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Armstrong, Helen Mary (Miss) Married ...; ... children (one daughter?) |
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Barnish, Mary Meacham (Miss) Daughter of Croudson William "Billy" Barnish, and Hilda Isabel Meacham (1891-1921). Married (09.1944) F/Lt. Arthur Frank King, RAFVR; three sons. |
02.04.1917 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - 20.09.1995 Cape Town, South Africa |
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Bastedo, Liberiana Dorina "Lucy" (Mrs) |
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Berrie, Pamela Marjorie (Miss) Daughter (with one brother) of John Archibald Alexander Berrie (1887-1962), art painter, and Lilian Catherine Williams (1880-). Married Arthur Thomas Bonham (04.08.1910 - 08.1984); one daughter. |
05.10.1919 Birkenhead, Cheshire - 19.05.1971 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
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Teacher of stenotyping.
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Boyer, Jean Anne [Forbes] (Mrs) |
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Sankey, Jean Anne [Forbes] (Miss) |
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Cooper, Beatrice Patience Gwendoline (née Stewart-Black) (Mrs) Daughter of John Stewart-Black (1865-1929), judicial advisor to the Siamese Government 1902-1910, and Edith Mary Gwendoline Moore (1876-1952). Married ((09?).1935, Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire) Maj. Eric Holmes Cooper, RASC (1914-1991); no children. |
19.08.1910 Kensington district, London - 01.1992 Hillingdon district, Middlesex |
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Craig, Mrs Dorothy |
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Crispin, Nicolina Josephine (Miss) Elder daughter of Gerald Charles Johnston Crispin (1873-1954), and Dorothy Grace Wallace (1887-1977), of The Lodge, Hythe, Kent. Married (02.11.1946, St Leonard's Church, Hythe, Folkestone district, Kent) Maj. Gerald Henry Wilford, MC, TD, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (1903 - 1978), second son of Capt. & Mrs T.H. Wilford, of The Moat, Gravetye, East Grinstead, Sussex. |
24.06.1911 Kensington, London - 01.1997 Winchester district, Hampshire |
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Davenport, Kathleen Mary (Miss) Only daughter of Mr Arthur Davenport, of East Coker, Somerset, and step-daughter of Mrs A. Davenport. Married ((09?).1946, Chard district, Devon / Dorset / Somerset; divorced 1950s) Lt. Peter Stirling Castle, RNVR (07.09.1920 - ), youngest son of Lionel Edgar Victor Castle (1884-1950), and Mrs Castle, of Port Isaac, Cornwall. |
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Fildes, Janet Goscombe (Miss) Daughter of Mr & Mrs Luke V. Fildes, of St John's Wood, London NW8. Married 1st (04.09.1942, St Mark's Church, Hamilton Terrace, London; marriage dissolved) Lt.Cdr. (S) Charles Kenneth McConnan, RNVR (09.02.1915 - 17.10.1986), only son of Dr. James McConnan, PhD, BSc, and Gladys Gibson, of Waterloo, Liverpool; one son. Married 2nd ((03?).1953, St Marylebone district, London) Lt. Trevor Hamilton Pemberton, South Wales Borderes, then Royal Signals, then Army Catering Corps (30.03.1918 - (03?).1979). |
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Gibson, Frances Audrey (Miss) Daughter of Edmond Morton Gibson (1876?-), and Florence Emily Gibson (1877?-). Married (31.10.1942, Croydon district, Surrey) Reginald Aubrey Reynard (05.07.1906 - 31.12.1989); ... children (one son, one daughter?). |
04.04.1908 Wallington, Croydon district, Surrey - 17.02.1989 Sutton district, Greater London |
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Golden, Liberiana Dorina "Lucy" / "Riana" (Miss) Married ((06?).1945, Hove district, Sussex) Gilbert Lendon Bastedo (15.09.1915 - 27.01.1985); two daughters, one son. |
25.05.1917 Canada? - 03.2001 Chichester district, Sussex |
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Gordon-Wilson, Marjory Fraser (Mrs) |
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Hemelryk, Mary Elizabeth (Miss) Daughter (with two brothers and four sisters) of Lt.Col. George Edward Hemelryk, OBE, JP (1881-1967), and Elizabeth Mary Smith (?-1943), of Dyserth, Flintshire, Wales. Sister of Maj. Joseph Hemelryk, Canadian Infantry Corps, Lt. George Hemelryk, Mary Bertha Hemelryk, ATS, and Mary Margaret Hemelryk, ATS. |
21.04.1909 Eton district, Buckinghamshire - 01.1989 Glyndwr district, Clwyd, Wales |
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Hunter, Elizabeth Sinclair (Miss) |
12.12.1916 - 20.05.2014 |
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Jay, Phoebe (Miss) Daughter (with one brother and one sister) of John Jay (Jacobs) (1884-1945), and Annie Cohen (1891-1991). Married (21.09.1947, Hendon district, Middlesex) Albert Sadie (02.08.1904 - 21.04.1993), son (with five brothers) of Jacob Solomon Sadie (1865-1912), and Esther Straum (1867-1940); one daughter. |
05.04.1916 London - 09.02.2014 Wembley, Middlesex |
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Assistant mistress secondary school.
