Family of William Charles John Ward and Alice Eleanor Dowell

Family of William Charles John Ward and Alice Eleanor Dowell, c. 1955

Husband:
William Charles John Ward (1897-1985)
Wife:
Alice Eleanor Dowell (1896-1987)
Marriage:
28 Oct 1948
St Peter's Church^1,2
Address: Selsey, Sussex

The best man, Jack Richmond, was the bride's son and the two witnesses were related to the bride; Louisa Fippen was the bride's adopted sister and William Dowell was the bride's twin brother and he also gave his sister away. It is thought that the ceremony was also attended by the Groom's only sister Gertrude Arnold and possibly by the Groom's friends and next door neighbours Fred and Pim Wilson. There was small reception afterwards at the Selsey Hotel and the honeymoon was spent at the groom's bungalow, Greenwood, East Beach, Selsey.

Husband: William Charles John Ward

William Charles John Ward

1897, Register Entry for Baptism of Willam Charles John Ward

1874-1986, St Michael-at-Bowes church

St Mary's Church

Name:
William Charles John Ward
Sex:
Male
Father:
William Charles Ward (1862-1948)
Mother:
Gertrude Botten (1862-1948)
Birth:
25 Apr 1897
Wood Green, Middlesex^3,4
Address: 114 Myddelton Road

His death certificate gives his date of birth and his baptismal record the place where his parents were living. It is assumed that he was born there.
Baptism:
27 Jun 1897 (age 0)
St Michael-at-Bowes Church⁵
Address: Palmeston Road, Wood Green, Middlesex

and they would have taken his older sister Gertie but who else was there is not known. The church in which William was baptised was built on the estate of Bowes Manor, home of Alderman Thomas Sidney (Lord Mayor of London), who financed practically the whole enterprise. The foundation stone was laid on 28th October 1872, and the building consecrated on 21st April 1874. It was a fine church, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style but fell into disrepair. It was closed on 29 September 1986 and demolished the following year and has ben replaced by a modern church.
Census (living with parents):
31 Mar 1901 (age 3)
1901 Census - living with parents
Census (living with parents):
2 Apr 1911 (age 13)
1911 Census - living with parents
Sister's marriage:
23 May 1921 (age 24)
Marriage of sister Gertrude to Arthur Ernest Arnold⁶
Census (living with parents):
19 Jun 1921 (age 24)
1921 Census - living with parents
Occupation:
frm 1922 to 1957 (age 24-60)
schoolmaster; London^7,8,9
He started teaching in a day continuation school where the pupils were 'rough' and tough to say the least. He then got a post at Westminster City School which was a grammar school where he remained until he retired in 1957. He taught physics and chemistry at both ordinary and advanced levels and mathematics at ordinary level.
Spouse:
23 Feb 1945 (age 47)
His wife Florence was buried in Pinner New Cemetery
Adoptive Father:
24 Feb 1949 (age 51)
Adopted Jack Peter William Ward
Executor:
2 Nov 1956 (age 59)
William was executor for estate of Arabella Ann Price¹⁰
Witness:
24 Dec 1957 (age 60)
William witnessed the Marriage of Jack Peter William Ward and Joan Elizabeth Hodge
Death:
11 Apr 1985 (age 87)
St George's Hospital^11,12
Cause: Bronchopneumonia and Whipples Disease

Address: Semington, Wiltshire

William (Will) had suffered from Whipple's Disease for many years and it was well controlled. It is therefore surprising that it is mentioned as a contributory cause of death. He had been taken into St Martin's Hospital in Bath a few weeks previously suffering from pneumonia and from there was moved to St George's Hospital. Apart from deafness for which he needed a hearing aid he was in full possession of his faculties before entering hospital but whilst in hospital he became very confused. His stepson Jack who was very close to him visited him regularly and it became evident a few days before his death that he had 'given up'. The day before he died he would not talk and just sat and smiled at Jack occasionally shaking his head. He was in the day room which was full of old people sitting in chairs ranged round the room. Most appeared to be completely withdrawn. In the centre was a TV set blaring away with no one watching. It was an awful environment. Jack was informed of his death on the morning of the 11 April and had to break the news to his mother (Will's wife). She didn't seem surprised and simply said, "Earth is the poorer and heaven the richer for his passing." It was so heartfelt and moving that Jack had the words inscribed on his headstone.
Death Registration:
12 Apr 1985
the Register Office^11,13
Address: Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Jack had been informed of his death on the morning of the 11 April.
Burial:
c. 25 Apr 1985
St Mary's Churchyard
Address: Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire

William's stepson Jack who always thought of him as his father arranged with the Funeral Director for William to be dressed in his sports jacket with one of his shirts and a tie that he would have normally worn and for his glasses to be put on the end of his nose. He looked just as if he had fallen asleep in his armchair. Jack took his mother Alice to see her husband and make her final farewells at the undertaker's Chapel of Rest. The Chapel was dimly lit, and although the coffin was open a veil had been draped over it. Alice whose eyesight was very poor bent over to kiss her husband and encountered the veil which distressed her greatly. The undertaker removed the veil which allowed Alice to kiss her husband on the forehead saying as she did, “Oh Will, you're so cold.”

There were few mourners at the funeral service; as far as Jack can recollect it was just him, his wife Heather, his former wide Joan, Jack's son Richard and his wife Ruth, Jack's daughter Alison and a few of the staff from Waterhouse where William and Alice had lived for the last few years. When the coffin had been placed in the aisle (the church was so small it couldn't be taken up to the Chancel) Mum stepped out of her pew, held onto the coffin and kept saying, “Oh Will, Oh Will, …” and it was with some difficulty that Jack persuaded her to return to her seat. After the service Alison was rather scathing about her grandmother's conduct but Jack thinks it was genuine expression of her overwhelming grief. The service was taken by a Reader and Jack gave an address on the life of his (step)father. There is no record of the address Jack and can't remember any of the details but William had been a good husband, a great schoolmaster and a wonderful father to Jack, but he is certain that he owed his career to his (step)father's influence, and Jack probably touched on all these matters. After Jack's address the Reader said he had obviously been a fine man but Heather was absolutely furious and after the burial was over castigated Jack for saying what he did about his step father.

Wife: Alice Eleanor Dowell

Alice Eleanor Dowell, c. 1950, age 54

1896, Register Entry for Baptism of Alice Eleanor Dowell

St Mary the Virgin, Limpley Stoke

Gravestone

Name:
Alice Eleanor Dowell¹⁴
Sex:
Female
Father:
Thomas Frederick Dowell (1855-1919)
Mother:
Rebecca Thornton (1861-1936)
Birth:
31 May 1896
Hoxton Old Town, Shoreditch, London^15,16,17
Address: 43 Felton Street

Although her Birth Certificate gives her birth date as 13th May she always celebrated her birthday on the 31st May as did her twin William. They had always done so as long as she could remember and she thought that the Registrar had accidentally reversed the two figures when her mother registered her birth. Her mother was illiterate so she would not have been aware of the mistake. The probability that it was a mistake is reinforced by her baptismal record which give the date of her birth as 30th May. Her Birth Certificate shows that she was born at 5 p.m., half an hour before her twin brother William. She was very much taller than her brother and in her latter years put on weight which her brother didn't. He always looked very wiry. Alice always said when asked about their disparity in size that their sizes should have been reversed!
Baptism:
21 Jun 1896 (age 0)
St Saviour's Church¹⁸
Address: Hoxton, London

Her twin brother William was baptised immediately after her. As well as her parents her siblings Rebecca, Caroline, Thomas, Charles, Louisa and Harriet would have been at the service but the names of the God Parents (if any) are not known.
Religion:
frm 21 Jun 1896 to 17 Jun 1987 (age 0-91)
member of the Church of England
Christian She was a firm believer in God and within the memory of her son Jack attended church whenever she could. She had brief flirtations with Spiritualism and Christian Science. The former because her first husband Horace Richmond was a Spiritualist and the second because her son Jack was sent to a Christian Science Sunday School when he was evacuated to Brighton and became a Christian Scientist until about the age of 16 or 17.
Present (sibling):
21 Jun 1896 (age 0)
Present at Baptism of her brother William John
William was Alice's twin and was biptised immediately before him.
Birth Registration:
23 Jun 1896 (age 0)
the Register Office¹⁵
Address: Shoreditch, Middlesex

Her mother registered her twin brother William's birth at the same time
Present (sibling):
16 Oct 1898 (age 2)
Present at Baptism of her brother Arthur Herbert
Census (living with parents):
31 Mar 1901 (age 4)
1901 Census - living with parents
Sister's marriage:
2 Nov 1902 (age 6)
Marriage of sister Caroline to Thomas Fippen
Brother's marriage:
18 Apr 1903 (age 6)
Marriage of brother Thomas to Elizabeth Alice Anderson
Brother's marriage:
24 Jul 1904 (age 8)
Marriage of brother Charles to Jane Elizabeth Cox
Sister's marriage:
14 Apr 1907 (age 10)
Marriage of sister Louisa to Edward Charles Kelly
Occupation:
btw 1911 and 1912 (age 14-16)
cracker maker; Bethnal Green, London¹⁹
She probably started as soon as she left school at 14. It seems strange that should she should be working at an unskilled job when her mother apprenticed all her other children to skilled jobs. Perhaps she was showing already showing a religious inclination and was only filling in time until she could enter St Margaret's convent at the age of 16. Although the return does not say so she was almost certainly working at Tom Smiths at 67 Watson Street, Finsbury which is where she was working at the time of the 1921 Census. There is an interesting film on cracker making from the BFI archive on YouTube. Making Christmas Crackers (1910) although it is not from the Tom Smith factory.

