -5 mothernaturesson said:

Mar 26, 2019 10:44:18 GMT -5 ekauqodielak said:

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That Sir Billy hasn't issued a cease & desist to "Uharriet" should be enough evidence (for any conspiracy theorist) that the book is sanctioned propaganda. I mean, I get that that they had to do *something*, as Paul-alikes were, seemingly, much more difficult to come by than Feorges & Fingos &, even, the hit or miss Fohns. But it still seems weird that they couldn't find or make later Pauls who looked more like the Pauls faces of the Beatlemania-era. Unless, yes, cognitive dissonance is part of the point. But if that's the case, why bother with the Paul Is Dead mythology? I just feel like there's some big, important and likely obvious piece of the puzzle that we're still missing.

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

I totally agree... I feel like the ever-regal Sir George Martin wouldn’t love that his son voiced the audiobook version... unless he was totally cool with it all. I feel like he was a dad you didn’t want to let down, like his disapproval would be soul-crushing. Haha! 

On the note of the audiobook, have you guys heard it? I tried to start there because I couldn’t stomach holding the book in my hands… (Or paying 35 freaking dollars for it!!) but it was AWFUL not my cup of tea. Gregory Paul Martin’s “Paul accent” is so distracting, to say the least about the whole circus. 
Also, I realized that I had to “decode“ it. For the love of Paul. 
Forget the $35… Can I have a refund on the time of my life I have spent on this garbage? 

Sounds like an amusing listen, if nothing else. But I'm not really into paying to be lied to; so many people will lie to you for free! They'll probably release a 'new' version of it, shortly. It'll be the exact same thing, but backwards.

[ekauqodielak]

May 12, 2020 16:46:21 GMT -5 mothernaturesson said:

Mar 5, 2019 3:39:27 GMT -5 joanmissqizzical said:

This was posted so long ago, but new info has surfaced in 10 years.  On Phil Ackril....well, he did not really exist.  The band Denny Laine and the Diplomats had them all with blonde hair pompadours and ice cream suits.  Not a great look. When Denny Laine left the band for a better offer, Bev Bevans described how depressing it was as the band started falling apart/ He mentioned that Phil and one other band member had girlfriends and went off and got married.  And that was the last mention of Phil Ackril being in person anywhere. Phil Ackril was/is William Shepherd.  I search the civil records for him anywhere and there is no mention of his birth, census, parents, or where he was from actually.  I tore up the UK records, and newspaper clippings....and nothing.  It makes sense that he was a double for Paul.  In the book the "Memoirs", supposedly being William having Thomas Uharriet write it for him, said that William actually met Paul in July of 1963 obviously when Paul was still alive.  It was at the Plaza Club at Old Hill. Sure enough, in an article about the Diplomates mentioned they played at the Plaza club in 1963, and the Beatles were there.  The Dips might have been in the line up, or a cover band because the Beatles were really becoming super popular by then.

There are definitely more than three Pauls, and he uses doubles still today....except they are doubles for William now!     More brain cells just died!!  I can't cant process anymore tonight.

Hey Joan! 
I tried to track down Phil Ackrill previously and also couldn’t find anything on him. Reading your post made me revisit looking for him. The only place that I can find any concrete info on him was in that Midland Beat article from November 1963. And the only place that I can seem to find that is on the Moody Blues website via a google search (and it doesn’t even show the photo when you go to the actual website... very strange…).

So, since I couldn’t find a higher quality photo, I tried to glean what I could from the fuzzy image. I found that Phil’s dad’s name was Wilfred Edward, his mom was Doris Hilda, his brother was Brian Edward John and his sister was Heather Mary. His date of birth was really hard to read but I thought it said something like March 7, 1945 in Birmingham. It’s amazing, the amount of private info that they shared in those band bio articles!

I plugged all of that info into Ancestry and STILL wasn’t finding him… But I did find out, based on his siblings’ birth registries, that their mother’s maiden name was Smith. I then searched for just “Ackrill” with “ Smith“ as MMN and found TREVOR P Ackrill! VICTORY! 
I didn’t find a death record in my search, so I believe he is probably still alive.
I did find a marriage record to a “Gillian F Keen” in July 1966, but I didn’t look any further from there.



I really don’t believe that he is a Paul replacement... I think that he probably just got married and settled down. 

If you have a chance, do you think you could you look into the Catherine Shepherd (British) who was was Sir Billy's philanthropy liaison for a decade or so and, later, married Brandi Carlile (who looks like a clone of one of the young Pauls)?

[mothernaturesson]

May 12, 2020 19:32:28 GMT -5 ekauqodielak said:

May 12, 2020 16:46:21 GMT -5 mothernaturesson said:

Hey Joan! 
I tried to track down Phil Ackrill previously and also couldn’t find anything on him. Reading your post made me revisit looking for him. The only place that I can find any concrete info on him was in that Midland Beat article from November 1963. And the only place that I can seem to find that is on the Moody Blues website via a google search (and it doesn’t even show the photo when you go to the actual website... very strange…).

So, since I couldn’t find a higher quality photo, I tried to glean what I could from the fuzzy image. I found that Phil’s dad’s name was Wilfred Edward, his mom was Doris Hilda, his brother was Brian Edward John and his sister was Heather Mary. His date of birth was really hard to read but I thought it said something like March 7, 1945 in Birmingham. It’s amazing, the amount of private info that they shared in those band bio articles!

I plugged all of that info into Ancestry and STILL wasn’t finding him… But I did find out, based on his siblings’ birth registries, that their mother’s maiden name was Smith. I then searched for just “Ackrill” with “ Smith“ as MMN and found TREVOR P Ackrill! VICTORY! 
I didn’t find a death record in my search, so I believe he is probably still alive.
I did find a marriage record to a “Gillian F Keen” in July 1966, but I didn’t look any further from there.



I really don’t believe that he is a Paul replacement... I think that he probably just got married and settled down. 

If you have a chance, do you think you could you look into the Catherine Shepherd (British) who was was Sir Billy's philanthropy liaison for a decade or so and, later, married Brandi Carlile (who looks like a clone of one of the young Pauls)?

HELLZ YEAH! I’m all over it! It might take me a bit since I don’t know anything about them yet... but I/We will! Muahaha! 

I thought I was being so clever using an Audible trial to get The Memoirs... so much for that. 👎
It was definitely not one of my proudest moments, shelling out for that book. I did so grudgingly, but in the name of transparency and truth! 
I just finished “decoding“ it (if you can even call it that) and I’m working on typing up what it says. It’s an absolute waste of time! Most of the time, it essentially just repeats whatever is going on in the chapter. Ugh. 

I’ve already decoded the backwards Memoirs... “Mike Williams is Tom Uharriet. Pay him, pay him.” HAHA!