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Loveless, Veronica Mary Alison (Miss) Daughter of ... Loveless, and ... Bertram-Bussell. Married ((03?).1972, Richmond district, North Riding of Yorkshire) Frank C. Challenger. |
(06?).1922 Stockbridge district, Hampshire - |
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Man, Margaret Mavis (Miss) Granddaughter of Capt. Joseph Man, CMG, OBE, RN (1867-1951). Married (± 1944) ... Sims. |
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Masterman, Margaret Diamond "Peter" (Miss) Youngest daughter (with one brother and two sisters) of A/Cdre. Edward Alexander Dimsdale Masterman, RAF (1880-1957), and Heather Frances Gregg (1881-1963), of The Firs, Hook, Basingstoke Married (05.07.1946, St John's Church, Hook, Aldershot district, Hampshire) Capt. (later Maj.) Claude Derek Lawrence Aylwin, RM (09.02.1915 - 03.03.1988); one son. |
06.02.1916 Paddington district, London - 25.06.1993 Brsitol district, Gloucestershire |
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McConnan, Janet Goscombe (Mrs) |
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Mortimore, Patricia Winifred (Miss) Daughter of William Burnham Mortimore, and Winifred F.P. Godfrey. Married 1st (1947/48?) W/Cdr. David N. Fearon. Married 2nd (1979) Air Marshal Sir Leslie William Clement Bower (11.07.1909 - 17.02.1991). |
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Oliver, Violet Mary "Vicky" (Miss) Married ((03?).1952, Westminster district, London) W/Cdr. Clive Vernon Beadon, DFC, RAF (1919-1996). |
(09?).1909 ? Dover district, Kent ? - 29.11.1964 hospital, RAF Uxbridge, Middlesex (formerly of Mortimer, Berkshire) |
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Powell, Brenda Megan (Miss) Daughter (with three brothers and one sister) of W/Cdr. Frank James Bickley Powell, MBE, RAF (1885-1959), and Susanne Burns. Sister of Lt. Brian L. Powell, Indian Army, Maj. Peter L. Powell, RAOC, and P/O David E.F. Powell, RAF. Married (15.01.1945, St Luke's, Chelsea) A/Cdre. (later Air Chief Marshal Sir) Kenneth B.B. Cross, RAF (04.10.1911 - 18.06.2003), eldest son of Pembroke Henry Cokayne Cross (1884-1964), chartered surveyor, and Jeanie Boyd (1888-1944), of Hayling Island, Hampshire; two sons, one daughter. |
28.09.1917 Chertsey district, Surrey - 04.09.1991 Westminster district, London (murdered in the antiques shop where she was working) |
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Ralston, Marjory Fraser (Miss) Daughter of William Henry Ralston, and Marjory Isobel Mayhew. Married ((03?).1944, Kensington district, London) Capt. Clifford Gordon Gordon-Wilson, RAMC, MRCP; two daughters (a twin). |
19.12.1909 Teesdale district, Co. Durham / North Riding of Yorkshire - 14.07.2010 Birtley House Nursing Home, Bramley, Surrey |
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Reeves, Elizabeth Mary (Miss) Son of ... Reeves, and ... Banham. Married ...; ... children. |
16.05.1920 Bromley district, London - 05.2020 still alive |
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Reynard, Frances Audrey (Mrs) |
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Robson, Dorothy (Miss) Younger daughter of Thomas Nixon Robson (1877-1954), and Marguerite Grey Murphy, of Roker, Sunderland. Married (02.03.1945, Greyfriars Church, Dumfries) W/Cdr. William Nicholas Craig, RAFVR, elder son of the Rev. & Mrs William Craig, BD, of The Manse, Fortrose, Ross-shire; one daughter. |
27.02.1916 Sunderland - 01.2004 Watford district, Hertfordshire |
