Alfred Octavius KIRBY was born about 1843 in Hammersmith, Middlesex, England. He died 1 on 29 Nov 1919 in Marylebone RD, London, England. He married 2 Beatrice Elizabeth SCHNEIDER in 1905 in Windsor RD, Berkshire, England. Alfred was employed as Solicitor in 1911.
Other marriages:BAXENDALE, Alice
1881 British Census:
Dwelling: No. 12 Elvaston Pl.
Census Place: Kensington, London, England
Source: FHL Film 1341005 PRO Ref Rg11 Piece 22 Folio 5 Page 3 Family 12KIRBY Alfred O., head, M, age 37, b. Hammersmith, Middlesex, Occ. Solicitor
KIRBY Alice, wife, M, age 29, b. Totteridge, Herts, Occ. Solicitor's Wife
KIRBY George H., son, -, age 4, b. Kensington, Middlesex, Occ. Solicitor's Son
KIRBY Edward L., son, -, age 1, b. Kensington, Middlesex, Occ. Solicitor's Son
DREWRY Emma, servant, U, age 27, b. St Martin in Fields, Middlesex, Occ. Nurse dom. serv.
...
DREWRY Jane, servant, U, age 27, b. St Martin in Fields, Middlesex, Occ. Housemaid dom. serv.
KING Maria, servant, U, age 29, b. Carlton, Norfolk, Occ. Cook dom. serv.
GRIFFITHS Hannah, servant, U, age 23, b. Kings Lynn, Norfolk, Occ. Kitchen Maid dom. serv.
STEPHENS Elizabeth, servant, U, age 22, b. Greenham, Berks, Occ. Housemaid dom. serv.
PLATT Alice E., servant, U, age 16, b. Marylebone, Middlesex, Occ. Nursery Maid dom. serv.
HAINES Edward, servant, U, age 27, b. Bloomsbury, Middlesex, Occ. Butler dom. serv.
LEES Henry, servant, U, age 20, b. Lechlade, Gloucester, Occ. Footman dom. serv.----------------------------------------------------------
1901 British Census:
Dwelling: Coombe Neville
Census Place: Coombes, Surrey, England
Source: PRO Ref RG13 Piece 666 Folio 121 Page 8 Family 31KIRBY Alfred O., head, W, age 57, b. Hammersmith, London, Occ. Solicitor
KIRBY Marion E., daughter, S, age 18, b. Kensington, London
KIRBY Dorothy G., daughter, S, age 9, b. Norbiton Kingston, Surrey
BAXENDALE Emily A., visitor, M, age 43, b. Clapham, London
ROWE Kate E., servant, W, age 35, b. Houghton, Bedford's, Occ. Housekeeper Domestic
PARKER Kate, servant, S, age 39, b. St Pancras, London, Occ. Housekeeper Domestic
BURGISS Jean M., servant, S, age 44, b. Harrow, Middlesex, Occ. Nurse Domestic
RICHENS Beatrice M., servant, S, age 20, b. Emberton, Bucks, Occ. Nursery Maid Domestic
BURFORD Agnes R., servant, S, age 22, b. St Luke's Chelsea, London, Occ. Kitchenmaid Domestic
RANGER Horace, servant, S, age 16, b. Blackboys, Sussex, Occ. Footman Domestic
ANDREWS Ellen, visitor's servant, S, age 30, b. Biggleswade, Bedford, Occ. Lady's Maid Domestic
PARRY Alfred A., visitor's servant, M, age 28, b. St Peters, Hereford, Occ. Auto car driver----------------------------------------------------------
1911 British Census:
Dwelling: 17 Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, S.W. (17 rooms)
Census Place: Kensington, London, England
Source: PRO Ref RG14PN122 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED35 SN21KIRBY Alfred Octavius, head, M, age 67, b. St. Peters Hammersmith, London, Occ. Solicitor
KIRBY Beatrice Elizabeth, wife, M, age 43, M5 C0 L0 D0, b. Ulverston, Lancashire
KIRBY Dorothy Gian, daughter, S, age 19, b. District of Kingston, Surrey
COCKBURN Philip, servant, S, age 29, b. Galashiels NB, Selkirk, Occ. Domestic
BYRNE Emily, servant, S, age 38, b. Chilbolton, Hampshire, Occ. Domestic
STEVENS Julia Ellen, servant, S, age 21, b. Fulham, London, Occ. Domestic
GOODMAN Florence, servant, S, age 27, b. St. John's Wood, London, Occ. Domestic
TIPPER May, servant, S, age 28, b. Leek, Staffordshire, Occ. Domestic
GODDARD Emily Rose, servant, S, age 22, b. Cove, Hants, Occ. Domestic
Beatrice Elizabeth SCHNEIDER [Parents] was born 1 on 12 Jan 1868 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England. She was christened 2 on 03 Mar 1868 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England. She died 3 in 1949 in Wallingford RD, Berkshire, England. She married 4 Alfred Octavius KIRBY in 1905 in Windsor RD, Berkshire, England.