In her reminiscences she never mentioned working as a cracker maker.
Census (living with parents):
2 Apr 1911 (age 14)
1911 Census - living with parents
She was working as a cracker maker. Why she had nor been apprenticed like her siblings is not known. Perhaps she was already showing an inclination towards the religious life.
Occupation:
frm 1914 to 1918 (age 17-22)
novice nun; in St Margaret's Convent²⁰
Address: East Grinstead, Kent

The reason for her entry are unclear but she would have had to be very religious and felt she had a vocation to do so. Almost certainly the arrangements would have been made through her parish priest. In the early 1900s the family attended St Saviour’s Church in Hoxton and several members of the family were baptised, presumably were confirmed and were married there. St Saviour was very High Church and was associated with the Catholic Revival within the Church of England, despite opposition from the Bishop of London, which resulted in an episcopal ban on the parish following a Corpus Christi procession in August 1917. St Saviour's became the focus for the movement for reunion with Rome known as the Confraternity of Unity when its secretariat was established at St Saviour's in 1929. The Church was badly damaged during the 2nd World War and never reopened. It is possible that the High Church ritual may have turned her thoughts towards entering a convent which was no doubt encouraged by her parish priest who almost certainly made the arrangements for her to do so. Later he became a Minor Canon at St Paul’s Cathedral. Alice's son Jack cannot remember his name but remembers meeting him when he was about 12 after a commemoration service at St Paul’s. To Jack he appeared to be very old.

Alice rarely spoke about her life in the convent but Jack had the impression that it was regimented, strict and hard. As she was not able to bring a dowry she was employed on domestic duties. Those who could bring a dowry undertook more gentile tasks such as needlework. Alice told Jack that she slept in a cell which in winter was bitterly cold; if she woke up feeling snug and warm in bed she was supposed to get out, kneel on the cold floor and say a prayer. When he asked her if she did, she replied “Of course.”

When her sister Louisa became ill with the Spanish ‘flu her father insisted that she left the Convent to help with the care of her sister’s children. Jack gathers there was an argument between her father and the Mother Superior over her leaving. She never returned to the convent and eventually trained as a midwife. Jack has been unable the determine the exact dates of her entering and leaving the Convent. He wrote to the Mother Superior on two separate occasions asking for information but never received a reply so he has had to estimate the dates from other sources. Her sister Louisa died on 28th October 1918 so she must have left the Convent around this time (she was 22 at the time). When she entered is more difficult. According to the 1911 Census (taken when she was 14) she was employed as a cracker maker. It is unlikely that the Convent would have accepted her before she was 18 and then only on the recommendation of her parish priest and with her parents’ permission; it could have been as late as when she was 21 if she entered against her parents’ wishes.
Census (living with mother):
19 Jun 1921 (age 25)
1921 Census. Living with mother
Alice is working as cracker maker for the firm of Tom Smith
Occupation:
frm 1922 to 1950 (age 25-54)
midwife; both London and Ramsgate^{21,22,23,24,25}
She was registered with the Central Midwives Board on 9 April 1925 after sitting the CMB examination. It is thought that she trained at St Thomas' Hospital in London and on the assumption that training took 3 years she probably started in 1922.
Qualification:
1925 (age 28-29)
a midwife; probably at the Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Hospital²⁶
Address: Lower Rd, London, S.E.16

Alice’s Registration Number was 65746 and she qualified by CMB Examination. However, it is not known where she trained. She talked a lot about St Thomas’ Hospital and initially it was thought that she trained there. However, she also talked about her experiences as a midwife working in Rotherhithe. As none of the residential addresses given in the rolls put her within cycling distance of Rotherhithe it is more likely that she trained at the Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Hospital and her experiences related to her final year of training or shortly after she was trained when she was still resident at the hospital or its staff accommodation. The National Archives do not hold information on where individual midwives trained.
Sister's marriage:
29 Jul 1933 (age 37)
Marriage of sister Harriet to Edward William Mackellow
Mother:
29 Mar 1934 (age 37)
Birth of son Jack Peter William
Mother:
6 May 1934 (age 37)
Alice was present at the Baptism of her child Jack Peter William
Mother:
9 May 1934 (age 37)
Reported her son Jack's birth to the Registrar
Probably attended:
18 Aug 1934 (age 38)
Alice probably attended the marriage of Edward Charles Kelly and Joyce Snowden
may have attended:
8 Sep 1934 (age 38)
Alice may have been present at the marriage of Stanley Pritchard and Ethel Maud Kelly
As she was instrumental in bringing Ethel up she would have alsmost certainly been invited and would have made every effort to attend despite living in Ramsgate
Residence:
btw Dec 1938 and Feb 1947 (age 42-50)
three different houses, Lambeth, London^24,27
Before their marriage Horace was living in rented house at 3, Hassocks Road, Mitcham. Alice and her son Jack were living in a rented house at 8 Allen Edwards Road, Lambeth which she shared with her sister Harriett (Ett), Ett's husband Edward (Will) Mackellow, her brother William (Will) and her sister by adoption Louisa (Lou) Fippen.

After their marriage Horace moved to Allen Edwards Road because Alice, who was domicilary midwife, needed to stay in the area.

The whole family moved to 25, Rhodesia Road just before the house in Allen Edwards Road was destroyed by a direct hit in the Blitz.

They moved once again to 55 Binfield Road just before the house at 25 Rhodesia Road was destroyed in a bombing raid - just as the house in Allen Edwards Road had been.

On each occasion the reason for moving was that Horace, who was a Spiritualist, had a premonition that the houses would be destroyed.

Horace died in February 1947 at Binfield Road but Alice continued the tenancy.
Married Name:
14 Dec 1938 (age 42)
Alice Eleanor Richmond
Adoptive Mother:
31 Jan 1939 (age 42)
Adopted Jack Peter William Ward
spouse:
7 Mar 1947 (age 50)
Death of spouse Horace
Wife:
10 Mar 1947 (age 50)
Reported spouse's death
Married Name:
28 Oct 1948 (age 52)
Alice Eleanor Ward
Guest:
24 Dec 1957 (age 61)
Guest at marriage of Jack Peter William Ward and Joan Elizabeth Hodge
Assisted:
7 Feb 1965 (age 68)
Assisted at Alison Mary Ward's birth
Spouse:
c. 25 Apr 1985 (age 88)
Her husband William was buried in St Mary's Churchyard
Will:
4 Aug 1985 (age 89)
Waterhouse²⁸
Address: Monkton Combe, Bath, Avon

Her husband had died intestate and although his estate was very simple obtaining probate would have been simpler had he made a will. Her son Jack who had helped his mother to obtain probate on her husband's estate suggested that she should make a will. To avoid the expense of a solicitor Jack wrote out a simple holographic will (he probably obtained the wording from a book on making a will borrowed from the library) which he read out to his mother and she signed. Because she was virtually blind she would have been unable to read the document for herself but she trusted her son.
Death:
17 Jun 1987 (age 91)
Waterhouse^29,30
Cause: broncho-pneumonia, cerebral haemorrhage and diabetes mellitis

Address: Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire

Her son, Jack, had visited her the day before and found that she had been moved to her old room and was sleeping peacefully having suffered a stroke a few days before. During the visit he talked to her doctor who told him that his mother was seriously ill with pneumonia; he explained that he could administer antibiotics to cure the pneumonia but the prognosis after her stroke was not good and on his advice Jack agreed that antibiotics should not be given. In arriving at this decision he took into account her probable quality of life. After her husband's death she had expressed a wish to join him on a number of occasions. She had a strong faith and was convinced that they would be reunited in heaven. In addition her almost total blindness (as a result of taking the heart drug Eraldin) meant that she could not read or watch television and, as her mind was still active, this was a source of frustration. Virtually her only contact with the outside world were her son's visits and her only source of entertainment was her radio; most of the time she listened to Radio 4 and occasionally complained about programme repeats but more often she would want to discuss something which she had heard on the radio. I think that her son's first wife, Joan, visited her occasionally but his second wife, Heather, would not accompany him on visits because she said that his mother smelt of ‘old people’.
Death Registration:
19 Jun 1987
the Register Office
Address: Trowbridge
Burial:
24 Jun 1987
the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin³⁰
Address: Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire

Her burial service was held at the church of St Mary the Virgin in the village of Limpley Stoke and she was buried with her husband William. There were few mourners; just her son Jack, his wife Heather,and his ex-wife Joan; her grandson Richard (Jack & Joan's son) and his wife Ruth; her granddaughter Alison (Jack & Joan's daughter) and a few of the staff from Waterhouse. Jack wanted to give an address on the life of his mother but Heather forbade it presumably because of the address he had given after Dad’s funeral had made it obvious that he had a good relationship with his parents whereas Heather had a poor relationship with hers. The fact that Jack was unable to give an address was a source of internal sadness as he thought so much of his mother who had been through so much for him. It was just another example of the relationship between Heather and Jack, and the extent to which he would go to keep the peace.