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Robertson, Kathleen Emily (Miss) Daughter of Walter Bell Robertson, and Annie E. Musgrove. Married (1948, Coupar Angus, Perth and Kinross district, Scotland) S.Lt. (Sp.Br.) John Alexander Smith, RNVR (10.05.1922 - 26.11.2011), son on of John Smith (1878-1957), and Isabella Nicoll Jack (1884-1975); two sons, one daughter. |
10.05.1922 - 2012 |
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Rudman, Mary Margaret (Miss) Daughter (with one brother) of Francis (Frank) Joseph Rudman (1885-1959), and Agnes Muriel Cox (1885-1970). Married (01.04.1948, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Leslie Charles Young (24.03.1910 - 04.1986); one son, one daughter. |
13.05.1920 Edgbaston, Kings Norton district, Warwickshire - 17.07.1998 Crawley, West Sussex |
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Sankey, Jean Anne [Forbes] (née Robson, widowed Boyer) (Mrs) Name according to marriage certificate: Jennifer Megan Margaret Elizabeth Anne Forbes Robson. Name according to death certificate: Jennifer Elizabeth Anne Margaret [Forbes] Robson. Daughter of Charles Joseph Forbes Robson [?]. Married 1st ((09?).1940, Southampton district, Hampshire) Christopher B. Boyer (died 1940/41?). Married 2nd (10.06.1944, St Mary's Church, Credenhill, Hereford district, Herefordshire) then Lt. Richard Massey Sankey, RA (25.10.1920 - 25.10.1986), son of Herbert Massey Sankey (1889-), manufacturer & merchant, and Sybil Adele I. Abbs (1898?-); ... children (one daughter, one son?). |
24.02.1917 - 09.1990 Tunbridge Wells district, Kent |
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Saville, Joyce Winifred Daughter of ... Saville, and ... Johnson. NOTICE is hereby given that I the undersigned JOYCE WINIFRED SAVILLE a natural born British subject, residing at 196, Deepdale Road, Preston, intend after the expiration of 21 days from the date of publication of this notice to assume the name of Joyce Winifred Sinclair.—Dated this 15th day of March, 1945. |
19.02.1922 Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk - 04.1997 Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk |
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Seton, Lady Alice Ida (née Hodge) Daughter of Percy Cornelius Hodge (1880-1959), Cape Civil Service, and Mary Ida Winifred Webb (1881-1965). Married (18.06.1923, Bedford district, Bedfordshire; divorced 1950) Capt. Sir John Hastings Seton, Gordon Highlanders; one son (Midsh. Robert James Seton, RNVR), one daughter. |
09.05.1904 Cape of Good Hope, South Africa - 28.07.1995 Merton, Surrey |
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Sims, Margaret Mavis |
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Smith, Sheila Langton (Miss) Married (03.05.1952, Addiscombe, Surrey) Basil Martin Wright, MB, BChir; ... children (one son?). |
27.09.1919 - 2016 |
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Sproule, Elizabeth Helen (née McConnell) (Mrs) Daughter of Thomas Edward McConnell, CBE (1868-1938), and Annie Louisa Price (1872-1956). Married Wallace Sproule; two daughters (one being Sec.Offr. Patricia McConnell Sproule, WAAF). |
28.02.1896 Co. Down, Northern Ireland - 12.03.1970 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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Sproule, Patricia McConnell (Miss) Daughter of Wallace Sproule, and Sec.Offr. Elizabeth Helen McConnell, WAAF, of Co. Down. Married (1946, Banbridge, Co. Down) Peter Kinnell (05.06.1916 - 24.08.1963), US Army Signal Corps; two sons, one daughter. |
18.01.1923 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 17.01.1984 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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