1901 British Census:
Dwelling: Dale Lodge
Census Place: Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
Source: PRO Ref RG13 Piece 1166 Folio 116 Page 10 Family 66SCHNEIDER Beatrice, head, S, age 32, b. Ulverstone, Lancashire
SCHNEIDER Clare, sister, S, age 31, b. Isle of Wight
SCHNEIDER Rose, sister, S, age 29, b. Bowness, Westmorland
CROCKER Elizabeth, servant, S, age 36, b. E. Woodhay, Hants, Occ. Cook Domestic
HOFFER Sara, servant, S, age 43, b. Payerne, Switzerland, Occ. Maid Domestic
STRELLA Hedwig A., servant, S, age 21, b. Munich, Germany, Occ. Maid Domestic
TALBOT Elizabeth, servant, S, age 24, b. Reading, Berks, Occ. Parlour maid Domestic
WELLSTEAD Ellen, servant, S, age 27, b. Ewhurst, Sussex, Occ. Housemaid Domestic
GEE Emily E., servant, S, age 19, b. Calne, Wilts, Occ. Kitchenmaid Domestic
Alfred Octavius KIRBY was born about 1843 in Hammersmith, Middlesex, England. He died 1 on 29 Nov 1919 in Marylebone RD, London, England. He married 2 Alice BAXENDALE in 1875 in Westminster RD, Middlesex, England. Alfred was employed as Solicitor in 1911.
Other marriages:SCHNEIDER, Beatrice Elizabeth
1881 British Census:
Dwelling: No. 12 Elvaston Pl.
Census Place: Kensington, London, England
Source: FHL Film 1341005 PRO Ref Rg11 Piece 22 Folio 5 Page 3 Family 12KIRBY Alfred O., head, M, age 37, b. Hammersmith, Middlesex, Occ. Solicitor
KIRBY Alice, wife, M, age 29, b. Totteridge, Herts, Occ. Solicitor's Wife
KIRBY George H., son, -, age 4, b. Kensington, Middlesex, Occ. Solicitor's Son
KIRBY Edward L., son, -, age 1, b. Kensington, Middlesex, Occ. Solicitor's Son
DREWRY Emma, servant, U, age 27, b. St Martin in Fields, Middlesex, Occ. Nurse dom. serv.
...
DREWRY Jane, servant, U, age 27, b. St Martin in Fields, Middlesex, Occ. Housemaid dom. serv.
KING Maria, servant, U, age 29, b. Carlton, Norfolk, Occ. Cook dom. serv.
GRIFFITHS Hannah, servant, U, age 23, b. Kings Lynn, Norfolk, Occ. Kitchen Maid dom. serv.
STEPHENS Elizabeth, servant, U, age 22, b. Greenham, Berks, Occ. Housemaid dom. serv.
PLATT Alice E., servant, U, age 16, b. Marylebone, Middlesex, Occ. Nursery Maid dom. serv.
HAINES Edward, servant, U, age 27, b. Bloomsbury, Middlesex, Occ. Butler dom. serv.
