See also
Husband:
Donald Robert Boyce Boyle (1933-2008)
Wife:
Patricia Hélène Wallace (1939-2021)
Children:
Andrew Robert Boyle
Neil Robert Boyle
Marriage:
22 Dec 1956
Address: Royal Marine Barracks, Devonport, Devon
Harry Wallace who was one of the guests gave Pat away as her own father was dead. In all there were about 40 guests. The reception was held at Durnford Street. The cake was made by Uncle Harry Wallace courtesy of the Royal Navy. (Harry was a Commissioned Catering Officer and was stationed in H.M.S. Drake – the Royal Naval Barracks in Plymouth.)
Don and Pat flew to Paris for their honeymoon which Pat thinks was about 5 days. This means that they must have spent Christmas in Paris although Pat doesn’t remember it. She does remember that it was cold and Don was ill after drinking too much champagne at the Moulin Rouge! He spent most of the following day in bed which meant cancelling a trip to Versailles.
Divorce:
Jan 19744
Pat suspected that Don started to 'play around' shortly after the birth of their first son Andrew in 1961. In 1972 he started an affair with Wendy who was a colleague in the Home Office where he worked. Eventually after a traumatic Christmas 1973 when Don had a row with Pat's mother, Doris, who was staying for Christmas he left Pat and went to live with Wendy.
Divorce:
Oct 1974
County Court4
Address: London Borough of Croydon
Pat suspected that Don started to 'play around' shortly after the birth of their first son Andrew in 1961. In 1972 he started an affair with Wendy who was a colleague in the Home Office where he worked. Eventually after a traumatic Christmas 1973 when Don had a row with Pat's mother, Doris, who was staying for Christmas he left Pat and went to live with Wendy. After Don left in January 1974 Pat started divorce proceedings and a Decree Absolute was granted towards the October 1974. She was also granted custody of their children, Andrew and Neil, despite efforts by Don in a later application to obtain custody on the grounds that Wendy, who he had married and had no children of her own, had a teaching qualification and therefore better qualified to bring up the children! During the custody hearing both Andrew and Neil were asked who they wished to live with and both elected to stay with their mother. The arrangements for access to the children was that Don would have them ever other weekend from Friday evening to Sunday evening. Somethimes they did not want to go and had to be forcible made to do so.
Donald Robert Boyce Boyle, Q2 1940
Name:
Donald Robert Boyce Boyle5
Sex:
Male
Father:
Gilbert Robert Boyle (1889-1951)
Mother:
Lilian Doris Rosam (1900-1998)
Birth:
21 Feb 1933
Address: 4 Petherton Road, Islington, London
Nancy Boyce was his mother's great friend and as Don's parents were unmarried her home provided Doris with a safe haven for the birth. Nancy's surname Boyce also accounts for Don's rather unusual third Christian name. Don's father Gilbert had married Violet Crossman in 1919 and from the Electoral Register Gilbert and Violet appeared to be living together, or at least in the same house, at the time of Don's birth. Later the marriage was dissolved; whether formally, by mutual consent or desertion is not known. Although Don's parents could not marry Gilbert maintained contact with his son in the early years. Apparently they all went on a camping holiday together when Don was young. Doris' sister Winifred tried to persuade them to live together so as to give Don 'a home'. Why this didn't happen is not known and Doris and Don lived with Doris' parents (Don's grandparents), William and Emily Rosam, at 10 Grove Road, Thornton Heath, until Don left home in 1950 to join the Royal Marines. Doris continued to work to support her son so in his early years Don was mainly looked after by his grandparents.
How Doris and Gilbert met is not known but Don's birth certificate shows his father to be a 'merchant motor and electrical' and his mother to be a 'private secretary in an electrical company'. Although the term 'merchant motor and electrical' is not fully understood it implies he sold electrical equipment probably as a commercial traveller and so he may well have met Doris when he called on the firm where Doris worked.
Don's first wife Pat said that Don did not discover that he was illegitimate until he was 17. This seems slightly strange as he must have asked his mother about his father and perhaps wondered why his mother's surname was Rosam and his was Boyle at an earlier age.
Birth Reg:
29 Mar 1933 (age 0)
The Registrar Office, Islington, Sub-District of Highbury, London8
The fact that the mother and the father and the mother registered the birth indicates that they were not married at the time.
Guest:
Jun 1940 (age 7)
Guest at marriage of Oswald Charles Ensom and Ella Muriel Rosam
Milit-Beg:
1951 (age 17-18)
Royal Marines9
He qualified as a Commando and was posted to the Royal Marine Barracks at Stonehouse. In May 1957 he went to sea for a year during which time he was employed ashore on covert operation in the Gulf area. On return to England he was posted to Lymstone where he was small arms instructor for the Commando courses. He remained at Lystone where he and his wife Pat had a married quarter for the rest of his service.
