World War I

Jan

2009

Ethel Mary Downing

Ethel Mary Downing was born on 13 Apr 1883 the third daughter of William Edmund Downing and his wife Hannah Pitt Showell. She was always known by her second name as Mary and spent all her life in the West Midlands in and around Hagley and Kidderminster. Continue reading →

Oct

2008

Wilmot Letters

Letters from Captain Wilmot Evans to Edward Dimmack Marten and Henrietta Lewis, his uncle and aunt both living in Cheltenham dated June 25th 1915. These two letters were written from ‘The Lawn’ Hagley whilst Wilmot was convalescing – responding to congratulations on his award of the Military Cross. Continue reading →

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