LEES Henry, servant, U, age 20, b. Lechlade, Gloucester, Occ. Footman dom. serv.----------------------------------------------------------
1901 British Census:
Dwelling: Coombe Neville
Census Place: Coombes, Surrey, England
Source: PRO Ref RG13 Piece 666 Folio 121 Page 8 Family 31KIRBY Alfred O., head, W, age 57, b. Hammersmith, London, Occ. Solicitor
KIRBY Marion E., daughter, S, age 18, b. Kensington, London
KIRBY Dorothy G., daughter, S, age 9, b. Norbiton Kingston, Surrey
BAXENDALE Emily A., visitor, M, age 43, b. Clapham, London
ROWE Kate E., servant, W, age 35, b. Houghton, Bedford's, Occ. Housekeeper Domestic
PARKER Kate, servant, S, age 39, b. St Pancras, London, Occ. Housekeeper Domestic
BURGISS Jean M., servant, S, age 44, b. Harrow, Middlesex, Occ. Nurse Domestic
RICHENS Beatrice M., servant, S, age 20, b. Emberton, Bucks, Occ. Nursery Maid Domestic
BURFORD Agnes R., servant, S, age 22, b. St Luke's Chelsea, London, Occ. Kitchenmaid Domestic
RANGER Horace, servant, S, age 16, b. Blackboys, Sussex, Occ. Footman Domestic
ANDREWS Ellen, visitor's servant, S, age 30, b. Biggleswade, Bedford, Occ. Lady's Maid Domestic
PARRY Alfred A., visitor's servant, M, age 28, b. St Peters, Hereford, Occ. Auto car driver----------------------------------------------------------
1911 British Census:
Dwelling: 17 Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, S.W. (17 rooms)
Census Place: Kensington, London, England
Source: PRO Ref RG14PN122 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED35 SN21KIRBY Alfred Octavius, head, M, age 67, b. St. Peters Hammersmith, London, Occ. Solicitor
KIRBY Beatrice Elizabeth, wife, M, age 43, M5 C0 L0 D0, b. Ulverston, Lancashire
KIRBY Dorothy Gian, daughter, S, age 19, b. District of Kingston, Surrey
COCKBURN Philip, servant, S, age 29, b. Galashiels NB, Selkirk, Occ. Domestic
BYRNE Emily, servant, S, age 38, b. Chilbolton, Hampshire, Occ. Domestic
STEVENS Julia Ellen, servant, S, age 21, b. Fulham, London, Occ. Domestic
GOODMAN Florence, servant, S, age 27, b. St. John's Wood, London, Occ. Domestic
TIPPER May, servant, S, age 28, b. Leek, Staffordshire, Occ. Domestic
GODDARD Emily Rose, servant, S, age 22, b. Cove, Hants, Occ. Domestic
Alice BAXENDALE was born 1 in 1852 in Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England. She died 2 in 1897 in Kingston RD, Surrey, England. She married 3 Alfred Octavius KIRBY in 1875 in Westminster RD, Middlesex, England.
They had the following children:
M i George Henry KIRBY was born 1 in 1876 in Kensington, Middlesex, England. M ii Edward Lloyd KIRBY was born 1 in 1880 in Kensington, Middlesex, England. F iii Marion Ellen KIRBY was born 1 in 1883 in Kensington, London, England. F iv Dorothy Gian KIRBY was born 1 in 1891 in Kingston, Surrey, England.
Rev. Morgan CROFTON died before 1861. He married Rebecca BARRETT on 30 Jul 1847.
Rebecca BARRETT was born about 1818 in Ireland. She married Rev. Morgan CROFTON on 30 Jul 1847.
Other marriages:PALMER, Nicholas
1861 British Census:
Dwelling: 2 Park Place
Census Place: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Source: FHL Film 542870 PRO Ref RG9 Piece 1802 Folio 59 Page 2 Family 10CROFTON Rebecca, head, W, age 43, b. Ireland, Occ. Widow of Clergyman
CROFTON Mary E., daughter, U, age 12, b. Ireland, Occ. Scholar
CROFTON Morgan S., son, -, age 11, b. Bangor, North Wales, Occ. Scholar
SMITH Emma, -, U, age 20, b. Hereford, Herefordshire, Occ. Servant
AVANS Sarah, -, U, age 21, b. Sotwell, Oxfordshire, Occ. Servant
They had the following children:
F i Mary Elizabeth CROFTON M ii Col. Morgan Samuel CROFTON was born on 02 Jan 1850 in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. He died 1 on 09 Jan 1916 in Steyning RD, Sussex, England.
Gen. Sir Horace Lockwood SMITH-DORRIEN [scrapbook] ""Smith Doreen", S.D., Smithereens " was born on 26 May 1858 in Haresfoot, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. He died 1 on 12 Aug 1930 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. He married 2 Olive Crofton SCHNEIDER in 1902 in St Peters, Eaton Square, London, England.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Smith-Dorrien
Horace Smith-Dorrien
Early life and career
Horace Smith-Dorrien was born at Haresfoot, Berkhamsted, the 11th child of 15. He was educated at Harrow, and on 26 February 1876 entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, passing out with a commission as a subaltern to the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot. On 1 November 1878, he was posted to South Africa where he worked as a transport officer. In this role he encountered, and fought against, corruption in the army.