Milit-End:
1958 (age 24-25)
Royal Marines9
Having completed eight years service Don was determined to leave although his wife Pat did not want him to do so. Don's commanding officer wanted him to stay and even asked Pat to try to persuade him not to leave as he had a good cahnce of becoming an officer.
Occupation:
frm 1959 to 1993 (age 25-60)
Civil Servant. After leaving the Royal Marines he and his wife Pat went to London and lived with Don's Grandmother and Mother white Don looked for work. He was unemployed for about 6 months before joining the Royal Naval Scientific Service as a Scientific Assistant. His first job was at the Admiralty Research Laboratory at Teddington where he also studied on day release and evening classes for a degree.
In 1965 he transferred to the Home Office as an Expermental Officer and remained with the Home Office until he retired in 1993 working firstly on Civil Defence and then in the Police Research Department in London where his knowledge of small arms gained in the Royal marines came in useful. In this posting he had links with the SAS and Police Forces throughout the country. Although he did not obtain a degree he worked his way up through the Civil Service and it is thought that he may have reached the grade of Senior or Principal Scientific Officer.
Residence:
frm 1960 to 1962 (age 26-29)
The house belonged to Don's Grandmother, Emily Rosam. His mother, Doris Rosam, also lived there. Don and Pat were still living there when their first son, Andrew, was born in 1961.
Residence:
frm 1962 to Mar 1968 (age 28-35)
After Don and Pat moved to London in 1958 they applied to be put on the waiting list for a Council house or flat. Council properties were allocated on a points system and Don was given bonus points for having been in the armed forces. Eventually they were allocated a flat in a newly built tower block at New Addington. Pat was delighted to have 'a home of own' but Don didn't really care. As long as he had a place to live and a meal on the table when he came home it didn't matter to him where he lived.
At first it was fine. The flat had good views and Pat could see tree from the window of the living room but slowly the disadvantages of council flat living began to emerge. Washing was stolen from the drying area on the roof; the flat was on the fourth floor so the children couldn't play outside neither could she leave the a child outside in its pram to get some fresh air; sometimes the lift didn't work and she had to carry shopping up the stairs.
Guest:
1 Sep 1962 (age 29)
Guest at marriage of Albert Charles Holman and Winifred Evelyn Rosam
Witness:
16 Sep 1967 (age 34)
Donald witnessed the Marriage of Edward James Appleton and Winifred Evelyn Rosam
Residence:
frm 1969 to 1975 (age 35-42)
In March 1968 Don's Aunt Win and her husband Ed offered Don and Pat the change to buy their house as they were moving to Whyteleafe in Surrey. After a great deal of persuasion by his Aunt and Pat, Don agreed.
Guest:
10 Apr 1971 (age 38)
Guest at marriage of George Alfred Kennard and Susan Isaac15
Death:
5 Jun 2008 (age 75)
Limasol Hospital, Cyprus16
At 7 o'clock in the morning of 5 June 2008 Neil phoned from Cyprus to say that his father (Donald Boyle) had died at 3 o'clock that morning.
In the autumn of 2007 Don complained of feeling constantly tired and was taken into hospital (in Cyprus) for observation. After numerous tests it was decided that he was suffering from a low grade lymphoma which as far as could be determined from consulting Merk is a form of Hodgkin's disease. He was discharged but in February or March was readmitted for further tests and treatment. He never left hospital and gradually got weaker.
Shortly before he died Don wrote some something about the cause of his final illness which he believed may have been related to a chemical or chemicals to which he had been exposed in 1974. He visited Porton Down when he was working in the Home Office Police Research Department and it is possible that he was exposed to a chemical of Chemicals during one or more of his visits. However the link is tenuous because the police would have been interested in gases for control and not the debilitating gases for military use. The hospital issued a Death Certificate but it is in Greek and a copy is not available. Unless it is translated it is not known what the hospital considered to be the cause of his death and whether there is any possible link to chemical exposure.
Burial:
British Cemetary, British Soverign Base, Cyprus17
His grave is in a beautiful spot under a shady tree. Don wanted to be cremated, but there is no cremation on the island because of opposition from the Orthodox Church.