A few years later after jack and Heather had been divorced and Jack had married Pat, Pat encouraged him to have an inscription referring to his mother added to the headstone. The added inscription reads:

Also his wife Alice Eleanor

Born 13th May 1896

Died 17th June 1987

Her life a precious memory

Too dearly loved

to be forgotten
Probate:
30 Jul 1987
District Probate Registry, Bristol^28,31
Her will left everything to her only son, Jack Peter William Ward. However, as she only had her state retirement pension and a small pension from the London County Council all her capital had been exhausted by topping up the rest home fees.

Sources

General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for William Charles John Ward and Alice Eleanor Richmond, (Issued on 6 August 2007 in reponse to Application No COL330700). Custom Id: MXD 350033; Cit. Date: 28 October 1948. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

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Marriage of William Charles John Ward (10) and Alice Eleanor Richmond (née Dowell) (7)

Registration District: Chichester

Application No: COL330700

Issued By: General Register Office

Issue Date: 6 August 2007

Certificate No: NXD350033

Place	St Peter's Church
Parish	Selsey
County	Sussex
Date of Marriage	28 October 1948
Groom's Name	William Charles John Ward
Groom's Age	51
Groom's Condition	Widower
Rank or Profession	Schoolmaster
Groom's Residence	Greenwood, East Beach, Selsey
Groom's Father	William Charles Ward (deceased)
Rank or Profession	Warehouseman
Bride's Name	Alice Eleanor Richmond
Bride's Age	52
Bride's Condition	Widow
Rank or Profession	Nurse
Bride's Residence	South Lambeth, London
Bride's Father	Thomas Dowell (deceased)
Rank or Profession	Caterer
Married in	above Church
rite	Established Church
after	Banns
by	me
Groom's Signature	William Charles John Ward
Bride's Signature	Alice Eleanor Richmond
Witness 1	Louise Fippen
Witness 2	William John Dowell
Signed	George Handysyde, Rector

Louise Fippen was the adopted sister of the bride

William John Dowell was the twin brother of the bride

Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for William Charles John Ward and Alice Eleanor Richmond

J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 3A Boy in London 1944 - 1951. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

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As I Remember It

Autobiography of Jack Ward (aka Jack Dowell and Jack Richmond)

Introduction

Chapter 1Early Years 1934-1939

Chapter 2Evacuation 1939-1944

Chapter 3A Boy in London 1944 - 1951

Chapter 4The Navy – Under Training

Chapter 5The Surface Fleet

Chapter 6Polaris and Tident

Chapter 7Retirement

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Trowbridge Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for William Charles John Ward, (Issued 12 Apr 1985). Custom Id: IV 741968; Date of Birth25 April 1897Place of BirthWood Green, Middlesex. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

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Death of William Charles John Ward (10)

Registration District: Trowbridge

Application No: Original

Issued By: J. Bowen

Issue Date: 12 April 1985

Certificate No: IV741968

Registration District	Trowbridge
Sub-district	Trowbridge
County	Wiltshire
Date of Death	11 April 1985
Place of Death	St George's Hospital, Semington
Name	William Charles John WARD
Sex	Male
Maiden Name	---
Occupation	Schoolmaster (retired)
Usual Address	Waterhouse, Monkton Combe, Bath
Name of Informant	Jack Peter William WARD
Qualification	Son
Usual Address	Endsleigh Cottage
Cause of Death	1a Bronchopneumonia 2 Whipples Disease
Certified by	S. A. Szweda M.B.
Informant's signature	J. P. W. Ward
Date Registered	12 April 1985
Registrar	J Bowen, Registrar

Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for William Charles John Ward

England and Wales Birth Registration Index, William Charles J Ward, Q2 1897, Edmonton, Vol 3a Page 394, General Register Office.

CRI(E&W) for Birth of William Charles J Ward (10)

Transcribed from FreeBMD website

Quarter and Year	Apr-Jun 1897
Surname	Ward
Given Names	William Charles J
Mother's Maiden Name	Botten
Registration District	Edmonton
Volume	3a
Page	394

Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of William Charles J Ward

Parish Register for Baptism of William Charles John Ward, St Michael-at-Bowes, Wood Green, Middlesex, 27 June 1897, London Metropolitan Archives.

Baptismal Register Entry for William Charles John Ward (10)

Church: St Michael-at-Bowes

Parish: Wood Green

Denomination: Church of England

County: Middlesex

Register Page	39
Entry No.	309
Date of Baptism	27 June 1897
Child's Christian Name	William Charles John
Parents' Christian Names	William Charles & Gertrude
Parents' Surname	Ward
Abode	114 Myddelton Road
Quality, Trade, or Profession	Warehouseman
Minister	A.C. Almack

St Michael-at-Bowes church was built on the estate of Bowes Manor, home of Alderman Thomas Sidney (Lord Mayor of London), who financed practically the whole enterprise. The foundation stone was laid on 28th October 1872, and the building consecrated on 21st April 1874. It was a fine church, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style but fell into disrepair. It was closed on 29 September 1986 and demolished the following year and has ben replaced by a modern church.

Parish Register for Marriage of Arthur Ernest Arnold and Gertrude Ward, St Michael-at-Bowes, Palmeston Road, Wood Green, Middlesex, 23 May 1921, London Metropolitan Archives.

Church: St Michael

Parish: New Parish of St Michael-at-Bowes

Denomination: Church of England

County: Middlesex

Register Year	1921
Register Page	143
Entry No.	285
Date of Marriage	23 May 1921
Groom's Name	Arthur Ernest Arnold
Groom's Age	27
Groom's Condition	Bachelor
Rank or Profession	Clerk (Railway)
Groom's Residence	64 Marlborough Rd, Upper Holloway (Parish of St John)
Groom's Father	William Charles Arnold (Deceased)
Rank or Profession	Electrical Wireman
Bride's Name	Gertrude Ward
Bride's Age	26
Bride's Condition	Spinster
Rank or Profession
Bride's Residence	170 Whittington Rd
Bride's Father	William Charles Ward
Rank or Profession	Drapery Salesman
Married in	Parish Church
rite	Church of England
after	Banns
by	me
Groom's Signature	Arthur Ernest Arnold
Bride's Signature	Gertrude Ward
Witness 1	W. C. Ward
Witness 2	C S Arnold
Witness 3	G. Ward
Signed	F. R. Hilmer, Vicar

Trowbridge Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for William Charles John Ward, (Issued 12 Apr 1985). Custom Id: IV 741968; Occupation: Schoolmaster. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

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Tiverton

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Death of William Charles John Ward (10)

Registration District: Trowbridge

Application No: Original

Issued By: J. Bowen

Issue Date: 12 April 1985

Certificate No: IV741968

Registration District	Trowbridge
Sub-district	Trowbridge
County	Wiltshire
Date of Death	11 April 1985
Place of Death	St George's Hospital, Semington
Name	William Charles John WARD
Sex	Male
Maiden Name	---
Occupation	Schoolmaster (retired)
Usual Address	Waterhouse, Monkton Combe, Bath
Name of Informant	Jack Peter William WARD
Qualification	Son
Usual Address	Endsleigh Cottage
Cause of Death	1a Bronchopneumonia 2 Whipples Disease
Certified by	S. A. Szweda M.B.
Informant's signature	J. P. W. Ward
Date Registered	12 April 1985
Registrar	J Bowen, Registrar

Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for William Charles John Ward

General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for William Charles John Ward and Alice Eleanor Richmond, (Issued on 6 August 2007 in reponse to Application No COL330700). Custom Id: MXD 350033; William Charles John Ward's profession is recorded as Schoolmaster. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

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Marriage of William Charles John Ward (10) and Alice Eleanor Richmond (née Dowell) (7)