Zulu Wars: Smith-Dorrien was present at the Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, serving with the British invasion force as a transport officer for the army's Royal Artillery detachment. As Zulu forces overran the British forces, Smith-Dorrien narrowly escaped on his transport pony. As such, Smith-Dorrien was one of fewer than fifty white survivors of the battle. His observations on the difficulty of opening ammunition boxes led to changes in British practice for the rest of the war, though modern commentators argue that this was not as an important factor in the defeat as was thought at the time. Because of his conduct in trying to help other soldiers during his dramatic escape from the battlefield, he was nominated for a Victoria Cross, but, as the nomination did not go through the proper channels, he never received it. He took part in the rest of that war.
Egypt 1882–7: He later served in Egypt on police duties, being appointed assistant chief of police in Alexandria on 22 August 1882. During this time, he forged a life-long friendship with Lord Kitchener. On 30 December 1885, he witnessed the Battle of Gennis, where the British Army fought in red coats for the last time. The next day he was given an independent command and, following a bold military action where he went beyond his orders, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. From 1887–9, Smith-Dorrien then left active command to go to the Staff College, Camberley.
India: He returned to his regiment where he commanded troops during the Tirah campaign of 1897–98.
Egypt and Sudan: In 1898, he transferred back to Egypt and fought at the Battle of Omdurman and commanded the British troops during the Fashoda incident. During this time, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel.
Second Boer War: On 31 October 1899, he shipped to South Africa, arriving on 13 December. On 2 February 1900, Lord Roberts put him in command of 19 Brigade and, on 11 February, he was promoted to Major-General. He played an important role at the Battle of Paardeberg (18 February to 27 February 1900), steering Lord Kitchener and Henry Colville away from tactics of attacking an entrenched enemy over open ground. At Sanna's Post (31 March 1900), Smith-Dorrien ignored inept orders from Colville to leave wounded largely unprotected and managed an orderly retreat without further casualties. He took part in the Battle of Leliefontein (7 November 1900). On 6 February 1901, Smith-Dorrien's troops were attacked in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer. Smith-Dorrien's qualities as a commander meant he was one of a very few British commanders to enhance his reputation during this war.
India: On 22 April 1901, he received orders to return to India where he was made Adjutant General (6 November 1901) under Kitchener. He was placed in command of the 4th Division in Baluchistan, a post he held until 1907. In the dispute between Kitchener and Lord Curzon over the role of the Military Member, Smith-Dorrien stayed neutral, torn between his relations with Kitchener and with the Military Member himself, Sir Arthur Power Palmer.
Aldershot and other home postings
He returned to England to become GOC of the Aldershot training base. During this time, he instituted a number of reforms designed to improve the lot of the ordinary soldier. One was to abandon the practice of posting pickets to police the soldiers when they were outside the base. Another was to improve sports facilities. His reforms earned many plaudits (but were treated as an implied criticism by his predecessor, Sir John French.
He improved the frequency and methods of training in marksmanship of all soldiers. During this period, the higher ranks of the army were divided on the best use of cavalry. Smith-Dorrien, along with Lord Roberts and Sir Ian Hamilton and others, doubted that cavalry could often be used as cavalry, thinking they would be more often deployed as mounted infantry. To this end, he took steps to improve the marksmanship of the cavalry. This did not endear him to the 'pro-cavalry' faction, which included French and Douglas Haig.
He also tried to get the army to purchase better machine-guns.
Although Smith-Dorrien was perfectly urbane and, by the standards of the day, kind-hearted towards his troops, he was notorious for furious outbursts of bad temper, which could last for hours before his equilibrium was restored. It has been suggested that the pain from a knee injury was one cause his ill temper.
In 1911, he was made Aide-de-Camp to King George V. He was part of the king's hunt in the Chitwan; on 19 December 1911, Smith-Dorrien killed a rhino and on the following day shot a bear.
On 1 March 1912, he was appointed GOC Southern Command and on 10 August 1912 he was promoted to full General.
