Address: 15 Battery Street

Address: East Stonehouse, Devon

Address: East Stonehouse

Unknown GEDCOM info: 220, St Peter's Road

Doris was bright and passed the entrance examination for Plymouth Grammar School. She would have loved to have gone into the 6th Form and even perhaps on to university but her father said that at 16 she had to get a 'proper' job so took her out of school.

Address: Plymouth, Devon

Address: Ilfracombe, North Devon

She probably became a student nurse to escape home. Whether she completed the course is not known but whist there she met Winifred Green who was a patient. They became lifelong friends and was known to the Doris' daughter Pat and her sons as Auntie Winnie Green. The name of the hospital comes from a photograph of Doris with another student nurse and what are assumed to be the Matron and the Ward Sister.

Doris was the bride's mother

The confirmation was on the same date by John B. Thompson, Elder, and the certificate was signed William H. Harles, Sr. who was Bishop of the Southwest British Branch of the LDS Church. He also signed the Certificate as the Clerk.

Address: Wrefords Lane, Exeter

Towards the end of her life she suffered from glaucoma and senial dementia.The glaucoma led to a loss of sight. In the nursing home she and another resident who also had dementia were antagonistic which manifested itself in swearing at each other. Her daughter Pat said that her mother would use the most foul language. During visits Pat would try to get her mother to recall things and found that she could recall things form her early life until finally she could only remember nursery rhymes.

Cause: bronchopneumonia and senile dementia

Address: Wrefords Lane, Exeter, Devon

Address: Sampford Spiney, Devon

Her ashes were buried by the simple granite pyramid shaped memorial on the east side of the churchyard which marks the spot where the ashes of her son John were buried in November 1940. The memorial also has the name of her husband Leslie whose ashes were buried at sea in 1942. When the incumbent was filling in the burial register after the service Pat asked if she could see the entry for John. His name had not been entered in the register which means his ashes may have been buried without a service. However, the incumbent amended the register to include John's name.

Leslie John William Henry Wallace (1908-1942)

Patricia Hélène Wallace (1939-2021)

John Wallace (1940-1940)

Two photographs associated with their engagement exist. The first is an informal photograph of Leslie and Doris taken in May's garden at Copnor, Portsmouth which is dated 3 August 1930. May was obviously a friend but the exact relationship to Leslie and Doris is not known. The second is a formal studio portrait of Doris which was taken in Plymouth and is dated 1 August 1930 and gives the place of their engagement as Southsea. At the time Leslie was serving in HMS Adventure which was probably in Portsmouth and Doris had taken the opportunity to travel from Plymouth where she was living at the time to Copnor to be with Leslie.

Address: East Stonehouse, Devon

Roy Wallace was the groom's brother and may also have been his best man. Henry Luscombe (he signed himself Harry Luscombe as he always did) was the bride's father who almost certainly gave his daughter away. It is believed that the groom's and the bride's families were present and probably some friends as well. The reception was probably held at her parents home in Chapel Street. Where the couple went for their honeymoon is not known but it was probably a resort such as Torquay.

Address: Brook Lodge

Initially it was just Leslie and Doris until May 1939 when their daughter Patricia was born and lived with them until her father's death in 1942.

Address: Brook Lodge

The household consisted of Leslie, his wife Doris and their 4 months old daughter Patricia.