Mary Ogilvie Ansdell

Surname: Ansdell
Other names: Mary Ogilvie
Other people in this story:
Frank Ansdell
Helen Ansdell née Ogilvie
Priscilla Helen Ansdell
Locations in this story:
Kensington, Middlesex
Surrey
Broad Oak, Semley, Wiltshire
Tisbury War Hospital, Tisbury, Wiltshire
Wilton, Wiltshire
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Fairhope Auxiliary Hospital, Pendleton, Lancashire
Warminster, Wiltshire

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Mary Ogilvie Ansdell was born in Kensington, Middlesex, on 9th February 1893 and baptised at St. Bartholemew's Church, Horley. Surrey, on 29 Mar 1893 the daughter of Frank Ansdell and Helen Ansdell (née Ogilvie).  She lived most of her early life in Surrey.   The family had moved to Broad Oak, Semley, Wiltshire, prior to the outbreak of WW1 and she volunteered with the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) from January 1915 until March 1919.  She served (alongside her sister, Priscilla Helen Ansdell) from Jan 1915 until Mar 1919 at the Tisbury (Auxiliary A) Hospital, Tisbury, Wiltshire, as well as Fairhope Auxiliary Hospital, Pendleton, Lancashire, as a Nurse.  The 1921 Census shows she had returned to Semley to live with her family and, following the death of her father, had moved, per the 1939 Register, to 23 Kingsbury Square, Wilton, Wiltshire, living with her widowed mother and sister.   She remained single all her life.  Her death is recorded at Warminster on 16 May 1982 and she was later buried alongside her sister at Devizes Road Cemetery, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

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Priscilla Helen Ansdell

Surname: Ansdell
Other names: Priscilla Helen
Other people in this story:
Frank Ansdell
Helen Ansdell née Ogilvie
Mary Ogilvie Ansdell
Locations in this story:
Reigate, Surrey
Broadoak, Semley, Wiltshire
Kingsbury Square, Wilton, Wiltshire
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Tisbury, Wiltshire

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Priscilla Helen Ansdell was born in Reigate, Surrey, on 7th February 1896, the daughter of Frank Ansdell and Helen Ansdell (née Ogilvie).  She lived her early life in the Surrey area. The family had moved to Broad Oak, Semley, Wiltshire, prior to WW1 from where Priscilla Volunteered with the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) in March 1917 until after the end of the war. She served doing ward work (alongside her sister, Mary Ogilvie Ansdell) at the Tisbury (Auxiliary A) Hospital, Tisbury, Wiltshire.  The 1921 Census shows her living with her family still in Semley, Wiltshire. Following the death of her father in 1935, and by the 1939 Register, she had moved to 23 Kingsbury Square, Wilton, Wiltshire, with her sister Mary Ogilvie Ansdell and widowed mother.  She remained single all her life and died in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 28 Apr 1967 and buried at the Devizes Road Cemetery, Salisbury. Her sister was later buried alongside her after her death in 1982

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Winifred Jessie Young

Surname: Young
Other names: Winifred Jessie
Other people in this story:
Ernest George Young
Emily Mary Young née Pike
John Eric Forsyth Montague
Aubrey David Noel Forsyth Forrest
William C. Yates
Locations in this story:
Motcombe, Dorset
Harthill Farm, Semley, Wiltshire
Tisbury War Hospital, Tisbury Vicarage, Tisbury, Wiltshire
Barnstable, Devon
Hanover Square, London
Bradfield, Berkshire
Westminster, London
Teigh, Rutland

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Winifred Jessie Young was born in Motcombe, Dorset, on 10th October 1897 and baptised at Semley, Wiltshire, on 7th November 1897 the daughter of Ernest George Young (a Farmer at Harthill Farm, Semley, Wiltshire) and Emily Mary Young (née Pike).   Winifred lived all her early life at Semley with her parents. Following the outbreak of war she joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) and became a nurse at the Tisbury (Auxilary A) Hospital which was situated in the Tisbury Vicarage, Tisbury, Wiltshire.  She served from May 1915 to May 1916.  

She married John Eric Forsyth Montague in Barnstable, Devon, in 1921. She was possibly divorced prior to 1932 when she married Aubrey David Noel Forsyth Forrest at St. Georges, Hanover Square, London, in late 1932.  The relationship of the two husbands is not known.  By the time of the 1939 Register Winifred was living in Flower Court, Bradfield, Berkshire with her stockbroker husband and one daughter. Aubrey died in early 1941 and Winifred appears to have remarried a William C. Yates in Westminster, London, in late 1941.  When she died in the village of Teigh, Rutland, on 13th April 1990 at the age of 92 she was recorded under her second married name of Forrest and buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity, Teigh, Rutland.