Registration District: Chichester

Application No: COL330700

Issued By: General Register Office

Issue Date: 6 August 2007

Certificate No: NXD350033

Place	St Peter's Church
Parish	Selsey
County	Sussex
Date of Marriage	28 October 1948
Groom's Name	William Charles John Ward
Groom's Age	51
Groom's Condition	Widower
Rank or Profession	Schoolmaster
Groom's Residence	Greenwood, East Beach, Selsey
Groom's Father	William Charles Ward (deceased)
Rank or Profession	Warehouseman
Bride's Name	Alice Eleanor Richmond
Bride's Age	52
Bride's Condition	Widow
Rank or Profession	Nurse
Bride's Residence	South Lambeth, London
Bride's Father	Thomas Dowell (deceased)
Rank or Profession	Caterer
Married in	above Church
rite	Established Church
after	Banns
by	me
Groom's Signature	William Charles John Ward
Bride's Signature	Alice Eleanor Richmond
Witness 1	Louise Fippen
Witness 2	William John Dowell
Signed	George Handysyde, Rector

Louise Fippen was the adopted sister of the bride

William John Dowell was the twin brother of the bride

Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for William Charles John Ward and Alice Eleanor Richmond

J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Gives details of William Ward's teaching career. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

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Tiverton

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As I Remember It

Autobiography of Jack Ward (aka Jack Dowell and Jack Richmond)

Introduction

Chapter 1Early Years 1934-1939

Chapter 2Evacuation 1939-1944

Chapter 3A Boy in London 1944 - 1951

Chapter 4The Navy – Under Training

Chapter 5The Surface Fleet

Chapter 6Polaris and Tident

Chapter 7Retirement

Accessing the book

10.

Grant of Probate: Arabella Ann Schroder, 2 November 1956, Principal Probate Registry, Volume S, Page 85.

Grant of Probate for Estate of Arabella Ann Schroder (1253)

SCHRODER Arabella Ann of 18 Somerton-road Cricklewood

London N.W.2 widow died 1 October 1956 Probate London

2 November to William James John Ward schoolmaster.

Effects £676 13s. 8d.

Probate for Arabella Ann Schroder

11.

Trowbridge Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for William Charles John Ward, (Issued 12 Apr 1985). Custom Id: IV 741968; Cit. Date: 12 April 1985. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

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Death of William Charles John Ward (10)

Registration District: Trowbridge

Application No: Original

Issued By: J. Bowen

Issue Date: 12 April 1985

Certificate No: IV741968

Registration District	Trowbridge
Sub-district	Trowbridge
County	Wiltshire
Date of Death	11 April 1985
Place of Death	St George's Hospital, Semington
Name	William Charles John WARD
Sex	Male
Maiden Name	---
Occupation	Schoolmaster (retired)
Usual Address	Waterhouse, Monkton Combe, Bath
Name of Informant	Jack Peter William WARD
Qualification	Son
Usual Address	Endsleigh Cottage
Cause of Death	1a Bronchopneumonia 2 Whipples Disease
Certified by	S. A. Szweda M.B.
Informant's signature	J. P. W. Ward
Date Registered	12 April 1985
Registrar	J Bowen, Registrar

Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for William Charles John Ward

12.

J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 9Trident. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

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As I Remember It

Autobiography of Jack Ward (aka Jack Dowell and Jack Richmond)

Introduction

Chapter 1Early Years 1934-1939

Chapter 2Evacuation 1939-1944

Chapter 3A Boy in London 1944 - 1951

Chapter 4The Navy – Under Training

Chapter 5The Surface Fleet

Chapter 6Polaris and Tident

Chapter 7Retirement

Accessing the book

13.

England and Wales Death Registration Index, William Charles J Ward, April 1985, Trowbridge, Vol 23 Page 2371, General Register Office.

CRI(E&W) for Death of William Charles J Ward (10)

Transcribed from

Registration Date	April 1985
Name	William Charles J Ward
Age	88
Registration District	Trowbridge
Volume	23
Page	2371

As registration is held on computer only there is no image.

14.

General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Alice Eleanor Dowell, (Issued on 6 Aug 2007 in response to Application No COL330700). Custom Id: BXCC 641846; Child's Name Alice EleanorMother's Name Rebecca DOWELLMaiden Name THORNTON. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

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Devon

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Birth of Alice Eleanor Dowell (7)

Registration District: Shoreditch

Application No: COL330700

Issued By: General Register Office

Issue Date: 6 August 2007

Certificate No: BXCC 541846

Registration District	Shoreditch
Sub-district	Hoxton Old Town
County	London
Date of Birth	13 May 1896 5p.m.
Place of Birth	43 Felton Street
Name	Alice Eleanor
Sex	Girl
Father's Name	Thomas Dowell
Mother's Name	Rebecca Dowell
Maiden Surname	Thornton
Father's Occupation	Carman Journeyman
Informant's Signature	X The mark of Rebecca Dowell
Informant's Description	Mother
Informant's Residence	43 Felton Street. Hoxton Old Town
Date Registered	23 June 1896
Registrar	E. J. Pearce, Registrar
Name after registration	---

Twin

As Alice was the twin of William her time of birth was recorded as 5 p.m.

Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Alice Eleanor Dowell

15.

Ibid. Cit. Date: 23 June 1896. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

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Birth of Alice Eleanor Dowell (7)

Registration District: Shoreditch

Application No: COL330700

Issued By: General Register Office

Issue Date: 6 August 2007

Certificate No: BXCC 541846

Registration District	Shoreditch
Sub-district	Hoxton Old Town
County	London
Date of Birth	13 May 1896 5p.m.
Place of Birth	43 Felton Street
Name	Alice Eleanor
Sex	Girl
Father's Name	Thomas Dowell
Mother's Name	Rebecca Dowell
Maiden Surname	Thornton
Father's Occupation	Carman Journeyman
Informant's Signature	X The mark of Rebecca Dowell
Informant's Description	Mother
Informant's Residence	43 Felton Street. Hoxton Old Town
Date Registered	23 June 1896
Registrar	E. J. Pearce, Registrar
Name after registration	---

Twin

As Alice was the twin of William her time of birth was recorded as 5 p.m.

Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Alice Eleanor Dowell

16.

Rev. A. G. Evans, Register Entry for Baptism of Alice Eleanor Dowell, (Ancestry image of LMA Reference Number: p91/sav/010). Custom Id: Baptisms 1896 Page 94 No. 749; Date of birth. Cit. Date: 21 June 1896. London Metropolitan Archives.

Baptismal Register Entry for Alice Eleanor Dowell (7)

Church: St Saviour

Parish: Hoxton

Denomination: Church of England

County: London

Page	94
Entry No.	749
Date of Baptism	21 June 1896
Date of Birth	30 May 1896
Child's Christian Name	Alice Eleanor
Parents' Christian Names	Thomas & Rebecca
Parents' Surname	Dowell
Abode	43 Felton Street
Quality, Trade, or Profession	Carman
Minister	A. G. Evans

Her twin brother William John was baptised just after her.

17.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Alice Eleanor Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1896 Vol. 1c Page 82; General Register Office.

CRI(E&W) for Birth of Alice Eleanor Dowell (7)

Transcribed from FreeBMD website

Quarter and Year	Apr-Jun 1896
Surname	Dowell
Given Names	Alice Eleanor
Registration District	Shoreditch
Volume	1c
Page	82

Note

The birth of her twin brother William John is recorded on the same page.

Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Alice Eleanor Dowell

18.

Rev. A. G. Evans, Register Entry for Baptism of Alice Eleanor Dowell, (Ancestry image of LMA Reference Number: p91/sav/010). Custom Id: Baptisms 1896 Page 94 No. 749; Date of baptism. Cit. Date: 21 June 1896. London Metropolitan Archives.

Baptismal Register Entry for Alice Eleanor Dowell (7)

Church: St Saviour

Parish: Hoxton

Denomination: Church of England

County: London

Page	94
Entry No.	749
Date of Baptism	21 June 1896
Date of Birth	30 May 1896
Child's Christian Name	Alice Eleanor
Parents' Christian Names	Thomas & Rebecca
Parents' Surname	Dowell
Abode	43 Felton Street
Quality, Trade, or Profession	Carman
Minister	A. G. Evans

Her twin brother William John was baptised just after her.

19.

1911 England Census for Household of Thomas Dowell in Bethnal Green, (Find My Past website). Custom Id: RG14/1452 RG78PN50 RD17 SD2 ED35 SN50; Occupation. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/1452.