Name:
Patricia Hélène Wallace
Sex:
Female
Father:
Leslie John William Henry Wallace (1908-1942)
Mother:
Doris Winifred Luscombe (1908-1990)
Daughter:
frm 1936 to 1942 (age -4-3)
Father's illness
Living with Parents:
frm 1936 to 1942 (age -4-3)
Lived with parents in Sampford Spiney, Devon
Birth:
5 May 1939
the Alexandra Maternity Nursing Home, Devonport, Devon18
At the time of her birth, her parents were living at Brook Lodge, Horrabridge, Tavistock, South Devon.
Residence:
frm 1939 to 1943 (age 0-4)
Brook Lodge, Sampford Spiney, Near Tavistock, Devon9
After her birth she lived with her parents at Brook Lodge, Sampford Spiney. After her father's death in June 1942 she and her mother continued to live at Brook Lodge because her mother has promised her father that they would not move into Plymouth because of the blitz. Her mother found a job in Boots Library in Tavistock and each (working) day they would travel into Tavistock by bus and Pat would go to nursery school whilst her mother was working.
She disliked her nursery school because every afternoon she had to have a nap lying flat on a camp bed without a pillow, and they were not allowed to play with any of the soft toys which had been donated by the American Forces stationed nearby and were displayed on shelves round the room.
The journey into Tavistock became too much for her mother who suffered from ulcerated legs and in 1943 her mother's father (Harry Luscombe) insisted that they move back to Devonport so that the family could be together and either survive or die together.
Register (living with parents):
29 Sep 1939 (age 0)
1939 Register - Living with parents19
Residence:
frm 1943 to 1957 (age 3-18)
88 Durnford Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon20
On moving with her mother to Durnford Street, where her grandfather was the Sub-Postmaster, her mother was given a flat on the top floor. Her mother worked in the Post Office and, when she was old enough, Pat did as well. After her grandfather's death in November 1946 her grandmother took over the Post Office, and Pat and her mother continued to live there.
After her marriage to Don in December 1956 she continued to live with her mother whilst Don was at swe in H.M.S. Loch Farda until she could bear it no longer and at her friend, Joan Hodge's, suggestion obtained a job in Bourne & Hollinsworth in London.
Bridesmaid:
12 Jun 1948 (age 9)
Patricia Hélène Wallace was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Harry Kenneth Luscombe and Barbara Mary Sowden on 12 June 1948, held at in St Barnabas, along with Joan W Sowden.
Confirmation:
12 Dec 1953 (age 14)
Devon21
Present:
24 Sep 1956 (age 17)
Present at the burial of Amy Winifred Wakefield
Pat's husband Don was not there.
Residence:
frm 1957 to 1958 (age 17-19)
Boune & Hollingsworth Hostel, Gower Street, London9
In the Spring of 1957 Pat moved back to Dunford Street after Don was posted to a ship serving in the Gulf. However, increasing tension between her and her mother made life difficult. At the suggestion of her friend Joan Hodge she obtained a job at Bourne & Hollingsworth and lived in the firm's hostel until Don retuned to the U.K. and was posted to Lymstone.
Residence:
frm 1960 to 1962 (age 20-23)
The house belonged to Don's Grandmother, Emily Rosam. His mother, Doris Rosam, also lived there. Don and Pat were still living there when their first son, Andrew, was born in 1961.
Residence:
frm 1962 to Mar 1968 (age 22-28)
After Don and Pat moved to London in 1958 they applied to be put on the waiting list for a Council house or flat. Council properties were allocated on a points system and Don was given bonus points for having been in the armed forces. Eventually they were allocated a flat in a newly built tower block at New Addington. Pat was delighted to have 'a home of own' but Don didn't really care. As long as he had a place to live and a meal on the table when he came home it didn't matter to him where he lived.
At first it was fine. The flat had good views and Pat could see tree from the window of the living room but slowly the disadvantages of council flat living began to emerge. Washing was stolen from the drying area on the roof; the flat was on the fourth floor so the children couldn't play outside neither could she leave the a child outside in its pram to get some fresh air; sometimes the lift didn't work and she had to carry shopping up the stairs.
Guest:
1 Sep 1962 (age 23)
Guest at marriage of Albert Charles Holman and Winifred Evelyn Rosam
Witness:
16 Sep 1967 (age 28)
Patricia witnessed the Marriage of Edward James Appleton and Winifred Evelyn Rosam
Residence:
frm Mar 1968 to 1975 (age 28-36)
Address: 71 The Glade
In March 1968 Don's Aunt Win and her husband Ed offered Don and Pat the chance to buy their house as they were moving to Whyteleafe in Surrey. After a great deal of persuasion by his Aunt and Pat, Don agreed.