Unlike French, he was politically astute enough to avoid becoming entangled in the Curragh Incident of 1914.World War I
With the outbreak of the Great War, he was given command of the Home Defence Army; however, following the sudden death of Sir James Grierson, he was placed in charge of the British Expeditionary Force II Corps, by Lord Kitchener, the new Secretary of State for War. Field Marshal Sir John French had wanted Sir Herbert Plumer but Kitchener chose Smith-Dorrien as he knew he could stand up to French.
Smith-Dorrien's II Corps took the brunt of a heavy assault by the German forces at Mons, with the Germans under von Kluck attempting a flanking manoeuvre. French ordered a general retreat, during which I Corps (under General Douglas Haig) and II Corps became separated. Haig's I Corps did not reach its intended position to the immediate east of Le Cateau.
Le Cateau (26 August 1914)
Smith-Dorrien, now at Le Cateau, saw that his isolated forces were in danger of being overwhelmed in a piecemeal fashion. He decided instead to concentrate his corps, supplemented by Allenby's cavalry and the 4th Division of Thomas D'Oyly Snow. On 26 August 1914, he mounted a vigorous defensive action, a "stopping blow", which despite heavy casualties, halted the German advance. With the BEF saved, he resumed an orderly retreat.
His decision to stand and fight enraged French who accused Smith-Dorrien of jeopardising the whole BEF, an accusation which did not amuse Smith-Dorrien's fellow corps commander, Haig, who already believed French to be incompetent.
Smith-Dorrien's II Corps took part in the First Battle of the Marne </wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Marne> and the First Battle of the Aisne before the British were moved north to be closer to their supply lines.
First Battle of Ypres
The battle for Hill 60 was a notable struggle here. A defensive line at Neuve Chapelle became known as the Smith-Dorrien Trench (or, sometimes, the Smith-Dorrien Line). On 26 December 1914, Smith-Dorrien took command of the Second Army.
Second Battle of Ypres
In this battle, the British were defending an untenable salient. On 22 April 1915, the Germans used poison gas on the Western Front for the first time and heavy casualties were sustained. On 27 April, Smith-Dorrien recommended withdrawal to a more defensible front line. On 30 April, Haig wrote in his diary
Sir John also told me Smith-Dorrien had caused him much trouble. 'He was quite unfit [(he said)] to hold the Command of an Army' so Sir J. had withdrawn all troops from him control except the II Corps. Yet Smith-D. stayed on! [He would not resign!] French is to ask Lord Kitchener to find something to do at home. … He also alluded to Smith-Dorrien's conduct on the retreat, and said he ought to have tried him by Court Martial, because (on the day of Le Cateau) he 'had ordered him to retire at 8 am and he did not attempt to do so [but insisted on fighting in spite of his orders to retire]'.
French used the 'pessimism' of the withdrawal recommendation as an excuse to sack Smith-Dorrien on 6 May. His replacement, Herbert Plumer, then recommended a withdrawal almost identical to that proposed by Smith-Dorrien, which French accepted. In December 1915, French himself was removed by Kitchener; Douglas Haig then replaced French as commander of the BEF.French later wrote a partial and inaccurate account of the opening of the war in his book 1914, which attacked Smith-Dorrien. Smith-Dorrien, as a serving officer, was denied permission to reply in public.
Remainder of the war
After a period in Britain, Smith-Dorrien was assigned a command to fight the Germans in German East Africa (present day Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi) but pneumonia contracted during the voyage to South Africa prevented him from taking command. His former adversary, Jan Smuts, took on this command. Smith-Dorrien took no significant military part in the rest of the war. On 29 January 1917, Smith-Dorrien was appointed lieutenant of the Tower of London.
Final years
His next position was as Governor of Gibraltar </wiki/Governor_of_Gibraltar> from 9 July 1918 – 26 May 1923, where he introduced an element of democracy and closed some brothels. According to Wyndham Childs in the summer of 1918, Horace tried, and nearly succeeded, in uniting the Comrades of the Great War, the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers, and the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers into one body. The merger later took place in 1921 to form the British Legion.
He retired in September 1923, living in Portugal and then England. He devoted much his time to the welfare and remembrance of Great War soldiers. He worked on his memoirs, which were published in 1925. As French was still alive at the time of writing, he still felt unable to rebut 1914. Despite his treatment by French, in 1925, he acted as a pallbearer at French's funeral, an act appreciated by French's son.
He played himself in the film The Battle of Mons, released in 1926.