1911 UK Census For Household of Thomas Dowell (11)

County: London

Registration District: Bethnal Green

Sub-District: Bethnal Green South West

Parish: Bethnal Green

Reference: RG14/1452

Enumeration Date: 2 April 1911

Address: 26 Baroness Road

Number of Rooms: 5

Signature: Thomas Dowell X

Other Info:

Name

Relation

Sex

Age

Condition

Years

Chd Born

Chd Living

Chd Died

Occupation

Industry

Employ Status

At Home

Where Born

Nationality

Infirmity

Thomas Dowell

Head

Married

Carman

for Contractor

Worker

Hoxton

British

Rebecca Dowell

Wife

Married

Whitechapel

British

Harriett Dowell

Daug

Printer

Printing trade

Worker

Bethel Green

British

Alice Dowell

Daug

Cracker maker

Worker

Hoxton

British

William John Dowell

Son

Upholsterer

Worker

Hoxton

British

Arthur Herbert Dowell

Son

School

Hoxton

British

Louise Fippen

G/Daug

School

Hoxton

British

Although Louise Fippen is shown as the granddaughter of Thomas Dowell technically she was his step-granddaughter. Louise was the daughter of Thomas Fippen (46) and Louise Jane Dorsett (126) whose death was registered in the quarter ending Sep 1901. Thomas Fippen then married Caroline Emma Dowell (30) one of Thomas and Rebecca’s daughters on 2 Nov 1902.

In her reminiscences Alice Dowell (7) says that Louise was ‘adopted’ by Thomas and Rebecca Dowell when her mother became too ill to look after her. The Census would lend credence to this although where Louisa's brother Thomas (127) was is not known as a search of the Census failed to find him. Her other brother, Henry’s (125) death was registered in the quarter ending June 1901.

Thomas Dowell could not write (he signed the Census form with his mark X), neither could his wife Rebecca so who filled in the form is not known - probably the eldest child living at home who was Harriett.

1911 Census for Household of Thomas Dowell in Bethnal Green

20.

J P W Ward, Reminiscences of Alice Eleanor Dowell, (Created 2007 with subsequent additions). Paragraph 3. Cit. Date: 7 June 2017. Dowell-Lauderdale Database.

Reminiscences of Alice Eleanor Dowell (7)

By her son, Jack Ward

1Introduction

My mother never wrote anything down about her own life. The only documents which survive are a few photographs, one of her case books which she kept as a midwife and a telephone numbers book from the late 1940s. Thus this memoir is based entirely on my recollection of what she said when she talked about her past.

I always called her Mum and although she died in 1987 I still think of her in this way. In places I have supplemented Mum's reminiscences with some of my own memories or material gleaned from researching my family history in order to make a more coherent memoir. This means that some of the material is also repeated in my autobiography As I Remember It. In these notes I refer to my mother as Alice when recording her reminiscences or supplementary information from research, and my mother or Mum when recording my own reminiscences. A similar distinction is made when referring to other people.

2Childhood

2.1Her Father

Her father, Thomas, was a carrier (carman) who drove a horse and cart. As a little girl she was taken to the stables to see the horses which were probably shires as she recalls walking underneath them. Walking under them seems improbable but obviously under her father's supervision she came close to them and they were very docile. Almost certainly the stables were fairly close to where they lived as it has been noted from census returns that some of their neighbours were also carmen. Given his background he was an almost certainly an employee; this view is reinforced by Alice's birth certificate which gives journeyman carman as his occupation.

One of his jobs was delivering vegetables to London hotels and, when there were banquets, Mum and her sisters, could earn extra pocket money (½d.) preparing vegetables at home such as tiny beans. The children's regular pocket money was a halfpenny given to them by their father on Saturday and a farthing given to them by their mother on Sunday. Mum said they spent it on sweets and perhaps saved for a small toy which could be bought from a local shop for a few pence.

I never knew my Grandfather as he died of a heart attack in 1919. Towards the end of his life he had a variety of other jobs so it seems that the rise in motor transport spelt the end of most horse drawn delivery and put many carmen who could not drive a motor vehicle out of work.

2.2Her Mother

Her mother, Rebecca who I called Grandma, could not read or write but was very good at mental arithmetic. She could beat the shopkeeper with the speed with which she added up the bill and frequently challenged the shopkeepers total. Inevitably she was right.

I have two memories of my Grandmother. The first was someone in a black dress which came down to the ground carrying a black Dorothy Bag. Mum said that she doted on me and would give me fruit which she had in her Dorothy Bag. The second was her lying on a chaise lounge with her eyes closed and me trying to wake her up. Later Mum confirmed my memories and told me that she had had a stroke and was unconscious for three days before she died. She died on Christmas Day in 1936. As I was only 2¾ at the time I am surprised that I have any memories of her at all.

2.3Her Siblings

Alice had 9 brothers and sisters and one adopted sister, Louisa Fippen. On her mothers instance all the children (including the girls) were apprenticed to a trade. With such a large family the children had to help with the household chores. It is almost certain that the older ones had to help with the younger ones although Mum never specifically said that they did. Mum's and her adopted sister's job was to help with turning the mangle on wash day which was traditionally a Monday. If it was Monday I can't help wondering what happened in term time when the children went to school. Did her mother get up very early to light the copper, boil the water and wash the clothes in time for the girls to mangle them before they went to school? Maybe if she wanted to get them dry possibly in time for some of the other girls to help with the ironing when they came home from school or, after the age of 12, work.

Rebecca.

Louisa (Fippen). Adoption was not formalised until the 1920s and Louisa (or Aunt Lou as I knew her) was simply taken in when her own parents were unable to look after her. Why this was is not clear but Mum said that Aunt Lous mother became terminally ill and asked Mums mother to take care of Louisa. Adoption was not legalised until the 1920s; The date of her adoption is uncertain. She is not recorded as living in the Dowell household at the time of the 1901 Census but she and Alice shared a bedroom, played together and had to turn the mangle together on washdays. Alice greatly admired Louisas hair which was thick and coarse and could be easily curled with rag ties and for special occasions the addition of a solution of sugar and water. Alices hair was very fine and straight and was almost impossible to curl even with the addition of sugar solution. As a girl Louisa had a temper and would pull Mums hair.

William, her twin brother. Uncle Bill (or Big Will as I knew him) was born half an hour after Mum and according to Mum was much smaller. If she ever told me their respective weights I dont remember them but certainly the difference in their physical attributes was marked. Mum was tall and Uncle Bill was short although they were both slim until Mum gave up riding a bicycle in 1950 when she put on weight.

In 1914 when World War I broke out he was 18. At the time there was great patriotic fever and young men rushed to join up. Young men who didnt were usually given a white feather (mostly anomalously) by young girls. Mum said that after receiving a white feather Uncle Bill lied about his age in order to join up. He was subsequently gassed and was invalided out. The Germans were the first to use chlorine gas as an offensive weapon. Initially our soldiers did not have gas masks and after the first attacks had had devastating results they were instructed to urinate on a cloth and tie it over their nose and mouth. This would have prevented or mitigated damage to their lung but their eyes must have been serious affected. What little I knew about Uncle Bills war service was told to me by Mum. He would never talk to me about it. When I asked him he would say, “You dont want to hear about it,” or words to that effect and it wasnt until many years later when I read Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by the historian Ronald Blythe that I appreciated why he didnt wish to talk about his experiences. From his Medal Card in the National Archives I have been able to find out some details of his war service.

He joined the 4th Battalion of the London Regiment whose headquarters was at Shoreditch which is where the family were living at the time. As his other military records appear to have been destroyed in the fire at the War Office in 1940 there is no way of knowing exactly when he joined up or when he was discharged. However, his first (of three) regimental numbers was 4205 which was issued between 5th May 1915 which was when 4110 was allocated and 15th June 1915 when 4486 was allocated. When the battalion was re-numbered in March 1917 men were allocated numbers within the range 280001 to 300000; Uncle Bills was 281670. The Battalion was sent to France in August 1914 so Uncle Bill would, after a period of initial training, been sent to France probably in July or August 1915 and was still there in 1917. His third regimental number was 6549702. This entry is TF (Territorial Force) and is explained by a note on the back of the card referring to a letter dated 26.2.21 from the GOC (General Officer Commanding) 56th London Division submitting the roll of individuals entitled to medals. It would therefore appear that he was transferred to the 56th London Division when it was reformed in January 1916 in France. It began to concentrate in the Hallencourt area on 5 February and was largely completed by 21 February. It then remained in France and Flanders and took part in the following engagements:

The diversionary attack at Gommecourt (1 July)*The Battle of Ginchy (9 September)* The Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15 -22 September)*The Battle of Morval (25-27 September)* in which the Division captured ComblesThe Battle of the Transloy Ridges (11 - 9 October)* * the battles marked * are phases of the Battles of the Somme 1916

One of the puzzles was that he was only awarded the Victory Medal and the British Medal. He was not awarded either the 1914-18 Star which was issued to all (approximately 2,336,000) who saw service in any theatre of conflict between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915, or the 1914 Star which was only awarded to members of the British Expeditionary Force. Was this an oversight? It would certainly appear so and in view of his attitude to the war he almost certainly had no interest in applying for it.