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Susanna Gocher

Surname: Gocher née Gray
Other names: Susanna
Other people in this story:
Henry Percy Gocher
Locations in this story:
Queensland, Australia
Saxthorpe, Norfolk
East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Ipswich, Suffolk
Worcester
Sturminster, Dorset
Chelsea, London

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Susanna Gocher (born Susanna Gray on 16th Dec 1865 in Chelsea, London) had married Rev. Henry Percy Gocher in Queensland, Australia, on 19th September 1902.   They went on to have two children.  On returning to the UK they lived at The Vicarage, Saxthorpe, Norfolk, where Henry was Rector.  They later moved to other parishes but by the First World War Susanna was recorded as living at the Vicarage, East Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset, where, in 1914, Henry was shown on the Electoral Roll for the first time having been appointed to the parish. Susanna served with the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) from 1st January 1918 to 1st March 1919 with a registered working party.  At the end of that period she was awarded the Red Cross and Order of St John Certificates of thanks.  Her main point of work was at the Sturminster War Depot.  Her husband died in 1937 and by the 1939 Register she had moved to 7 Crofton Road, Ipswich, Suffolk.  Her death was recorded at Worcester in 1959.

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Emily Beatrice Oborn

Surname: Oborn
Other names: Emily Beatrice
Other people in this story:
Arthur Oborn
Emily Jane Oborn
George Walter Gude
Locations in this story:
Hammersmith, London
Horseshoe Inn, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire
Ashdown Park Hospital, Forest Row, West Sussex
New Zealand Military Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
Wilton, Wiltshire
Southfield. London
Fovant, Wiltshire
Bower Chalke, Wiltshire

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Emily Beatrice Oborn was born in Hammersmith, London, on 22nd November 1886, the daughter of Arthur Oborn (a Police Constable born in Fovant, Wiltshire) and Emily Jane Oborn.   Emily lived her early life in the London area but by 1911 her father had retired and become landlord of the Horseshoe Inn, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire. Emily joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) on 26th September 1917 and served in various hospitals including Ashdown Park Hospital, Forest Row, West Sussex and the New Zealand Military Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.  Her service finished on 9th December 1918.  She married George W. Gude at Wilton, Wiltshire, in 1919.  There appear to have been no children of the marriage. The 1921 Census shows her visitng her parents at West End, Bower Chalke, Wiltshire.  By the 1939 Register she was living with her husband, a Railway Friendly Society Clerk, at 171 Astonville Street, Southfield, London, where she later died on 8th June 1964.

Emily's brother Henry Arthur (b.1882) also served in the UK during the war, with the Devonshire Regiment and the Labour Corps.

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Louise Beatrix Gordon

Surname: Gordon
Other names: Louise Beatrix
Other people in this story:
Alexander Gordon
Juliette Blanche Gabrielle Gordon née Graham
Agatha Marguerite Gordon
Locations in this story:
Charlton, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
Wadhurst, Sussex
Wandsworth, London
Folkestone Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire
St. Mary's Church, Donhead St. Mary
Wadhurst Auxiliary Hospital, Wadhurst, Sussex
Mere, Wiltshire

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Louise Beatrix Gordon was born in Charlton, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, on 26th December 1883 and baptised at St. Mary's Church, Donhead St. Mary, on 27th January 1884, the daughter of Rev. Alexander Gordon (Rector of St. Mary's Church) and Juliette Blanche Gabrielle Gordon (née Graham).  She lived in various places depending on where he father held a living but they finally ended up prior to the War in Wadhurst, Sussex.  Her mother died in 1913. Louise joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) on 15th August 1915 and served at Wadhurst Auxiliary Hospital, Sussex, until 7th July 1916 when she moved to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, London, a major military facility. She was still serving there by 8th July 1919.   The 1921 Census shows her now living at Burton Grange, Mere, Wiltshire, with her widowed father and sister and by the time of the 1939 Register had moved, with her sister, Agatha Marguerite Gordon (who also served with the V.A.D.), to 12 Folkstone Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire.  She remained single all her life and died on 5th December 1940 in Salisbury at the age of 56 years.

