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Winifred Lilian M. L. Wallace (1914-1943)

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Winifred Lilian M. L. Wallace, 1940, age 26

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 18 Oct 1914

  • Stonehouse, Devonport, Devon1 2

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  • Address: 23 George Street

    Her date of birth was enterd in the Royal Marine Marriage Register and it is assumed that she was born at home. Her father's Service Record gives her mother's address as the next of kin but it could have been either 71 or 23 George Street. Her older brother was born at 71 but when Amy moved to 23 is not known.

  • Occupation:

  • btw 1928 and 1939 (age 13-25)

  • dress shop assistant; Plymouth3

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  • She was very artistic and wanted to be a dress designer - an ambition she only fulfilled through designing and making her own dresses. The dress shop where she worked was considered to be 'up market' although the name is not known.

  • Brother's marriage:

  • 20 Feb 1931 (age 16)

  • Marriage of brother Leslie to Doris Winifred Luscombe

  • Guest:

  • 5 Mar 1935 (age 20)

  • Guest at marriage of Harry Victor Wallace and Mary Beatrice Blagdon

  • Military Service:

  • frm 1939 to 1943 (age 24-29)

  • Womans Auxiliary Airforce (W.A.A.F.)4 3

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  • Address: probably in the Plymouth area

    She is shown as serving in the W.A.A.F. in her Death Notice in the local paper although from her Death Certificate it would appear that she had left the service before her death. There is also a photograph of her in W.A.A.F. uniform. How long she served is not known. The dates are approximate based on her joining at the beginning of WW2 and being invalided when it was discovered that she had leukemia. As the only and much wanted daughter, she felt smothered while living at home and joined the W.A.A.F without telling her parents in order to get away. The date is not known but presumably the outbreak of WW2 provided the necessary opportunity. Her sister-in-law Rose Bone accompanied her to the station when she went away for her initial training.

  • Witness:

  • 21 Jun 1941 (age 26)

  • Winifred witnessed the Marriage of Roy Albert Wallace and Rose Laura Bone

  • Occupation:

  • 1943 (age 28-29)

  • assistant in a drapers shop; Plymouth, Devon5 6

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  • It is assumed that she got a job in a drapers shop on leaving the R.A.F. and remained there until she either died or was too ill to work.

  • Death:

  • 28 Nov 1943 (age 29)

  • Devonport, Plymouth, Devon7 8

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  • Cause: cardiac arrest and leukaemia

    Address: 25, Dingle Place

    It is assumed that she had been suffering from leukaemia for several years and depending on the exact form it may have contributed to her heart attack. As she died at home it is assumed that the attack was sudden and unexpected and must have come as a shock to her mother and step father.

  • Death Registration:

  • 29 Nov 1943

  • the Register Office9

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  • Address: Plymouth

    Bertram was her step father

Sources

1.

Free BMD Image, CRI (E&W) for Birth of Winifred L. M. L. Wallace, Event Type: Birth, Registration District: Stonehouse, Volume: 5b, Page: 459, (Birth Registrartion for Oct-Dec 1914 Registration District E. Stonehouse Volume 5b Page 459). Cit. Date: Q1 1914. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

2.

Entry for John Wallace in Royal Marine Marriage Register. NAMES OF CHILDREN And the Dates of their Births and Deaths. Cit. Date: after 18 October 1914. National Archives.

3.

Jack Ward, My Family - Reminiscences of Patricia Hélène Ward (née Wallace), (12 Sep 2009 with later revisions). Paragraph 6. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

4.

Amy & Bertram Waring, Death Notice for Winifred (Wynne) Wallace, (Western Evening Herald: Deaths November 1943). Madeline Blackham.

5.

Walter Naylor, Superintendent Registrar of the District of Plymouth, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Winifred Lilian Wallace, (Issue Date 5 Feb 1944). Custom Id: HA 639885; Occupation. Cit. Date: 29 November 1943. Madeline Blackham.

6.

J. P. W. Ward, Memoir - The Wallace Family - Reminiscences of Patricia Hélène Ward, (2009 & updated as necessary). She was very artistic and wanted to be a dress designer - an ambition she only fulfilled through designing and making her own dresses. She worked at an 'up market' dress shop in Plymouth. Wallace-Boyle Database.

7.

Walter Naylor, Superintendent Registrar of the District of Plymouth, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Winifred Lilian Wallace, (Issue Date 5 Feb 1944). Custom Id: HA 639885; Cit. Date: 29 November 1943. Madeline Blackham.

8.

Amy & Bertram Waring, Death Notice for Winifred (Wynne) Wallace, (Western Evening Herald: Deaths November 1943). DateNovember 1943WALLACE. - In treasured memory of Wynne, our darling daughter, who fell asleep Nov. 28 1943 (W.A.A.F.), the dearly loved sister of Leslie (deceased), Roy, and Harry.In our homes you are still remembered,Sweet memories cling round your name.Those true hearts that always loved you- Ever will remain the same.----Mam and Pop.NoteThe newspaper cutting does not give either the paper or the date. However, knowing where Wynne lived it must have been either the Western Morning Press or the Western Evening Herald - probably the latter which would have had a wider circulation in Plymouth. The date of the insertion was probably a few days after the death. Madeline Blackham.

9.

Walter Naylor, Superintendent Registrar of the District of Plymouth, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Winifred Lilian Wallace, (Issue Date 5 Feb 1944). Custom Id: HA 639885; Informants details. Cit. Date: 29 November 1943. Madeline Blackham.