He never married which is slightly surprising as he survived WW1 and after the war there were many more girls of marriageable age than men. Alice said that he had been engaged and had even bought 'the home' by which she meant furniture when he discovered that his fiancée was seeing someone else. He broke off the engagement, sold all the furniture he had bought and continued to live with his mother.

Later he took his sister by adoption, Louisa, out but nothing came of it as he said that, 'She hadn't two words to rub together'. After they fell out over a hot water bottle he never spoke to her again unless it was absolutely essential although they lived in the same house.

He was an upholsterer by trade having served a full apprenticeship before WW I. He returned to the trade after the war but the dust affected his breathing badly especially as he had been gassed during the war. He also smoked which would have also contributed to his breathing problems but at that time it was not appreciated the deleterious effect that smoking had on health. Indeed at times it was positively encouraged as being beneficial in calming the nerves and most men smoked. He had to give up the upholstery trade and through the good offices of the Rev. Dalton who had been the vicar of the church he attended as a boy and was now a Minor Canon at St Pauls cathedral was able to obtain a job as a guide at St Pauls. The exact date is not known but it was probably in the early 1930s.

In WW2 his job as a guide was considered non-essential and he was directed to work on the London Underground. His first job was manning the floodgates where the Northern Line ran under the Thames. Later he had a job as a ticket collector and then as a ticket inspector. However, he did not serve his links with St Paul's Cathedral completely as at night he was a fire watcher and helped to put out an incendiary bomb which came through the roof. He returned to his old job as a guide in 1946. His favourite job was a guide in the Whispering Gallery and he made a recording of the talk he used to give to visitors. However, as he grew older he found the climb to the whispering gallery a bit too much and he was employed on the bookstall. He was able to get tickets for national events held at the cathedral such as the service of thanksgiving held at the end of WW II which was attended by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. I had an aisle seat for that service. He could also get a viewing position overlooking Ludgate Hill to see the Lord Mayor's Procession and once he took me all the way up to the cylinder under the cross on top of the dome in which there were small windows; the view was tremendous.

Louisa Alice. See Paragraph 4 Looking After Louisa's Children

2.4The Goat Cart

The children had a small cart drawn by a goat. I dont know where the goat was kept but apparently it was quite a pet and Arthur was responsible for its care. However, the children fed it so much that its belly nearly touched the ground!

3Time as a Novice Nun

She entered St Margarets Convent, East Grinsted, which is a Church of England convent, as a novice. The reason for her entry are unclear but she would have had to be very religious and felt she had a vocation to do so. Almost certainly the arrangements would have been made through her parish priest. Research has shown that in the early 1900s the family attended St Saviours Church in Hoxton and several members of the family were baptised, presumably were confirmed and were married there. St Saviour was very High Church and was associated with the Catholic Revival within the Church of England, despite opposition from the Bishop of London, which resulted in an episcopal ban on the parish following a Corpus Christi procession in August 1917. St Saviour's became the focus for the movement for reunion with Rome known as the Confraternity of Unity when its secretariat was established at St Saviour's in 1929. The Church was badly damaged during the 2nd World War and never reopened. It is possible that the High Church ritual may have turned her thoughts towards entering a convent which was no doubt encouraged by her by her parish priest who almost certainly made the arrangements for her to do so. Later became a Minor Canon at St Pauls Cathedral. I cannot remember his name but remember meeting him when I was about 12 after a commemoration service at St Pauls. To me he appeared to be very old.

Mum rarely spoke about her life in the convent but I had the impression that it was regimented, strict and hard. As she was not able to bring a dowry she was employed on domestic duties. Those who could bring a dowry undertook more gentile tasks such as needlework. She told me that she slept in a cell which in winter was bitterly cold; if she woke up feeling snug and warm in bed she was supposed to get out, kneel on the cold floor and say a prayer. When I asked her if she did, she replied “Of course.”

When her sister Louisa became ill with the Spanish flu her father insisted that she left the Convent to help with the care of her sisters children. I gather there was an argument between her father and the Mother Superior over her leaving. She never returned to the convent and eventually trained as a midwife. I have been unable the determine the exact dates of her entering and leaving the Convent. I wrote to the Mother Superior on two separate occasions asking for information but never received a reply so I have to infer the dates from other sources. Her sister Louisa died on 28th October 1918 so she must have left the Convent around this time (she was 22 at the time). When she entered is more difficult. According to the 1911 Census (taken when she was 14) she was employed as a cracker maker. I don't think the Convent would have accepted her before she was 18 and then only on the recommendation of her parish priest and with her parents' permission; it could have been as late as when she was 21 if she entered against her parents wishes.

4Looking After Louisa's Children

By all accounts Louisa's husband was a neer-do-well who was either a philanderer or a drunkard - perhaps both! Although Mum said she looked after her sister's children (and I had the impression there were two) she only talked about Eddie. I know she was proud of Eddie who became a Lieutenant Colonel in the army. Given their circumstances he must have worked his way up rather than entering the army as a cadet. However, I remember a cousin called Ethel who I called Aunt Ethel as she was much older than I was. She called Mum Aunt Alice. As a boy we saw a lot of Aunt Ethel and her family and she was obviously close to Mum and I have since found out that she was the other child of Louisa. Mum almost certainly looked after Louisa's children at her parents' house as there would certainly not have been any additional income to do so. I do not know how long she looked after them; presumably until they left home.

Alice Elenor Dowell never wrote anything down about her own life. The only documents which survive are a few photographs, one of her case books which she kept as a midwife and a telephone numbers book from the late 1940s. The memoir is based entirely on her son Jack's recollection of what she said when she talked about her past supplemented by his family history research.

The Text from Source may not be up to date. For latest version refer to OneDrive/Family History/Dowell-Lauderdale/Reminiscences/Dowell, Alice Eleanor (7)

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Trobridge Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Alice Eleanor Ward, (Original Certificate issued by D. R. Hollis, Deputy Registrar). Custom Id: IX 554772; OccupationDomiciliary Midwife (retired). Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

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Devon

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Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Alice Eleanor Ward (7)

Registration District: Trowbridge

Application No: Original certificate

Issued By: D. R. Harris

Issue Date: 19 June 1987

Certificate No: IX554772

Registration District	Trowbridge
Sub-district	Trowbridge
Administrative Area	County of Wiltshire
Date of Death	17 June 1987
Place of Death	Waterhouse, Limpley Stoke, Wilts
Name	Alice Eleanor WARD
Sex	Female
Maiden Name	DOWELL
Date of Birth	13 May 1896
Place of Birth	Hoxton, London
Occupation	Domiciliary Midwife (retired) Widow of William Charles John WARD, Schoolmaster (retired)
Usual Address	Waterhouse, Limpley Stoke, Wilts
Name of Informant	Jack Peter William WARD
Qualification	Son
Usual Address	Blackwithies, Bere Aller, Langport, Somerset
Cause of Death	1a Bronchopneumonia b Cerebral haemorrhage 2 Diabetes Mellitis
Certified by	J Heber M.B.
Informant's signature	J. P. W. Ward
Date Registered	19 June 1897
Registrar	D. R. Harris Deputy Registrar

Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Alice Eleanor Ward

22.

General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Horace Richmond and Alice Eleanor Dowell, (Issued by General Register on 6 Aug 2007 in reponse to Application No COL330700). Custom Id: MXD350327; Date of Marriage14 Dec 1938Rank or ProfessionMaternity Nurse. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

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Marriage of Horace Richmond (13) and Alice Eleanor Dowell (7)

Registration District: Lambeth

Application No: COL330700

Issued By: General Register Office

Issue Date: 6 August 2007

Certificate No: MXD350327

Place	the Register office
District	Lambeth
County	Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth
Date of Marriage	14 December 1938
Groom's Name	Horace Richmond
Groom's Age	59
Groom's Condition	Widower
Rank or Profession	Horticulturist (retired)
Groom's Residence	Hassocks Road, Mitcham
Groom's Father	Joseph Richmond (deceased)
Rank or Profession	Attendant (Mental Hospital)
Bride's Name	Alice Eleanor Dowell
Bride's Age	42
Bride's Condition	Spinster
Rank or Profession	Maternity Nurse
Bride's Residence	8 Allen Edwards Road, Lambeth
Bride's Father	Thomas Dowell (deceased)
Rank or Profession	Caterer's Traveller
Married in	Register Office
by	Licence
before	me
Groom's Signature	H. Richmond
Bride's Signature	A. E. Dowell
Witness 1	E. W. Mackellow
Witness 2	H. E. Mackellow
Signed	R. Hargreaves Registrar T. H. Edwards Superintendent Registrar

H.E. Mackellow (née Harriett Dowell) was the Bride's sister.

E. W. Mackellow was Harriett's husband

Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Horace Richmond and Alice Eleanor Dowell

23.