Guest:
10 Apr 1971 (age 31)
Guest at marriage of George Alfred Kennard and Susan Isaac15
She appears on the guest list as Patsy
present:
14 Dec 1987 (age 48)
Present at death of Susan Isaac
Attender:
18 Dec 1987 (age 48)
Funeral
Guest:
14 Dec 2002 (age 63)
Guest at marriage of Richard Mark William Ward and Amanda Jane Pears
Guest:
24 Sep 2016 (age 77)
Guest at marriage of Ian George Kennard and Carly Robins
Death:
23 Jan 2021 (age 81)
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital23
Cause: a stroke
Address: Wonford, Exeter, Devon
Name:
Andrew Robert Boyle
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Heidi Elisabeth Martin
Name:
Neil Robert Boyle
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Rebecca Kate Neville
General Register Office Application No 2839182-1, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Donald Robert Boyle and Patricia Hélène Wallace, (Issue Date 9th December 2010). Custom Id: MXF 132181; Cit. Date: 22 December 1956. Pat Ward.
PlaceChurch of St Christopher, Royal Marine Barracks, Plymouth
DistrictEast Stonehouse
CountyCounty Borough of Plymouth
Date of Marriage22 December 1956
Groom's NameDonald Robert Boyle
Groom's Age23
Groom's ConditionBatchelor
Rank or ProfessionCorporal Royal Marines
Groom's ResidenceJ.T.C. Royal Marines, Lymstone
Groom's FatherGilbert Robert Boyle
Rank or ProfessionCaptain Army R.S.F. (Deceased)
Bride's NamePatricia Hélène Wallace
Bride's Age17
Bride's ConditionSpinster
Rank or Profession---
Bride's Residence92 Durnford Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth
Bride's FatherLeslie John William Henry Wallace
Rank or ProfessionC.E.A. Royal Navy (Deceased)
Married inChurch of St Christopher
RiteChurch of England
AfterBanns
By---
Groom's signatureDonald Robert Boyle
Bride's signaturePatricia Hélène Wallace
Witness 1Harry V. Luscombe
Witness 2Anthony Horswill
Witness 3Doris Wallace
SignedC.G.J. Evans
Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Donald Robert Boyle and Patricia Hélène Wallace
Photograph of Wedding of Donald Ronald Boyle and Patricia Hélène Wallace, (22 Dec 1956). On back of photograph in Doris Wallace's hand. Cit. Date: 22 December 1956. Pat Ward.
This copy was the property of Doris Wallace (nee Luscombe), the Bride's Mother, who annotated the back with:- St Christopter's Church, R.M. Barracks, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon. Dec 22nd 1956.
Pat arriving at the church
The wedding party
Pat Ward, Oral History: Wedding of Boyle (264) = Wallace (2). Cit. Date: 3 June 2017. Wallace-Boyle Database.
Oral History Record
Source: Patricia Hélène Ward (née Wallace)
Recorded By: Jack Ward
Date: 3rd June 2017
Subject: Marriage of Donald Robert Boyle and Patricia Hélène Wallace
As her father was dead Pat was given away by her uncle Harry Victor Wallace (508). Her other uncle Roy Albert Wallace (516) was unable to attend because his step-father Bertram Waring (522) was critically ill in hospital (he died shortly afterwards).
Don’s Best Man was his friend Tony Horswill.
Pat’s bridesmaids were her cousins Susan Isaac (348) and Madeline Wallace (514).
There were about 40 guests including Doris Rosam (441), the Groom’s mother, and Doris Wallace (364), the Bride’s mother.
The reception was held at Durnford Street. The cake was made by Uncle Harry Wallace courtesy of the Royal Navy. (Harry was a Commissioned Catering Officer and was stationed in H.M.S. Drake – the Royal Naval Barracks in Plymouth.)
Don and Pat flew to Paris for their honeymoon which Pat thinks was about 5 days. This means that they must have spent Christmas in Paris although Pat doesn’t remember it. She does remember that it was cold and Don was ill after drinking too much champagne at the Moulin Rouge! He spent most of the following day in bed which meant cancelling a trip to Versailles.
Jack Ward, My Life - Reminiscences of Patricia Hélène Ward (née Wallace), Subject: Patrica Hélène Ward's life, (12 Sep 2009 with later revisions). Open Exhibit Log at section Marriage to Don. Wallace-Boyle Database.
See source document
Harold Edgar Butcher. Registrar for Highbury, Islington District, Certified Copy of an Enty of Birth for Donald Robert Boyce Boyle, (Original copy of Entry No 259 given to Lilian Doris Rosam on 29 March 1933). Custom Id: D2 109741; Date of Birth21 Feb 1933NameDonald Robert Boyce. Wendy Boyle.
