Motcombe House

Gladys Elizabeth Nixon

Surname: Nixon
Other names: Gladys Elizabeth
Other people in this story:
Brinsley de Courcy Nixon
Suzanna Frances Evelyn Nixon née Hampton
Hugh Grosvenor
Locations in this story:
Bideford, Devon
South Kensington, London
Motcombe House, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Sturminster Newton, Dorset
Hove, Sussex

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Gladys Elizabeth Nixon was born in Bideford, Devon, on 14th August 1879, the daughter of Brinsley de Courcy Nixon and Suzanna Frances Evelyn Nixon (née Hampton). She married Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Stalbridge, at St. Jude's Church, South Kensington, London, on 10th November 1903.  In August 1914, whilst living at Motcombe House, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, Baroness Grosvenor joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) and became President of the Sturminster Newton, Dorset, District until November 1916.  She died at Hove, Sussex, on 20th March 1960.

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Arthur John Harding

Surname: Harding
Other names: Arthur John
Other people in this story:
George Arthur Harding
Annie Harding née Bleathman
Rosena Ellen Harding née Bonnieface
Locations in this story:
Sedgehill, Wiltshire
Cocking, Midhurst, Sussex
France & Flanders
Heyshott, Midhurst, Sussex
Midhurst, Sussex
Berwick St. John, Wiltshire
Grimsby, Lincolnshire

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Arthur John Harding was born on 11th May 1893 in Sedgehill, Wiltshire and baptised there on 3rd September 1893, the son of George Arthur Harding and Annie Harding (née Bleathman).  He lived his early life in Sedgehill and Berwick St. John, Wiltshire, before moving with his family to Crypt Cottage, Cocking, Midhurst, Sussex, by 1911.  At the outbreak of war Arthur was living with his grandmother in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, where he enlisted on 30th August 1914 and joined the 2/1st North Midland Battery of the Royal Field Artillery as a Gunner (Service No. 98547).  (His military records show him as John Arthur Harding as the family knew him as John.)  He served in France & Flanders from 4 Oct 1915 and was discharged on 18th April 1919. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star.  At some time shortly after discharge he returned to Cocking to join his family.   He married Rosena Ellen Bonnieface in Midhurst, Sussex, in 1925 and they went on to have two children.   By the 1939 Register he was living at 251 The Barracks, Heyshott, Midhurst, Sussex, and was working as a Farm Carter.   His death is recorded in Midhurst in 1966. (NB Not to be confused with Arthur John Harding also of Sedgehill but born in 1888 and father was Thomas Baker Harding.)

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Edith Morse

Surname: Morse
Other names: Edith
Other people in this story:
Alfred Herbert Morse
Diana Ann Morse née Gooch
Charles Edward Donne
Locations in this story:
Copdock, Suffolk
Samford, Suffolk
The Rectory, Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Red Cross Hospital, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Massandra Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset
Grata Quies Hospital, Bournemouth, Hampshire
Poole, Dorset
Norwich, Norfolk
Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset

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Edith Morse was born at Copdock, Suffolk, on 13th June 1873, the daughter of Alfred Herbert Morse and Diana Ann Morse (née Gooch).  She lived most of her early life in the Copdock area.  She married Rev. Charles Edward Donne at Samford, Suffolk, in 1908.  There are no obvious records of children.  At the outbreak of war she was living at the Rectory, Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset, where her husband had been appointed.  She joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) in September 1918 and was still in service on 10th February 1919.  She served as a Nurse at the Red Cross Hospital, Shaftesbury, Dorset, the Massandra Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, and the Grata Quies Hospital, Bournemouth, Hampshire.   By the 1921 Census she was now living at the Rectory, Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset, where her husband has been additionally appointed. At the time of the 1939 Register she and her husband were living at Redmere, Crescent Road, Poole, Dorset.   She died in Norwich, Norfolk, on 16th February 1956.