J P W Ward, Reminiscences of Alice Eleanor Dowell, (Created 2007 with subsequent additions). Dowell-Lauderdale Database.

Reminiscences of Alice Eleanor Dowell (7)

By her son, Jack Ward

1Introduction

2Childhood

2.1Her Father

2.2Her Mother

2.3Her Siblings

Rebecca.

Louisa Alice. See Paragraph 4 Looking After Louisa's Children

2.4The Goat Cart

3Time as a Novice Nun

4Looking After Louisa's Children

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24.

J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

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As I Remember It

Autobiography of Jack Ward (aka Jack Dowell and Jack Richmond)

Introduction

Chapter 1Early Years 1934-1939

Chapter 2Evacuation 1939-1944

Chapter 3A Boy in London 1944 - 1951

Chapter 4The Navy – Under Training

Chapter 5The Surface Fleet

Chapter 6Polaris and Tident

Chapter 7Retirement

Accessing the book

25.

Jack Ward, Central Midwives Board: Midwives Roll. Entries for Alice Eleanor Dowell (subsequently Richmond and Ward), (This database). Custom Id: DV7 series; Cit. Date: from 1924 to 1947. National Archives.

Central Midwives Board (CMB)

1, Queen Anne’s Gate Buildings

Westminster, S.W.1

The CMB was responsible for the training, certification and conduct of midwives in England and Wales. It was set up by the Midwives Act 1902, whose provisions prohibited unqualified and unregistered women from practising midwifery. The aims of the act were 'to secure the better training of midwives and to regulate their practice'. Only midwives certified under this act could practice in England and Wales.

A midwife could be certified under section 2 of the 1902 Act, provided that she held a certificate in midwifery from "the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, or from the Obstetrical Society of London or the Coombe lying-in Hospital and Guiness's Dispensary, or the Rotunda Hospital for the Relief of the Poor lying-in Women of Dublin, or such other certificate as may be approved by the Central Midwives Board", or that "at the passing of the Midwives Act, 1902 she had been for at least one year in bona fide practice as a midwife, and that she bears a good character".

Section 6 of the 1902 Act stated that 'there shall be a roll of midwives, containing:-

(1) The names of those midwives who have been certified under section two of the act;

(2) The names of all other midwives who have been certified under this act.'

The secretary of the CMB was charged with the custody of the Midwives Roll and its publication.

On the passing of the Midwives Act, 1902, local councils of counties and county boroughs became "local supervisory bodies", and were charged with the supervision of midwives within the areas of their jurisdiction. Midwives intending to practice (and certified under the act) had to give notice in writing of their intention to do so to their local supervisory body by January of the year preceding that during which they intended to practice. Local supervisory bodies were responsible for investigating cases of malpractice and negligence, discipline of midwives, and for supplying the secretary of the Central Midwives Board with the names and addresses of all midwives in their area who had notified them of their intention to practice. These notifications were then compiled by the Central Midwives Board to form the Midwives Roll.

The Board also had powers in England and Wales to provide training and examination as a prerequisite to enrolment, and to draw up rules of conduct both for themselves, and for those practising as midwives.

Under the 1902 Act, the following institutions each appointed a registered medical practitioner to the Board: the Royal College of Physicians of London; the Royal College of Surgeons of England; the Society of Apothecaries; and the Incorporated Midwives. The Association of County Councils, the Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses and the Royal British Nurses Association each appointed a member; whilst the Lord President of the Council appointed two further members, one of whom was to be a woman. The Privy Council had general supervisory powers over the Board.

When the Ministry of Health was set up in 1919, the minister took over the powers of the Privy Council and the Lord President relating to the Board.

In 1983 the Central Midwives Board ceased to exist, under the provision of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979, which established a United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.

CMB Midwives Roll

The Roll was published annually as a hard cover book. The Rolls give the Registration Number, Name, Address, Date of Enrolment, Qualification and whether the midwife intends to practice. They also contain ancillary information such as the names of board members, approved training institutions, the names of examiners and the text of the Midwives Act. Unlike the Nursing Council registers they do not give the place where the midwife trained and DV8 - Central Midwives Board: Training and Examination Files are not held by the National Archives.

Approved Training Institutions in the London Area where Alice is known to have worked are:-

St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth, S.E.1

London Hospital, Whitechapel, E.1

Poor Law Institutions

Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Hospital, Lower Rd, S.E.16

Shoreditch St Leonard’s Hospital, Hoxton St, N.1

Alice’s Registration Number was 65746 and she qualified by CMB Examination. However, it is not known where she trained. She talked a lot about St Thomas’ Hospital and may have trained there although initially she worked in Rotherhithe which was covered by the Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Hospital. Strangely the annual Rolls do not all agree on her Date of Enrolment.

The Rolls held by the National Archives appear to have come from a variety of sources and some years are missing. The following transcripts from the Rolls held at the National Archives are relevant to Alice Eleanor Dowell:-

DV7/22 1924

Midwives admitted up to September 30 1924. She is not listed

DV7/23 1925 Not held by the National Archives

DV7/24 1926 – Notification of Intention to Practice

Number: 65746

Name: Dowell, Alice Eleanor

211, Hackney Road, E.

Date of Enrolment: October 30 1925

DV7/25 1927 Not held by the National Archives

DV7/26 1928

Number: 65746

Name: Dowell, Alice Eleanor

Address: 30, Surrey Square, Walworth, S.E.

Date of Enrolment: 9 April 1925

DV7/27 1929 Not held by National Archives

DV7/28 1930 Not held by National Archives

DV7/30 1931 Available – not transcribed

DV7/31 1932 Not held by National Archives

DV7/32 1933 This was the CMB’s copy of the Midwives Roll containing printed corrections up to 17 March 1933 and then amended in manuscript using red ink up to 31 December 1933.

Number: 65746

Name: Dowell, Alice Eleanor

Original printed entry

Address: 65 Fawcett Road, Bermondsey, S.E.

Crossed out in red ink and address amended to:

119, Newington Road, Ramsgate, Kent

Crossed out in red ink and amended to:

26, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent

DV7/34 1934 Not held by National Archives

As the last address for 1933 and the address for 1935 was 26, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent it is assumed that she was there in 1934

DV7/35 1935

Address: 26, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent

Date of Enrolment: February 23 1925

Qualifications: CMB Examination

DV7/36 1936 Not held by National Archives

DV7/37 1937

Address: 8, Devonshire Road, South Lambeth, S.W.

Date of Enrolment: June 22 1925

DV7/38 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1937-38

Number: 65746

Name: Alice Eleanor Richmond

Address: 8, Allen Edwards Road, South Lambeth, S.W.8

Date of Enrolment: 9 April 1925

DV7/39 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1938-39

Correct up to 31 March 1940

Number: 65746

Alice Eleanor Richmond

25, Rhodesia Road, Stockwell, S.W.9

Date of Enrolment: 9-4-25 Qualification: CMB Examination

DV7/40 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1939-40

Correct up to 31 March 1941

Number: 65746

Alice Eleanor Richmond

25, Rhodesia Road, Stockwell, S.W.9

Date of Enrolment: 9-4-25 Qualification: CMB Examination

DV7/41 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1940-41

Number: 65746

Alice Eleanor Richmond

c/o London County Council, County Hall, Westminster, S.W.7

Date of Enrolment: 9-4-25 Qualification: CMB Examination

DV7/42 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1941-42

Number: 65746

Alice Eleanor Richmond

c/o London County Council, County Hall, Westminster, S.W.7

Date of Enrolment: 9-4-25Qualification: CMB Examination

DV7/43 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1942-43

Correct up to 31 March 1944

Number: 65746

Alice Eleanor Richmond

c/o London County Council, County Hall, Westminster Bridge, S.E.1

Date of Enrolment: 9-4-25Qualification: CMB Examination

DV7/44 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1943-44

Correct up to 30 June 1945

Number: 65746

Alice Eleanor Richmond

c/o London County Council, County Hall, Westminster Bridge, S.E.1

Date of Enrolment: 9-4-25Qualification: CMB Examination

DV7/45 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1944-45

Correct up to

Number: 65746

Richmond, Alice Eleanor

Kimberly Emergency Maternity Home, New South Promenade, Blackpool, Lancs.

Date of Enrolment: 9-4-25Qualification: CMB Examination

DV7/46 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1945-46

Correct up to 30 June 1945

Number: 65746

Richmond, Alice Eleanor

Kimberly Emergency Maternity Home, New South Promenade, Blackpool, Lancs.

Date of Enrolment: 9-4-25Qualification: CMB Examination

DV7/47 The Midwives Roll 1946

Correct up to 31 December 1945; addresses up to 31 August 1946

Number: 65746

Richmond, Alice Eleanor

Kimberly Emergency Maternity Home, New South Promenade, Blackpool, Lancs.