DistrictIslington
Sub-DistrictHighbury
CountyLondon
Date of Birth21 Feb 1933
Place of Birth4 Petherton Road
NameDonald Robert Boyce
Father' NameGilbert Robert Boyle
Mother's NameLilian Doris Rosam
Maiden Surname---
Mother's OccupationPrivate Secretary Electrical Company
Father's OccupationMerchant Motor and Electrical
Informant's SignatureG. R. Boyle, Father
L. D. Rosam, Mother (see Note)
Informant's Residence4 Petherton Road, Islington
Date Registered29 March 1933
RegistrarH. E. Butcher
Name after Registration-----
Issued ByHarold Edgar Butcher
Issue Date29 March 1933
The fact that the bother the father and the mother registered the birth indicates that they were not married at the time.
Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Donald Robert Boyce Boyle
Ibid. DistrictIslingtonDate of Birth21 Feb 1933Place of Birth4 Petherton RoadNameDonald Robert BoyleSexBoy. Wendy Boyle.
DistrictIslington
Sub-DistrictHighbury
CountyLondon
Date of Birth21 Feb 1933
Place of Birth4 Petherton Road
NameDonald Robert Boyce
Father' NameGilbert Robert Boyle
Mother's NameLilian Doris Rosam
Maiden Surname---
Mother's OccupationPrivate Secretary Electrical Company
Father's OccupationMerchant Motor and Electrical
Informant's SignatureG. R. Boyle, Father
L. D. Rosam, Mother (see Note)
Informant's Residence4 Petherton Road, Islington
Date Registered29 March 1933
RegistrarH. E. Butcher
Name after Registration-----
Issued ByHarold Edgar Butcher
Issue Date29 March 1933
The fact that the bother the father and the mother registered the birth indicates that they were not married at the time.
Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Donald Robert Boyce Boyle
P. H. Ward, The Rosam Family, Subject: The Rosam sisters, their marriages, families and ancestors, (2008/9). Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
1.The Rosam Family
The notes are based on the recollections of Pat Ward (formerly Boyle, née Wallace) from talking to members of the Rosam family - principally Doris (Dorie) Rosam - recorded by Jack Ward
1.1.Introduction
Pat (née Wallace) who was married to Doris Rosam's only son Donald Robert Boyle was very close to the Rosam family and learnt a great deal about them during conversations mainly with her mother-in-law, Doris, and Doris' sister Winifred. During the time that Pat's third husband, Jack Ward, was researching Pat & Don's family history Pat would reminisce about the Rosam family, their marriages, their antecedents and their descendants. Indeed she seemed to know more about, and have more photographs of, the Rosam family than some of their descendants and they would turn to her for information!
1.2.William Rosam
William Rosam married Emily Gudgin and they had four daughters Lilian Doris (Dorrie), Edith (Edie) Gladys, Winifred (Win) Evelyn and Ella Muriel. The last two were born in Scotland where William lived for a number of years when he was promoted to Managing Clerk of Thomas Cooks Edinburgh office.
1.3.Doris Lilian Rosam and her son Donald Robert Boyle
Don's parents, Gilbert Robert Boyle and Doris Lilian Rosam, were unmarried and Donald, or Don as he was known in later life, was born on 21 February 1933 at the house of his Godmother, Nancy Boyce, who was his mother's great friend.
At the time Gilbert was already married to although the marriage had been dissolved; whether formally, by mutual consent or by desertion is not known so his parents could not marry although Gilbert maintained contact with his son in the early years. Apparently they all went on a camping holiday together when Don was young. Doris' sister Winifred tried to persuade them to live together so as to give Don 'a home'. Why this didn't happen is not known and Doris and Don lived with Doris' parents (Don's grandparents), William and Emily Rosam, at 10 Grove Road, Thornton Heath, until Don left home in 1950 to join the Royal Marines. Doris continued to work to support her son so in his early years Don was mainly looked after by his grandparents.
How Doris and Gilbert met is not known but Don's birth certificate shows his father to be a 'merchant motor and electrical' and his mother to be a 'private secretary in an electrical company'. Although the term 'merchant motor and electrical' is not fully understood it implies he sold electrical equipment probably as a commercial traveller and so he may well have met Doris when he called on the firm where Doris worked.
The dates of Gilberts birth and death were recorded in some notes made by Pat from information given to her by Doris. A copy of the notes is given on the Media tab. He was born on 1 October 1889 and died on 4 April 1951.
The only known photograph of Gilbert which was originally in the possession of Doris is in the possession of Wendy Boyle, Don's second wife, who now lives in Cyprus. (See Notes tab Note 1) It shows him in slacks and an open necked shirt on a seafront. The place has not been identified.
