31
Aug
2014
Martha Shaw
Martha Shaw was born on 11 Nov 1830 in Blackburn the eldest daughter of Henry Shaw Esq,, brewer, and was baptised on 20 Jan 1831 in Chapel Street Independent Non Conformist Church in Blackburn. Continue reading →
28
Aug
2014
Henry Marten
Henry Marten was born 8 May 1856 at Penn Hall, the second son of Henry John Marten. Like his father he became a civil engineer and like his elder brother Edward Dimmack Marten was employed for a time by the Severn Commissioners. Continue reading →
27
Aug
2014
Henry Howard Lewis
Henry Howard Lewis, known as Hal, was born on 25 Oct 1888, the only son of Henrietta Lewis (Nettie), wife of William Howard Lewis. His childhood must have been somewhat difficult as his parents divorced and his estranged father died in Malta in 1898. From the photos, Hal and his mother spent time with the family of Aunt Floss, who also lived in Wolverhampton up until 1895. Continue reading →
21
Aug
2014
Phyllis Marten Evans
Phyllis Marten Evans was born on 5 Feb 1895 in Hagley Worcestershire the youngest daughter of Henry and Florence Evans (nee Marten) of the Lawn, Hagley. She was known as Fiffy. In early photos she appears to be a somewhat diffident child and maybe lacked the more outgoing personalities of her elder siblings Molly and Wilmot. Continue reading →
21
Aug
2014
Kathleen Webster
Kathleen Margaret Bower Webster was born on 6 Sep 1889 the daughter of Rev John Webster of Ombersley. Continue reading →
02
Aug
2014
Joseph Warmington
Joseph Warmington was baptized in St Peter’s Hook Norton on 8 Apr 1737, the youngest son of John Warmington and Patience Beale. It is possible to trace a few events in his life but it is patchy and speculative for two reasons. Firstly he seems to have moved around a fair amount and secondly his family were almost certainly baptized in Baptist churches where the records have not been traced. Continue reading →
05
Jun
2014
Ladas Lewis Hassell
Ladas Lewis Hassell was a fellow officer and good friend of Wilmot Evans in Jersey throughout May 1915 to early 1916. Lieutenant Hassell was born in Kent in 1894 and joined the army via the Jersey Militia. Continue reading →
20
May
2014
Richard Hellier Agard Evans
Richard Hellier Agard Evans, known as Hellier, was born on 19 Jan 1898 in Saxony, Germany, the son of Ernest Agard Evans and Jean Playfair Gow-Gregor. He was a great grandson of Richard Evans and Mary Shaw-Hellier.
He is recorded as being at boarding school in Clifton in Bristol in the 1911 census. His only brother Archibald Agard Evans was born in 1906. Continue reading →
16
May
2014
Daisy Walker
This newspaper clipping and announcement of the wedding of Daisy Walker was kept by Molly Evans. Wilmot Evans describes Daisy affectionately in one of his letters to Mary Downing. At the time Daisy was living with her parents in Jersey. Her father was a military man. Continue reading →
14
May
2014
Molly Evans’ trip to Jersey, Oct 1915
In Oct 1915 Molly Evans made a trip to Jersey and spent about 10 days with Wilmot Evans. It was the last time she saw her brother. At that time she had already left Studley Court Hospital, Stourbridge and was awaiting orders for the next appointment. Continue reading →
13
May
2014
Molly Evans’ Telegram and VAD Resignation
This telegram is sent on 6 Sep 1916 to Molly Evans at Le Havre No 2 General Hospital, advising of her brother Wilmot’s death, her mother Florence Evans’ illness and the need to return home immediately. Continue reading →
08
May
2014
John Franks Vallentin
John Franks Vallentin was a Captain in the 1st Battalion South Staffordshire regiment. He appears alongside 2nd Lieutenant Wilmot Evans in the photos taken at the parade before King George V in Gibraltar in January 1912. Continue reading →
06
May
2014
John Fritz Kivas Dobbs
John Fritz Kivas Dobbs was born on 15 Nov 1888 in Castlecomer, Ireland, the son of Joseph Dobbs JP. He attended Shrewsbury School and left in 1906 for Sandhurst. He joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers with a commission and became a full Lieutenant in 1910. Continue reading →
01
May
2014
Charles Geraint Christopher Payne
Charles Geraint Christopher Payne was born in Shifnal on 23 Apr 1888, the son of Charles Henry Payne. His father was the first cousin of Florence Evans, the younger brother of Florence’s erstwhile governess Edith Payne. This photo forms part of a collection of World War 1 photos of colleagues and relations of Wilmot Evans. On the obverse it is inscribed “2nd Lieut Charles Geraint Christopher Payne, 1st Highland Light Infantry, killed in action Neuve Chapelle 14 Mar 1915” possibly in the hand of Florence Evans. The stiff card photo has been torn in half and put back together again. Continue reading →
01
May
2014
South Staffordshires First Battle of Ypres Oct 1914
The First Battalion of the South Staffordshires disembarked at Zeebrugge on 7 Oct 1914 and were moved south to Ypres immediately to stem the German push through Belgium. Continue reading →
30
Apr
2014
William Augustus Portman Foster
William Augustus Portman Foster was born in 2 Jun 1887 in Hardingham, Norfolk and was a fellow officer of Wilmot Evans in the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshires. His father was Col Sir William Yorke Foster. He was with Wilmot in Gibraltar and in PieterMaritzburg from 1912 to 1914. In Aug 1914 the regiment returned to England and was deployed immediately to France. Continue reading →
22
Apr
2014
No Man’s Land Dec 1918
The following is a description by Molly Evans, then a 28 year old nurse, of her day trip into “no man’s land”, immediately after the armistice on December 11, 1918. She was based with The Friends’ Ambulance Unit, the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Dunkirk at the time. Continue reading →
10
Apr
2014
Molly Evans’ WW1 Nursing Scrapbook
Molly Evans‘s nursing scrapbook covers the period 1914 to 1920. This includes a large number of photos, maps and newspaper articles of the period. It also contains letters, poems and testimonials of patients – British, Canadian and Belgian. Continue reading →
03
Apr
2014
Roy Marten
Robert Humphrey Marten, known as Roy, was the oldest son of Tib Marten. He was born in Adelaide in 1891, where his father was a surgeon. He was educated back in England at Cheltenham College and Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, matriculating in 1909. Continue reading →
02
Apr
2014
Henry Humphrey Marten
Henry Humphrey Marten was the second son of Robert Humphrey Marten, Tib, the brother of Florence Evans. He was born in 1894 in Adelaide where his father was a surgeon, but was educated in England at Cheltenham College and was destined to study at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. His Aunt and Uncle lived in Cheltenham, and his father had obtained his medical degree from Caius College. Continue reading →