See also
Name:
John Wallace
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1940, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for John Wallace
1940, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for John Wallace (512)
Birth:
26 Oct 1940
Address: Horrabridge, Buckland Monachorum, Tavistock, Devon
John's sister Pat said that her mother Doris had told her that there was an argument between two of the doctors at the nursing home as to whether she should have a Caesarean or a forceps assisted birth. At the time a Caesarean would have been a fairly major operation and the use of forceps was the preferred method of assisting difficult deliveries. However, the used of forceps led to a cerebral haemorrhage which caused his death 4 days later.
Death:
29 Oct 1940 (age 4 dys)
Cause: a cerebral haemorrhage following complications arising from a difficult birth
Address: Horrabridge, Buckland Monachorum, Tavistock, Devon
Birth Registration:
11 Nov 1940 (age 0)
the Register Office8
Address: Tavistock
It must have been very difficult for Leslie to report his son's birth after he had died and at the same time as his birth.
Death Registration:
11 Nov 1940
Register Office
Address: Tavistock, Devon
Burial of ashes:
Nov 1940
Address: Sampford Spiney, Devon
The date and place of John's cremation and who attended the service are not known although the cremation almost certainly took place in Plymouth and was probably attended by his immediate family. His ashes were burried on the eastern edge of the churchyard and the place is marked by a simple granite pymradial-shaped stone with his name on it. Who attended and whether there was a service is not known as his burial was not recorded in the Burial Register at the time. In 1990 when his mother's ashes were buried in the same spot the omission of John's name from the Burial register was noticed and the vicar added it to the register.
Details of his short life are given in The Wallace Family - Reminiscences of P. H. Ward who was his sister4
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Birth for John Wallace, (By General Register Office in respose to Application No: 5594999/1 dated 11 April 2014). Custom Id: BXCG 145944; Cit. Date: 26 October 1940. Pat Ward.
Jack Ward, My Family - Reminiscences of Patricia Hélène Ward (née Wallace), (12 Sep 2009 with later revisions). 3LESLIE AND DORIS WALLACE. Cit. Date: 12 September 2009. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
GRO, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of John Wallace, (CRI(E&W) for Births Quarter and Year Oct-Dec 1940 Registration District Tavistock Volume 5b Page 818 Published by Ancestry). Cit. Date: Q4 1940. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
J. P. W. Ward, Memoir - The Wallace Family - Reminiscences of Patricia Hélène Ward, (2009 & updated as necessary). Click on Exhibit Log to open document then go to 3 Leslie and Doris Wallace. Wallace-Boyle Database.
Issued by General Register Office on 11 April 2014 in respose to Application No 5594999-2, Certified Entry of an Entry of Death for John Wallace, (Pat's Certificates). Custom Id: DYD 680330; Cit. Date: 29 October 1940. Pat Ward.
CRI(E&W) for Death of John Wallace, Event Type: Death, Name Of Person: John Wallace, Registration District: Tavistock, Volume: 5b, Page: 889, (Period, Oct-Dec 1941). Quarter and Year Sep-Oct 1941Surname WallaceGiven Names JohnAge 0Registration District Tavistock. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.
LDS, LDS Family Group Record for Leslie John William Wallce and Doris Winifred Luscombe, (Pat's Certificates). Cit. Date: 22 March 1975. Pat Ward.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Birth for John Wallace, (By General Register Office in respose to Application No: 5594999/1 dated 11 April 2014). Custom Id: BXCG 145944; Cit. Date: 11 November 1940. Pat Ward.
J. P. W. Ward, Memoir - The Wallace Family - Reminiscences of Patricia Hélène Ward, (2009 & updated as necessary). Section 3 - Leslie and Doris Wallace. Wallace-Boyle Database.
Parish Register for Burial of John Wallace, St Mary, Sampford Spiney, Devon, Devon Record Office.