Lynne Fraser
Lynn Repsis Fraser (1948 – 2020) was born in St Paul, Minnesota, on 7th April 1943. She lived all over the US until the family settled in Denver, Colorado in the mid 1950s. She studied Biology at the University of Colorado in Boulder and then, in 1965, drove to New...
Lynne Martin
Lynne Martin (1959-2018) was born to Ray and Maureen Viney. She had a older brother, Wain. Lynne grew up in and around Cambridge and went to Parkside Grammar School. She moved to London where she met Les, while they were both working as a freelance computer operators. They rented a...
Madeleine Spears
Madeleine Spears (1945-2019) Madeleine was born on 3rd November 1945, in Bassaleg, near Newport, the middle one of three daughters born to Brenda Dean and Frank King. Madeleine was smart and became head girl at her local grammar school. She studied zoology, marine biology and chemistry at West Ham College...
Majid Matar
Majid Matar (1955-2018) was born in December 1955. He was married to Leoncie in 1990. He had a son and a daughter. He died in July 2018 aged 63.
Margaret Audrey Drew (Lizzie)
Lizzie was born Margaret Audrey Bingham in Sheffield on 23rd July 1937 to Samuel and Gladys a younger sister to John. She was adventurous, strong-willed, refined, organised and, most of all, warm-hearted and kind. She started as an assistant stage manager at the Nottingham Playhouse before moving on to acting...
Margaret Bannister
Margaret Edith Bannister (1948-2018) was born in Milford Haven, to Les and Dilys Brown and had a sister, Linda. Her family had been trawler men for generations. She was a bright girl who won a place at the Board School. She enjoyed swimming and played hockey for the school. When...
Margaret Bennett
Margaret Bennett (1925 – 2016) was born Margaret Perkins in East Dulwich, London. She was the third of six children. She served as a nurse during World War II and then became a teacher after the war. She married her husband in 1949 and they had three children: Lynn, Ann,...
Margaret Elizabeth Sanderson
Margaret Elizabeth Sanderson and her sister Pat were brought up by their father and close relatives after their mother died. Margaret went to Lydgate Junior School, Sheffield. Margaret had a son Jeremy with her husband Leslie, but the marriage did not last. Having studied for her ‘O’ levels and attended...
Margaret Ford
Margaret Isabel Ford (1927-2018) was born in London, the middle child of Isabel and Charles Western. She had an elder sister, Barbara, and a younger brother, Ken. Margaret left Barratt Street Trade School aged 14 and started work as an apprentice hairdresser near Harrow. She married Tony in 1952. Their...
Margaret Parsons
Margaret ‘Madge’ Parsons (1924 – 2019) was born in Holbeck, Leeds, on 15th of February 1924 to Adam and Eliza Moscrop. She had a brother and a sister, and also twelve half sisters and brothers. Madge was educated at Ingram’s Road Primary School in Holbeck. She grew up during the...
Margaret Pride
Margaret Alison Pride (1947-2018) was born in Cardiff to David and Phyllis Roche. She was one of seven children. Margaret left school and worked as a wages clerk and in the same year she met Ed Pride, whom she married in 1968. Their first house was in Llantrisant, where Ian...
Margaret Saunders
Margaret Saunders (1924 – 2019) was born on 25th November 1924 in Croydon, to Sidney and Ellen Uphill. She had an older older sister, Hilda. During the Second World War, she was evacuated to Norfolk. After the war, Margaret returned to London and married Albert Saunders. They had three children,...
Marilyn Mountstephens
Marilyn Dorothy Mountstephens (1950 – 2019) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 26th January 1950, the third of four daughters born to parents Cathy and Dennis. Marilyn had a strong sense of adventure and travelled to England where she met Terry. They married in 1974 and had three children....
Marion Spencer
Marion Spencer (1920 – 2019) was born and raised in the London Borough of Harrow. Her parents were Thomas Wilson Fox and Mabel Dalton. She had two sisters, Barbara and Shirley. She went to Brondesbury & Kilburn High School, where she became head girl. Marion then went to UCL where...
Mark Broster
Mark Broster was born in Brighton Hospital on 19th August 1986 to Maralyn and Ray. Just before going to secondary school, Mark was diagnosed with autism. He attended St Anne’s School in Lewes followed by St John’s College, Brighton, where he was a weekly boarder. As an adult, Mark lived...
Mark Howlett
Mark Andrew John Howlett (1964-2019) was the son of Rita and John Howlett and the younger brother of Debbie. He grew up in Oxford and attended Redefield School. He left school at the age of 16 and became a driver, qualifying to operate HGVs. Mark married Lindsey in 1993. Their...
Martin Chandos Taylor
Martin Chandos Taylor (1952 – 2020) was born in Chelsea on 23rd May 1952 to Alfred and Lady Ursula Taylor, the youngest brother to Peter and John. Martin’s childhood was spent in Kew, attending a school in Gunnersbury. Martin took a degree in Arabic and Oriental Studies at university before...
Martin Gilbert
Martin Thomas Gilbert (1921 – 2019) was born in Folkestone on 8th February 1921, to Charles and Dorothy. He had a younger brother. Martin won a scholarship to The Harvey Grammar School. In 1937, he started an electrical engineering apprenticeship in London with Marryat & Place and gained a Higher...
Martin John Smith
Martin John Smith was born in Wolverhampton on 1st July 1959 to Jean and Bernard. He had three siblings, Paul, Sue and Robin. He passed his eleven plus exam and went to Penistone Grammar School, followed by Huddersfield Technical College. Having started work at Shelley Textiles, Martin made the decision...
Mary Cole
Mary Catherine Cole (1923-2019) was born in London, the only daughter of William and Mary McCarthy. Her father was an ardent socialist, and strongly influenced the beliefs that she held all her life. At the beginning of the war she joined the Wrens, and was stationed at Chatham. After the...
Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon (1923–2019) was the fourth of seven children born to John and Ethel. She grew up in Manchester. Her father died when she was seven, leaving the family in poverty. Mary left school at 14 to work at a munitions factory. She met Wilfred and they had a son,...
Mary Leach
Mary Leach (1931-2018) was born and raised in Stonyford, the third of nine children. Like many girls in those days, she left school at 14 and entered the world of domestic service. When she was 20, Mary married the 21 year old George and, not long after, Mary gave birth...
Mary Roberts
Mary Alice Roberts (1930 – 2019) was born on 2nd June 1930, to Annie and Jack Wilkinson, in Fartown, Yorkshire. Her sister, Margaret, was born when Mary was sixteen. She went to Greenhead Grammar School, then worked at ICI, dye testing in the laboratory. Mary married Norman in 1950, at...
Mary Urquhart
Mary ‘May’ Hannah Urquhart (1931 – 2018) was born in Lockerbie but spent her childhood and early adulthood in Dundee. She was the youngest of nine children. She left school at 14 to work as a window dresser at a department store in Dundee. She met her future husband David...