According to Doris Rosam he served in WW I in the Royal Scottish Fusiliers rising to the rank of captain and was gassed which may have contributed to his death from chronic bronchitis and heart (failure) at the comparatively early age of 61. The period over which he served is not known probably only for the duration of the war as on his marriage certificate for his marriage in 1919 does not give any rank. A search of the military records (including the Medal Cards) held by the National Archives failed to produce any record for a Gilbert Boyle. A search of the Medal Cards for a Robert Boyle produced a record for a Private Robert Boyle in the 2nd Royal Scottish Fusiliers. No other papers could be found.
In 1980 Pat obtained a copy of his Birth Certificate and then armed with the knowledge that he was called Gilbert Robert Boyle and that his father's name was Robert (See Notes tab - Note 2) she succeeded in finding a marriage between a Gilbert Robert Boyle and a Violet Wycliffe Crossman which took place on 25 November 1919. On the marriage certificate both Gilbert and his father are described as accountants. This is at variance with Gilbert's birth certificate where his father, who registered his birth, describes himself as a commercial clerk. Thus the birth certificate is considered to be more accurate and the description 'accountant' on the marriage certificate is considered to be status inflation which is not uncommon on marriage certificates. Perhaps Gilbert was trying to move towards Violet's father's description of 'Gentleman'. If Gilbert inflated his father's status he could well have inflated his own and just been a commercial clerk like his father and from there moved to being a commercial traveller. On balance it is considered that the marriage certificate which Pat found is the correct one.
'Reading between the lines' it would appear that Gilbert set out to impress Doris and spun her a tale about his past achievements as part of his courtship. However, as his name appears on Don's birth certificate, and they went on holiday together when Don was young seems to indicate that he was genuinely fond of Doris and Don.
1.4.Christian Bhend
Uncle Chris Bhend was Swiss and a Master Baker. Pat has no idea why he came to this Country.
1.5.Edith (Edie) Gladys Rosam
Edith married William (Uncle Bill) White in secret about 1950. (See Note tab - Note 3) As he was only two years younger than her father the marriage caused a great scandal in the family. He was courier working for the travel agents Thomas Cook the same firm as Ediths father. How they met is not known but it may have been through her father. Pat met him on a number of occasions after moving to London in 1960.
Note 1 - Don & Wendy moved to Cyprus in where Don died on 5 June 2008. After his death Wendy moved back to England.
Note 2 - Robert is a family name. It is reputed that the Boyles were descended from Robert Boyle the 17th century scientist who formulated Boyle's Law defining the relationship between the volume and pressure of gases. Pat remembers that Don had a copy of an old book which had been handed down from his father. She doesn't remember the title and I remember that Don once showed it to me but I can't remember the title either. It may have been a copy of New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and its Effects.... but whether it was a first edition is not known. The book passed to Dons second wife Wendy who gave it to Don's son Andrew. Andrew showed it to me (Jack Ward). Although battered it was not a first edition and was clearly a second hand copy as it was inscribed on the fly leaf with a name which had no connection to the Boyles. Also in tracing the Boyle ancestors the 1841 Census shows that Don's great-grandfather Patterson Boyle was an umbrella maker who came from Ireland
Note 3 - Subsequent research showed that they married in 1947 in Islington
Doris Rosam's Notes on Gilbert Robert Boyle
Harold Edgar Butcher. Registrar for Highbury, Islington District, Certified Copy of an Enty of Birth for Donald Robert Boyce Boyle, (Original copy of Entry No 259 given to Lilian Doris Rosam on 29 March 1933). Custom Id: D2 109741; DistrictIslingtonYear1933Sub-DistrictHighburyCountyLondonInformant's SignatureG. R. Boyle, FatherL. D. Rosam, Mother*Informant's Residence4 Petherton Road, IslingtonDate Registered29 March 1933. Wendy Boyle.
DistrictIslington
Sub-DistrictHighbury
CountyLondon
Date of Birth21 Feb 1933
Place of Birth4 Petherton Road
NameDonald Robert Boyce
Father' NameGilbert Robert Boyle
Mother's NameLilian Doris Rosam
Maiden Surname---
Mother's OccupationPrivate Secretary Electrical Company
Father's OccupationMerchant Motor and Electrical
Informant's SignatureG. R. Boyle, Father
L. D. Rosam, Mother (see Note)
Informant's Residence4 Petherton Road, Islington
Date Registered29 March 1933
RegistrarH. E. Butcher
Name after Registration-----
Issued ByHarold Edgar Butcher
Issue Date29 March 1933
The fact that the bother the father and the mother registered the birth indicates that they were not married at the time.
Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Donald Robert Boyce Boyle
J. P. W. Ward, Reminiscences of Pat Ward (nee Wallace) about her life, Subject: a miscellaneous collection of memories, (2008 onwards). Dowell-Wallace Data Base.
The anecdotes come from Pat's reminiscences about her life and have been initially recorded in this database. They may evetually be used in a Memoir.
Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Andrew Robert Boyle, Name Of Person: Andrew Robert Boyle, Registration District: Croydon, Certificate No.: DL 750578, (26 Mar 1961, Registration Date, 29 Mar 1961). Father's Occupation.
Original certificate given to the informant at the time of registration.
Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Neil Robert Boyle, Name Of Person: Neil Robert Boyle, Registration District: Croydon, Certificate No.: DP 152561, (2 Apr 1967, Registration Date, 4 Apr 1967). Father's Occupation. Neil Boyle, 20, York Road.
Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Andrew Robert Boyle, Name Of Person: Andrew Robert Boyle, Registration District: Croydon, Certificate No.: DL 750578, (26 Mar 1961, Registration Date, 29 Mar 1961). Father's NameDonald Robert BOYLEMother's NamePatricia Helene BOYLEInformantD. Robert Boyle. Father10 Grove Road, Thorton Heath.
Original certificate given to the informant at the time of registration.
Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Neil Robert Boyle, Name Of Person: Neil Robert Boyle, Registration District: Croydon, Certificate No.: DP 152561, (2 Apr 1967, Registration Date, 4 Apr 1967). Neil's Place of Birth and Informant's Address. Neil Boyle, 20, York Road.
Winifred Evelyn Appleton, None, Subject: Places lived from her marriage to Ed Appleton until her death, (1980 with later additions). Moved from Shirley to Whyteleafe Mar 1968 after selling the house to Don & Pat Boyle. Pat Ward.
Moved from Shirley to Whyteleafe Mar 1968
Moved from Whyteleafe to Chelwood Gate April 1976
Moved from Chel(wood) Gate to Dersingham 26-2-80
Dersingham to Pagham 17-12-82
Pagham to Buckland Brewer 17-3-88
Buckland Brewer to Bournemouth 17-12-92
The list is in a note which was found amongst Win Appleton's papers after she died. It covers the period from Mar 1968 when she married Ed Appleton until she moved to Bournmouth where she died in 2008. Ed died in 1976.
When they moved from Shirley they sold their house at 71 The Glade to Don & Pat Boyle
Winifred Appleton - places lived
Robert Kennard, e-mail from Robert Kennard to Jack Ward containing Guest List for Wedding of George Alfred Kennard and Susam Isaac, (Private papers). Paragraph listing wedding guests. Cit. Date: 7 November 2013. Dowell-Wallace Data Base.
Extract from Robert Kennard's email sent 7 Nov 2013 10:06
Good Morning Patsy and Jack
...
I came across a list of everyone who was at my Parents wedding. Besides my Grandparents and Parents, the following were present (where I can identify them I have referred to their positions in the photo):
Pat and Len Field (left of my dad) – my dad's sister and brother-in-law, Kevin and Carol Field (Kevin, my dad’s nephew, was best man and is standing to the right of the shorter bridesmaid, Trevor and Jan Field (Trevor is also my dad’s nephew), Penny Andrews and John (Laird?) (Penny is behind my dad, and I think John is to the left of her), Joan and Frank Squires (standing to the left of the taller bridesmaid), Patsy and Don, Dorrie and Harry Andrews (Dorrie is standing to the left of Patsy, Harry is behind and to the right of my granddad) Rita and Frank Hodge, Lyn and Susan Hodge (bridesmaids), Marjorie and Len Rickard, Jean and Alan Tricker (Alan was Groomsman), Lucy and Ron Crisp, Jeannetta and Bill M’Kintosh
I am hopeful that I will find photographs relating to my grandparents wedding, and maybe a birth certificate or two, at Leonies’s parents house, as a lot of my stuff is stored there. If I find anything I will send it on.
Regards
Bob
Sent: Thu 07-Nov-13 10:06 AM
J. P. W. Ward, Death of Donald Robert Boyle, Subject: Date, place and supplementary information relating to Don's death, (2008/9). At 7 o'clock in the morning of 5 June 2008 Neil phoned from Cyprus to say that his father (Donald Boyle) had died at 3 o'clock that morning.
Notes made by Jack Ward from telephone calls from Neil Boyle, Don's son, and personal recollections.
