Annette Rae Maloney
Annette Rae Maloney (1949 – 2022) was born in Cheltenham on 30th April 1949, the eldest child of Hilda and Raymond Pennell. Her younger siblings were Yvonne, Ray and Don. She attended Rowanfield Junior School and Pates Grammar School and went to university to read Mathematics and Physics, gaining her...
Anthea Auty
Anthea Auty (1940 – 2020) was born on December 2nd 1940, in Dewsbury, to Dorothy and Albert Parnell but the marriage did not work out and because Dorothy had to work Anthea was brought up by her grandmother and aunt until Dorothy met and married Eric Dewhirst in 1948. So...
Anthony (Tony) Bell
Anthony (Tony) Bell (1943 – 2024) was born on 23 April 1943 in Bury, Lancashire, but spent his early childhood in Sierra Leone where his father was working. After his mother died, when Tony was nine, he and his older brother Chris were separated from their younger sister Kate, to...
Anthony (Tony) Sadler
Anthony Sadler (1931 – 2021), Tony was born in London on February 5th 1931 the third child of William and Helen Sadler with sisters, Joan and Betty and an uncle to Butch, Lorelea, Joanne and Jackie. He told tales of playing in bombed streets and then being evacuated to the...
Anthony Keen
Anthony (Tony) Keen (1957 – 2019) was born on 30th July 1957 at home in Hillingdon, to Peter and Muriel. He had two sisters, Susan and Jenny. The family moved to Ickenham in 1968. After leaving grammar school, Tony had various jobs until settling into the role of international sales...
Arthur Gribben
Arthur Gribben was born on 22 June 1933, in Redruth in Cornwall, to Arthur John Gribben and Elsie May Hugo – a younger brother for Irene, and, two years later, an older brother for Jack. Everyone in the family was musical and music formed a large part of Arthur’s life....
Arthur Wilmot Uloth
Arthur Wilmot Uloth (1931 – 2022) was born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk on 19th December 1931. Educated initially at boarding schools in Kent, Sussex and Wales, Arthur finished his schooling at Westminster School in London. At the age of sixteen, Arthur became an Anarchist and found work with the Freedom...
Ashley Paul Ronan Phythian (Ash)
Ashley Paul Ronan Phythian (Ash) (1992-2023) was born on 14 September 1992 in York, to Jane and Mick. Jane, Mick and Ashley as a family became Sharing Carers for disabled children when he was five. He attended Hempland Primary School, where he was identified as Gifted and Talented. This was...
Audrey Emily Laura Hawkes
Audrey Emily Laura Hawkes (1928 – 2021) was born on 27th January 1928. After starting work at The Dorchester Hotel in London at the age of fourteen, two years later Audrey was appointed to run the Accounts department that calculated and issued guests’ bills. In later years Audrey worked for...
Audrey Goodwin
Audrey Goodwin (1925 – 2019) was born in Teddington. She was the middle child of George and Dora Vail. During the war, the family lived Cheltenham. When Audrey left home she moved to Guildford and qualified as a state registered nurse. She worked as a theatre sister on the first...
Audrey Hotten
Audrey May Hotten (1924-2019) was born in South London to Harriet and Percy Barnard. They moved to Essex where her sister, Mary, was born. Audrey won a scholarship to Oxford University which she was unable to take up because she was called-up for the war effort. After leaving the Army,...
Barbara Ann Woodhead
Barbara Ann Woodhead (1946 – 2025) was the only child of Florrie and Frank Furby and grew up in High Wycombe. After Wycombe High School, she read History at Exeter University and moved to London. She soon joined the British Standards Institution as a technical editor and stayed until retirement;...
Barbara Bush
Barbara ‘Lily’ Bush (1928 – 2018) was born Barbara Cox on 31 July in Cowbridge, one of twelve children. She left school at fifteen and became a maid. Lily enjoyed playing bingo, knitting, and spending time with her family. She married husband Arthur in 1947 and they had seven children:...
Barbara Edith Joan Green
Barbara Edith Joan Green (1952 – 2024) was born in Ripon, North Yorkshire, to Joan and Eric, a younger sister to Sylvia, Freddie, Dot, Tricia, and Eric. She was followed by Brian and Diane, who died as a stillborn baby. The family moved to Beech Road when it was newly...
Barbara Edwards
Barbara Edwards (1948 – 2019) was born Barbara Coe at Shipley Maternity Home. Barbara grew up in Shipley and went to Albert Road Junior School, followed by Salts Grammar School. On leaving school, Barbara went to Keighley Technical College to study shorthand and typing, leading to a job at the...
Barbara Lynn Jenkins
Barbara Lynn Jenkins (1942-2019) was born in Bexleyheath, the eldest child of John and Evelyn Jenkins. Lynn went to Brampton Road Primary School and to Chislehurst Grammar. After leaving school, she joined the Civil Service. Her work took her to Hastings which became her home in 1971. Lynn left work...
Barry Randolph Martin (Dr)
Dr Barry Randolph Martin (1936 – 2018) was born in Morden, Surrey, to Phyllis and George. He had one brother, Jim. In 1947, when he was 11, Barry won a scholarship to King’s College School in Wimbledon. In 1955, the family moved to East Grinstead and Barry won a scholarship...
Barry Stuart Carter
Barry was born in Harrow on May 12th 1942, the eldest child of Leonard and Barbara Carter. Then the family moved to the south coast. His twin sisters Christine and Lynette were born in Worthing. The family moved frequently and Barbara and the children lived a year in South Africa...
Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Mary Wilson
Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Mary Wilson (1933-2018) was born in Dublin, the third of four daughters to David Brendon and Anne Byrne. Mother and daughters moved to England when Bernie was two. During the war Bernie was evacuated to Wales. She went to Secretarial College and then worked in London. She married...
Beryl Margaret West
Beryl Margaret West (1932 – 2019) was born in Nottingham to Kitty and George Grafton. She had four younger siblings, Doreen, David, Marilyn and Ken. Beryl had the responsibility of helping care for her younger siblings at an early age. Beryl dreamed of going to art college, but she left...
Beryl Yvonne Halls
Beryl Yvonne Halls (1933 – 2019) was born in Weymouth to Winifred and Charles Dibben, but grew up in Amersham. She had two brothers, Norman and Gordon. Beryl attended St. George’s Church of England School and Whitehill School in Chesham. She then trained at secretarial college in London before starting...
Betty Alexandra Judd
Betty was born on 27th July 1931 in West Ham, the eldest daughter of Ernest and Queenie Sims. She was followed by a sister, Angela. During the war she was evacuated to South Wales, which she loved, and later the family moved to Burnt Mills Road in Basildon. She attended...
Betty Wallace
Betty Wallace (1925 – 1995) was born Betty Ball in Southend-on-Sea, Essex on 28 July, the youngest of three daughters. After leaving school, she attended a secretarial college and became a short-hand typist. After a failed relationship, Betty moved to Lagos for a job at the British High Commission. She...
Bill Cordell
William ‘Bill’ Cordell (1922 – 2014) was born in Chiswick, London, the youngest of three children. He started work in a shipping office in London before joining the army during World War Two. After the war, he set up an antiques renovation and retail business and remained in the antiques...