Date of Enrolment: 9-4-25Qualification: CMB Examination

DV7/48 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1946-47

Correct up to

Number: 65746

Richmond, Alice Eleanor

55, Binfield Road, S.W.4

Date of Enrolment: 9-4-25Qualification: CMB Examination

Transcribed from CMB Midwives Roll (National Archives DV 7) by her son Jack Ward on 21 Oct 2010.

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Central Midwives Board, Registration as a Midwife. Cit. Date: 1925. National Archives.

Central Midwives Board Register for Alice Eleanor Dowell (7)

Compiled by her son Jack Ward on 21 Oct 2010 from the CMB Midwives Roll (National Archives DV 7)

The Central Midwives Board (CMB)

Alice’s Registration Number was 65746 and she qualified by CMB Examination. However, it is not known where she trained. She talked a lot about St Thomas’ Hospital and initially it was thought that she trained there. However, she also talked about her experiences as a midwife working in Rotherhithe. As none of the residential addresses given in the rolls put her within cycling distance of Rotherhithe it is more likely that she trained at the Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Hospital and her experiences related to her final year of training or shortly after she was trained when she was still resident at the hospital or its staff accommodation. The National Archives do not hold information on where individual midwives trained.

She also trained as a nurse, or at least started training as a nurse, and she may have done this at St Thomas’ Hospital before switching to midwifery.

DV7/22 1924

Midwives admitted up to September 30 1924. She is not listed

DV7/23 1925 Not held by the National Archives

DV7/24 1926 – Notification of Intention to Practice

Number: 65746

Name: Dowell, Alice Eleanor

211, Hackney Road, E.

Date of Enrolment: October 30 1925

DV7/25 1927 Not held by the National Archives

DV7/26 1928

Number: 65746

Name: Dowell, Alice Eleanor

Address: 30, Surrey Square, Walworth, S.E.

Date of Enrolment: 9 April 1925

DV7/27 1929 Not held by National Archives

DV7/28 1930 Not held by National Archives

DV7/30 1931 Available – not transcribed

DV7/31 1932 Not held by National Archives

DV7/32 1933 This was the CMB’s copy of the Midwives Roll containing printed corrections up to 17 March 1933 and then amended in manuscript using red ink up to 31 December 1933.

Number: 65746

Name: Dowell, Alice Eleanor

Original printed entry

Address: 65 Fawcett Road, Bermondsey, S.E.

Crossed out in red ink and address amended to:

119, Newington Road, Ramsgate, Kent

Crossed out in red ink and amended to:

26, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent

DV7/34 1934 Not held by National Archives

DV7/35 1935

Address: 26, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent

Date of Enrolment: February 23 1925

Qualifications: CMB Examination

DV7/36 1936 Not held by National Archives

DV7/37 1937

Address: 8, Devonshire Road, South Lambeth, S.W.

Date of Enrolment: June 22 1925

DV7/38 Roll of Practicing Midwives 1937-38

Number: 65746

Name: Alice Eleanor Richmond

Address: 8, Allen Edwards Road, South Lambeth, S.W.8

Date of Enrolment: 9 April 1925

Strangely the annual Rolls do not all agree on her Date of Enrolment. However, they do agree that the year was 1925.

Central Midwives Board

1, Queen Anne’s Gate Buildings

Westminster, S.W.1

Section 6 of the 1902 Act stated that 'there shall be a roll of midwives, containing:-

(1) The names of those midwives who have been certified under section two of the act;

(2) The names of all other midwives who have been certified under this act.'

The secretary of the CMB was charged with the custody of the Midwives Roll and its publication.

When the Ministry of Health was set up in 1919, the minister took over the powers of the Privy Council and the Lord President relating to the Board.

CMB Midwives Roll

Approved Training Institutions in the London Area where Alice is known to have trained and worked are:-

•St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth, S.E.1

•London Hospital, Whitechapel, E.1

•Poor Law Institutions

•Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Hospital, Lower Rd, S.E.16

•Shoreditch St Leonard’s Hospital, Hoxton St, N.1

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Marriage of Horace Richmond (13) and Alice Eleanor Dowell (7)

Registration District: Lambeth

Application No: COL330700

Issued By: General Register Office

Issue Date: 6 August 2007

Certificate No: MXD350327

Place	the Register office
District	Lambeth
County	Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth
Date of Marriage	14 December 1938
Groom's Name	Horace Richmond
Groom's Age	59
Groom's Condition	Widower
Rank or Profession	Horticulturist (retired)
Groom's Residence	Hassocks Road, Mitcham
Groom's Father	Joseph Richmond (deceased)
Rank or Profession	Attendant (Mental Hospital)
Bride's Name	Alice Eleanor Dowell
Bride's Age	42
Bride's Condition	Spinster
Rank or Profession	Maternity Nurse
Bride's Residence	8 Allen Edwards Road, Lambeth
Bride's Father	Thomas Dowell (deceased)
Rank or Profession	Caterer's Traveller
Married in	Register Office
by	Licence
before	me
Groom's Signature	H. Richmond
Bride's Signature	A. E. Dowell
Witness 1	E. W. Mackellow
Witness 2	H. E. Mackellow
Signed	R. Hargreaves Registrar T. H. Edwards Superintendent Registrar

H.E. Mackellow (née Harriett Dowell) was the Bride's sister.

E. W. Mackellow was Harriett's husband

Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Horace Richmond and Alice Eleanor Dowell

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Testamentary records, England, 4 August 1985, Alice Eleanor Ward, Will, Jack Ward.

Will of Alice Eleanor Ward (7)

This is the last Will and Testament of me Alice Eleanor Of Waterhouse, Monkton Combe, Bath in the County of Avon, Midwife (retired), made on this Fourth day of August, 1985.

I hereby revoke all Wills and Codicils made by me at any time heretobefore, I appoint my son Jack Peter William Ward of Ensleigh Cottage, Granville Road, Bath in the County of Avon, Naval Officer, to be my Executor, and direct all that my Debts and Funeral Expenses shall be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.

I give and bequeath unto the said Jack Peter William Ward all my property.

Signed by the said Testator Alice Eleanor Ward in the presence of both of us as, present at the same time, who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses.

A E Ward

S Parley 5 Downside Rd, Westbury, Wilts

C. Dowling 12 Bratton Rd, West Ashton, Trowbridge, Wilts

The whereabouts of the original holograph will is unknown. Presumably it is held by the Dist Probate Registry at Bristol.

Will of Alice Eleanor Ward

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Trobridge Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Alice Eleanor Ward, (Original Certificate issued by D. R. Hollis, Deputy Registrar). Custom Id: IX 554772; Cit. Date: 19 June 1987. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

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Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Alice Eleanor Ward (7)

Registration District: Trowbridge

Application No: Original certificate

Issued By: D. R. Harris

Issue Date: 19 June 1987

Certificate No: IX554772

Registration District	Trowbridge
Sub-district	Trowbridge
Administrative Area	County of Wiltshire
Date of Death	17 June 1987
Place of Death	Waterhouse, Limpley Stoke, Wilts
Name	Alice Eleanor WARD
Sex	Female
Maiden Name	DOWELL
Date of Birth	13 May 1896
Place of Birth	Hoxton, London
Occupation	Domiciliary Midwife (retired) Widow of William Charles John WARD, Schoolmaster (retired)
Usual Address	Waterhouse, Limpley Stoke, Wilts
Name of Informant	Jack Peter William WARD
Qualification	Son
Usual Address	Blackwithies, Bere Aller, Langport, Somerset
Cause of Death	1a Bronchopneumonia b Cerebral haemorrhage 2 Diabetes Mellitis
Certified by	J Heber M.B.
Informant's signature	J. P. W. Ward
Date Registered	19 June 1897
Registrar	D. R. Harris Deputy Registrar

Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Alice Eleanor Ward

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J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 10Farewell To The Navy and Hello to Civilian Life. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

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As I Remember It

Autobiography of Jack Ward (aka Jack Dowell and Jack Richmond)

Introduction

Chapter 1Early Years 1934-1939

Chapter 2Evacuation 1939-1944

Chapter 3A Boy in London 1944 - 1951

Chapter 4The Navy – Under Training

Chapter 5The Surface Fleet

Chapter 6Polaris and Tident

Chapter 7Retirement

Accessing the book

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Testamentary records, England, 30 July 1987, Alice Eleanor Ward, Grant of Probate, Jack Ward.

Grant of Probate for Estate of Alice Eleanor Ward (7)

Probate Registry	Bristol
Name	Alice Eleanor Ward
Date of Death	17 June 1987
Domiciled in	England and Wales
Administrator	Jack Peter William Ward
Address	Blackwithies Aller Langport Somerset
Date of Grant	30 July 1987
Probate Officer	P F Cullan

Grant of Probate for Estate of Alice Eleanor Ward