Madeline Blackham, Letter from Madeline Blackham to her cousin Pat Ward dated 24 Jan 2011, Recipient: Pat Ward, Author Address: St Rouel, 9 Benar View, Blaenau Ffestiniog, (24 Jan 2011). Don's grave is in a beautiful spot under a shady tree. It is in the British cemetery which is on the British base -- a corner of a foreign field. Have you seen the video of the funeral? A nicely planned service. Of course apparently he wanted cremation, but there is no cremation on the island because of opposition from the Orthodox Church.
Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Patricia Helene Wallace, Name Of Person: Patricia Hélène Wallace, Registration District: Plymouth, Devon, Certificate No.: DA 932869, (5 May 1939, Registration Date, 8 Jun 1939). DistrictPlymouthSub-DistrictDevonportCountyCounty Borough of PlymouthDate of Birth5 May 1939Place of BirthThe Alexandria Maternity Nursing HomeNamePatricia HeleneFather's NameLeslie John William Henry WallaceMother's NameDoris Winifred WallaceMaiden SurnameLuscombeFather's OccupationElectrical Artificer R.N. (Retired) of Brook Lodge, HorrabridgeInformant's SignatureL J Wallace, FatherInformant's ResidenceBrook Lodge, Horrabridge, Tavistock, South DevonDate Registered8 June 1939RegistrarJ. E. Madigan.
Reminder transcribed fromthe original Certified Copy of Entry of Birth
Issued ByJ. E. Madigan
Issue Date8 Jun 1939
1939 Register: Leslie Wallace, 29 September 1939, National Archives.
1939 Register for Household of Leslie Wallace (513)
Reference: RG101
Enumeration Date: 29 Sep 1939
County: Devon
E D letter code: Wihg
Schedule: 79
Address: Brook Lodge
Other Info:
Id |
Name of person |
Date of Birth |
Occupation |
Marital Status |
Remarks |
513 |
Leslie J Wm Hy Wallace |
9 Jun 1908 |
Electrical Artificer (Retd) |
Married |
|
364 |
Doris Winifred Wallace |
2 Nov 1908 |
Unpaid domestic duties |
Married |
|
2 (see Notes tab |
Patricia Hélène Wallace |
5 May 1939 |
|
|
|
Sub-Schedule 3 has been redacted but is known to be Leslie's and Doris' daughter Patricia Hélène.
National Registration Office, National Registration Identity Card, (12 May 1951).
Number YOGN 830 485
Full Postal Address: 88, Durnford Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth
Saint Swithun's Prayer Book, Edition: 133rd Inmpession, (The Faith Press Ltd,, 7 Tufton Street, London, S.W.). Flyleaf inscription.
Winifred Evelyn Appleton, None, Subject: Places lived from her marriage to Ed Appleton until her death, (1980 with later additions). Pat Ward.
Moved from Shirley to Whyteleafe Mar 1968
Moved from Whyteleafe to Chelwood Gate April 1976
Moved from Chel(wood) Gate to Dersingham 26-2-80
Dersingham to Pagham 17-12-82
Pagham to Buckland Brewer 17-3-88
Buckland Brewer to Bournemouth 17-12-92
The list is in a note which was found amongst Win Appleton's papers after she died. It covers the period from Mar 1968 when she married Ed Appleton until she moved to Bournmouth where she died in 2008. Ed died in 1976.
When they moved from Shirley they sold their house at 71 The Glade to Don & Pat Boyle
Winifred Appleton - places lived
Death certificate of Patricia Hélène Ward, 23 January 2021, Jack Ward.
Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Patricia Hélène Ward (2)
Application No: Original certificate
Issued By: K L A Kerr, Deputy Registrar
Issue Date: 21 Jan 2021
Certificate No: BCE618139
Entry No. |
235 |
Registration District |
Devon |
Sub-district |
Devon |
Administrative Area |
County of Devon |
Date of Death |
23 January 2021 |
Place of Death |
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Wonford, Exeter |
Name |
Patricia Hélène Ward |
Sex |
Female |
Maiden Name |
Wallace |
Date of Birth |
5 May 1939 |
Place of Birth |
Plymouth |
Occupation |
Housewife and Mother |
Usual Address |
The Nook Silver Street Bampton Tiverton Devon |
Name of Informant |
Jack Pater William Ward |
Qualification |
Widower of Deceased Present at Death |
Usual Address |
The Nook Silver Street Bampton Tiverton Devon |
Cause of Death |
1 (a) Spontaneous Intracranial Haemorrhage (b) Hypertension |
Certified by |
Y Dyouider MB ChB |
Informant's signature |
Jack Peter William Ward information given by telephone |
Date Registered |
27 January 2021 |
Registrar |
K L A Kerr Deputy Registrar |
Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Patricia Hélène Ward