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Emmeline Dorothea Woodhouse

Surname: Woodhouse
Other names: Emmeline Dorothea
Other people in this story:
George Girdlestone Woodhouse
Emmeline Woodhouse née Benson
Hugh Carl Forrester
Locations in this story:
Budleigh Salterton, Devon
St. John's Cottage, Alcester, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Hammersmith, London
Mere, Wiltshire
Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset

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Emmeline Dorothea Woodhouse was born in Budleigh Salterton, Devon in 1876, the daughter of Rev. George Girdlestone Woodhouse and Emmeline Woodhouse (née Benson).   She married Hugh Carl Forrester (a solicitor) at Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 4th June 1897 and they set up home at St. John's Cottage, Alcester, Shaftesbury, Dorset.  There are no records of any children.  Hugh Forrester died on 28 Feb 1917.  Emmeline served with the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) from 1918 until later in 1919.  She provided services at the VAD Hospital Dorset 16, Mere, Wiltshire.  The 1921 Census shows her still living at St. John's Cottage, a widow, living on her own means. She had moved at some time to 59 Rowan Road, Hammersmith, London, and died there on 15th June 1928.

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Edith Hilda Hamilton-Gordon

Surname: Hamilton-Gordon
Other names: Edith Hilda
Other people in this story:
Douglas George Hamilton-Gordon
Edith Annie Hamilton-Gordon née Bullock
Richard Fitzgerald Glyn
Locations in this story:
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Chelsea, Middlesex
Cross House, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Gaunts House, Hinton Parva, Wimborne, Dorset
Wimborne, Dorset
Swanage, Dorset

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Edith Hilda Hamilton-Gordon was born on 22nd July 1881 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, the daughter of Douglas George Hamilton-Gordon and Edith Annie Hamilton-Gordon (née Bullock).  She lived most of her early life in Chelsea, Middlesex, where, on 12th December 1906, she married Sir Richard Fitzgerald Glyn, 4th Baronet.  They went on to have five children.   By 1911 they were living at Cross House, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset, from where Lady Edith served with the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) from January 1916 until March 1919.  She was a member of the Blandford 40 Dorset Working Party organizing the provision of additional clothing to troops.  It is recorded that much of the personal items she made or sent were from her own material.   By the 1921 Census she was living at St. Brides, Burlington Road, Swanage, Dorset and by the 1939 Register had moved with her husband to Gaunts House, Hinton Parva, Wimborne, Dorset.   She died in The Victoria Hospital, Wimborne, on 10th June 1957 and was buried at Hinton Parva on 14th June 1957.

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Mildred Frances Goldie

Surname: Goldie
Other names: Mildred Frances
Other people in this story:
George Goldie
Fanny Goldie née Burt
Charles William Day
Locations in this story:
Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Prees Heath Military Hospital, Shropshire
Cairo, Egypt
Stalbridge, Dorset
Ramsbury, Berkshire
Froxfield, Berkshire
Portsmouth, Hampshire

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Mildred Frances Goldie was born on 23rd April 1894 at Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset, the daughter of George Goldie and Fanny Goldie (née Burt).  She lived all her early life at Manor Farm, Compton Abbas, until obtaining a position as Governess in Ramsbury, Berkshire.  From here she joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) on 23rd July 1917 and was posted as a Nurse to Prees Heath Military Hospital, Shropshire, until 17th January 1818 when she embarked for Egypt. Here she joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment at the 31st General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, until her discharge on 28th June 1919.  She was awarded the Victory Medal. She married Charles William Day in Stalbridge, Dorset, on 8th April 1920 and they went on to have two children.  The 1921 Census shows her living at Rudge Manor Farm, Froxfield, Berkshire, where her husband was Farm Baliff and later, by the 1939 Register, at Whittonditch Farm, Ramsbury, Berkshire.  At the time of her death on 22 Mar 1974 she was living at 11 Porchester Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Mildred's brother John Clark Goldie (b.1888) served with the Dorset Yeomanry in the war, becoming a Prisoner of War in Turkey.

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Ada Elizabeth Wightman

Surname: Wightman
Other names: Ada Elizabeth
Other people in this story:
David Wightman
Jane Dunford Wightman née Mace
Locations in this story:
Weymouth, Dorset
Shaftesbury, Dorset
Plymouth, Devon
Bournemouth, Dorset

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Ada Elizabeth Wightman was born in Weymouth, Dorset, on 19th September 1879 and baptised there on 14th October 1879, the daughter of David Wightman (a Grocer) and Jane Dunford Wightman (née Mace).  By 1891 the family had moved to 26 High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset. On 9th August 1915 Ada joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) and remained in service until 28th May 1919. She worked all this time in the Military Hospital, Plymouth, Devon.  By the 1939 Register she was living at 80 Old Castle Road, Weymouth, Dorset, still single.   She died in the Bournemouth, Hampshire, area on 1st February 1961.