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Agatha Marguerite Gordon

Surname: Gordon
Other names: Agatha Marguerite
Other people in this story:
Alexander Gordon
Juliette Blanche Gabrielle Gordon née Graham
Louise Beatrix Gordon
Locations in this story:
Charlton, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire
Wadhurst, Sussex
Wandsworth, London
Folkestone Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire
St. Mary's Church, Donhead St. Mary
Tappington Grange Military Hospital, Wadhurst, Sussex
Mere, Wiltshire

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Agatha Marguerite Gordon was born in Charlton, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, and baptised at St. Mary's Church, Donhead St. Mary, on 17th August 1886, the daughter of Rev. Alexander Gordon (Rector of St. Mary's Church) and Juliette Blanche Gabrielle Gordon (née Graham).  The family moved frequently as her father served in many parishes and by 1911 she was living at Wadhurst, Sussex.   Her mother died in 1913. She joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) in October 1914. She trained and served at Tappington Grange Military Hospital, Wadhurst, Sussex until March 1915. She was re-engaged on 16th Aug 1916 and was still serving by 8th July 1919 at the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, London, a major medical facility.  The 1921 Census shows her living at Burton Grange, Mere, Wiltshire, with her widowed father and sister and by the time of the 1939 Register had moved with her sister, Louise Beatrix Gordon (who had also served as a V.A.D. at Wandsworth) to 12 Folkestone Road, Salisbury, Wilts.  She was also a Volunteer ARP First Aider. She remained single all he life and died in Salisbury on 16th February 1941 at the early age of 54.

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Selina Elizabeth Doggrell

Surname: Doggrell
Other names: Selina Elizabeth
Other people in this story:
Thomas Doggrell (senior)
Sarah Ann Doggrell née Burt
Thomas Doggrell
Locations in this story:
Henstridge, Somerset
Semley Wiltshire
Tisbury War Hospital, Tisbury, Wiltshire
Wallmead Farm, Wardour, Tisbury, Wiltshire
Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire

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Selina Elizabeth Doggrell was born at Henstridge, Somerset, on 6th March 1894 and baptised there on 8th April 1894, the daughter of Thomas Doggrell and Sarah Ann Doggrell (née Burt).  In time the family moved to East End Farm, Semley, Wiltshire.   Selina joined the British Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) in February 1915 and worked as a V.A.D. Nurse at Tisbury (Auxiliary A) Hospital, Wiltshire, throughout the war.  She received an official mention in 1918 for her work. The 1921 Census shows her living with her parents at Chaldicott's Farm, Semley, and by the 1939 Register she had moved with her widowed father to Wallmead Farm, Wardour, Tisbury, Wiltshire, described as a Poultry Farmer and Housekeeper.  She remained single all her life and died at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire, on 18th March 1982.

Selina's brother Thomas (b.1897) served in the war with the Dorset Yeomanry and sadly died in Palestine in 1918.

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Emily Louisa Snook

Surname: Snook
Other names: Emily Louisa
Other people in this story:
Alfred M. Snook
Frances Snook née Paull
Francis Padwick Snook
Locations in this story:
Lower Farm, Stowell, Somerset
Sedgehill, Wiltshire
Woolwich London
Gosport, Hampshire
Tisbury War Hospital, Tisbury, Wiltshire
Catisfield, fareham, Hampshire

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Emily Louisa Snook was born on 9th August 1883 at Stowell, Somerset, the daughter of Alfred M. Snook and Frances (Fanny) Snook (née Paull).  By 1901 the family had moved to Sedgehill, Wiltshire.  At the outbreak of the First World War she was living at Lower Farm, Sedgehill when she joined the Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment). From February 1915 until February, 1916 she worked as a Cook at the Tisbury (Auxiliary A) War Hospital, Tisbury, Wiltshire.   She married Francis Padwick Snook (same surname) on 28th December 1916 at Sedgehill, Wiltshire.  There appeared to be no children of the marriage.  The 1921 Census shows her living at 107 Herbert Road, Woolwich, London, and by the 1939 Register, at the renumbered 97 Herbert Road, Woolwich, London, where her husband was a Customs Officer.  Her death was registered in Gosport, Hampshire, on 17 Jul 1969 and she was buried at Catisfield, Fareham, Hampshire.

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Gertrude May Roper

Surname: Roper
Other names: Gertrude May
Other people in this story:
William Frank Roper
Jane Roper (nee Dorey)
Frederick Stewart Starke
Locations in this story:
Milton Abbas, Dorset
Street Lane Cottages, Sedgehill, Wiltshire
Tisbury War Hospital, Tisbury, Wiltshire
Totland, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire

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Gertrude May Roper was born on 30 Jun 1892 at Milton Abbas, Dorset, and baptised there on 11 Aug 1892 the daughter of William Frank Roper and Jane Roper (nee Dorey).   By 1911 she was living at 2 Street Lane Cottages, Sedgehill, Wiltshire.  She joined the Red Cross (Voluntary Aid Detachment) in May 1915 and worked throughout the war as a cook and ward orderly at the Tisbury (Auxiliary A) War Hospital, Wiltshire.  She married Frederick Stewart Starke at Sedgehill, Wiltshire, on 9 Apr 1921, and they set up home, per the 1921 Census and the 1939 Register, at Stoats Farm, Totland, Freshwater, Isle 0f Wight, Hampshire. She died in the Isle of Wight on 6 Dec 1961.

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