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Kathleen Louise Miles

Surname: Miles
Other names: Kathleen Louise
Other people in this story:
Edward Henry Miles
Louisa Mary Miles née Best
Locations in this story:
Owermoigne, Dorset
Slade House, East Knoyle, Wiltshire
Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Melksham, Wiltshire
Chippenham, Wiltshire
Tisbury, Wiltshire
Devizes, Wiltshire
Poole, Dorset
Parkstone, Poole, Dorset

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Kathleen Louise Miles was born on 26th May 1888 at Owermoigne, Dorset, and baptised there on 21st June 1888, the daughter of Edward Henry Miles (an Estate Agent) and Louisa Mary Miles (née Best).  By 1901 the family had moved to Slade House, East Knoyle, Wiltshire. In February 1915, Kathleen joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) and remained in service as a Nurse until 1919.  She served in the Red Cross Hospitals at Malmesbury, Melksham and Chippenham, as well as the Auxiliary Hospitals in Devizes and Tisbury, all in Wiltshire.  By the 1921 Census she was living back with her parents in East Knoyle and by the 1939 Register had moved to 3 Spenser Road, Poole, Dorset, and was described as a School Cook.  She remained single throughout her life and died at Whitehills Nursing Home, 82 Penn Hill Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, on 15th April 1979 aged 91 years.

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Elsie Louise Brown

Surname: Brown
Other names: Elsie Louise
Other people in this story:
John Brown
Amelia Brown née Radden
Frank Walter Barnes
Locations in this story:
Redlynch, Wiltshire
East Knoyle, Wiltshire
Mere, Wiltshire
Warminster, Wiltshire

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Elsie Louise Brown was born on 20th July 1884 at Redlynch, Wiltshire, the daughter of John Brown and Amelia Brown (née Radden).  She married Frank Walter Barnes at Redlynch, Wiltshire on 26th March 1913 and they set up home at East Knoyle, Wiltshire.  There appear to have been no children of the marriage.  She joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) in January 1915 and remained until 1919.  Her duties were based on nursing at the VAD Hospital (Dorset 16), Mere, Wiltshire.  By the 1921 Census she was living at Church Cottage, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, where her husband was the local Headmaster. By the 1939 Register she was at the same address.  She died in 1970 at Samborne Hospital, Warminster, Wiltshire and was buried at East Knoyle on 15th August 1970.

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Winifred Mallett

Surname: Mallett
Other names: Winifred Elsie
Other people in this story:
William Mallett
Emma Selina Mallett (née Draisey)
Percy Henry Forward
Ernest James Mallett
Percival John (Jack) Mallett
Locations in this story:
East Knoyle, Wiltshire
Mere, Wiltshire
Corsley, Warminster, Wiltshire
Tisbury, Wiltshire
Coombe Bassett, Wiltshire

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Winifred Elsie Mallett was born on 1st October 1897 at East Knoyle, Wiltshire, and baptised there on 26th December 1897, the daughter of William Mallett and Emma Selina Mallett (née Draisey).  She lived all her early life at the family home, Park Cottage, East Knoyle, Wiltshire.  She joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) in May 1915 until Aug, 1915 as a Nurse and served at the Tisbury (Auxiliary A) Hospital, Tisbury, Wiltshire.   The 1921 Census shows her living in at Homington House, Coombe Bassett. Wiltshire, described as a Governess. She married Percy Henry Forward, a Dairy Farmer, in 1923 in the Mere Registration District, Wiltshire, and they went on to have four children.  By the 1939 Register she was living at Wardens Farm, Corsley, Warminster, Wiltshire, where she eventually died on 4th December 1985 and buried at St. Margaret of Antioch Church, Corsley, on 11 December, 1985. Winifred's brothers, Ernest James Mallett and Percy John (Jack) Mallett, also served in the war, with the Royal Army Service Corps and the Royal Navy respectively, and survived.

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