He died on 12 August 1930 following injuries sustained in a car accident in Chippenham, Wiltshire; he was 72 years old. He is buried in Berkhamsted.
Olive Crofton SCHNEIDER [Parents] was born 1 in 1881 in St Georges, London, England. She died 2 on 15 Sep 1951 in Chelsea RD, London, England. She married 3 Gen. Sir Horace Lockwood SMITH-DORRIEN in 1902 in St Peters, Eaton Square, London, England.
1911 British Census:
Dwelling: Bleinheim Barracks, etc.
Census Place: Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Source: PRO Ref RG14PN6263 RD109 SD2 ED13 SN9999SMITH DORRIEN Olive, wife, M, age 30, M8 C2 L2 D0, b. Kensington, London
SMITH DORRIEN Grenfell, son, -, age 7, b. Baluchistan, India
SMITH DORRIEN Peter, son, -, age 3, b. Baluchistan, India
APTHORPE Kendal, visitor, M, age 49, b. Wolston, Warwickshire, Occ. Civil Service, S. Africa - Dir. of Land Settlements
APTHORPE Irene, visitor, -, age 7, b. Blounfontain, S. Africa
METGE Virginia, visitor, S, age 36, b. Dublin, Ireland
WHITE Daniel, servant, S, age 27, b. Newbury, Berks, Occ. Valet (Domestic)
BOWEN Sarah Ann, servant, S, age 38, b. Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, Occ. Housekeeper (Domestic)
MATHIESON Louisa, servant, S, age 33, b. Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Occ. Cook (Domestic)
MORRIS Ethel Annie, servant, S, age 22, b. London, Occ. Lady's Maid (Domestic)
SMITH Jessie Emily, servant, S, age 25, b. Haydon, Wiltshire, Occ. Nurse (Domestic)
FOUCHION Hiline Celine, servant, S, age 28, b. Switzerland, Occ. Governess (Domestic)
MOIR Helen Marion, servant, S, age 28, b. Gt Grimsby, Norfolk, Occ. Housemaid (Domestic)
CARLING Anne Maud, servant, S, age 28, b. Canning Town, London, Occ. Housemaid (Domestic)
PURSELL Annie Florence Helen, servant, S, age 20, b. St Georges, Shropshire, Occ. Housemaid (Domestic)
DAVIES Edith, servant, S, age 25, b. Tretower, Brecon, Occ. Kitchen Maid (Domestic)
PORTER Ada, servant, S, age 17, b. New Barnet, London, Occ. Scullerymaid (Domestic)
JENKINS William, servant, S, age 28, b. Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Occ. Chauffeur (Domestic)
MORGAN George Herbert, servant, S, age 24, b. Bicknor, Gloucestershire, Occ. Footman (Domestic)
CHENEY Albert Edward, servant, S, age 21, b. Stratton, Dorset, Occ. Footman (Domestic)
...
PURSELL William Arthur, servant, S, age 15, b. St Georges, Shropshire, Occ. Hall Boy (Domestic)
VICARS Frederick William, servant, S, age 23, b. Windloe [Winslow], Bucks, Occ. Footman (Domestic)
HANCOCK Henry, servant, M, age 49, b. Chacombe, Northamptonshire, Occ. Gardener (Domestic)
HANCOCK Rosamina, servant, M, age 48, M25 C3 L2 D1, b. Berkhamsted, Herts
KLEIN Cecilia Ernestine, servant, S, age 55, b. Copenhagen, Denmark, Occ. Cook (Domestic)
LE FEUIRE Isabel Jane, servant, S, age 28, b. S. Farnboro, Hants, Occ. Parlour Maid (Domestic)
TUXFORD Maria Eliza, servant, S, age 29, b. Blyborough, Lincolnshire, Occ. Housemaid (Domestic)
BRADLEY Beatrice Ethel, servant, S, age 20, b. Newbury, Berks, Occ. Kitchen Maid (Domestic)
POOLE Edward, servant, M, age 59, b. Londonthorpe, Lincolnshire, Occ. Coachman (Domestic)----------------------------------------------------------
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Smith-Dorrien
Horace married Olive Crofton Schneider in 1902 at St Peter's, Eaton Square, London. Olive's mother was stepsister to Gen. Sir Arthur Power Palmer, GCB, GCIE. They had three sons:
Grenfell Horace Gerald Smith-Dorrien (born 1904) served in the army, reaching the rank of Brigadier. He was killed on 13 September 1944 during the Italian campaign. His grave is in the Gradara War Cemetery, in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino.
Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien (born 1907) was killed in the King David Hotel bombing on 22 July 1946.
David Pelham Smith-Dorrien (born 29 October 1911) appears to have been an actor in the 1930s. He worked to keep alive his father's reputation, designing a first-day cover commemorating the Battle of Le Cateau. He died around 1999.Horace and Olive, in effect, adopted the two daughters of Palmer (Gabrielle and unknown), who were left homeless after his [her] death in 1912.
During WWI, Olive (Lady Smith-Dorrien) founded the Lady Smith-Dorrien's Hospital Bag Fund. A problem had been identified that wounded soldiers often became separated from their personal effects while in hospital. Volunteers for the fund sewed between 40,000 and 60,000 bags a month to hold soldiers' valuables, totalling around five million throughout the war. For this work, she was awarded the DBE in 1916. She also played a leading role the animal welfare charity, The Blue Cross, alleviating the suffering of war horses. For her services in that field, she received the gold medal of the Reconnaissance française. In 1932, she became Principal of the Royal School of Needlework (RSN). In 1937, she was awarded the King George VI Coronation Medal for work done in Westminster Abbey. During the Second World War, she led the RSN in collecting lace which was sold for the war effort. She also revived the manufacture of hospital bags. She died on 15 September 1951.
They had the following children:
M i Grenfell Horace Gerald SMITH-DORRIEN was born in 1904 in Baluchistan, India. He died on 13 Sep 1944 in Italy.
Name: SMITH-DORRIEN, GRENFELL HORACE GERALD
Initials: G H G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Brigadier
Regiment/Service: General Staff
Unit Text: Cdg. 169th Inf. Bde.
Secondary Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps
Secondary Unit Text: and
Age: 40
Date of Death: 13/09/1944
Awards: D S O
Additional information: Son of General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., D.S.O., and Lady Smith-Dorrien, D.B.E.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 75.
Cemetery: GRADARA WAR CEMETERYM ii Peter Lockwood SMITH-DORRIEN M iii Bromley David SMITH-DORRIEN was born 1 on 29 Oct 1911 in Chelsea RD, London, England. He died 2 in 2001 in Kensington and Chelsea RD, London, England.
Peter Lockwood SMITH-DORRIEN [Parents] was born in 1907 in Baluchistan, India. He died on 22 Jul 1946 in Jerusalem, Israel. He married 1 Living on 14 Apr 1931 in Chelsea RD, London, England.
Other marriages:Living
Peter Lockwood SMITH-DORRIEN [Parents] was born in 1907 in Baluchistan, India. He died on 22 Jul 1946 in Jerusalem, Israel. He married Living.
Other marriages:Living
Capt. Nicholas PALMER died before 1847. He married Rebecca BARRETT before 1840.
Rebecca BARRETT was born about 1818 in Ireland. She married Capt. Nicholas PALMER before 1840.
Other marriages:CROFTON, Morgan
1861 British Census:
Dwelling: 2 Park Place
Census Place: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Source: FHL Film 542870 PRO Ref RG9 Piece 1802 Folio 59 Page 2 Family 10CROFTON Rebecca, head, W, age 43, b. Ireland, Occ. Widow of Clergyman
CROFTON Mary E., daughter, U, age 12, b. Ireland, Occ. Scholar
CROFTON Morgan S., son, -, age 11, b. Bangor, North Wales, Occ. Scholar
SMITH Emma, -, U, age 20, b. Hereford, Herefordshire, Occ. Servant
AVANS Sarah, -, U, age 21, b. Sotwell, Oxfordshire, Occ. Servant
They had the following children:
M i Gen. Sir Arthur Power PALMER
Gen. Sir Arthur Power PALMER [Parents] was born in 1840. He died 1 on 28 Feb 1904 in St George Hannover Square RD, London, England. He married 2 Constance Gabrielle ROBERTS in 1898 in St George Hannover Square RD, London, England.
Commander in Chief of the Army in India.
Constance Gabrielle ROBERTS was born about 1864. She died 1 in 1912 in St Marylebone, London, England. She married 2 Gen. Sir Arthur Power PALMER in 1898 in St George Hannover Square RD, London, England.
They had the following children:
F i Frances 'Gabrielle' Power PALMER F ii PALMER.
Capt. George Cecil COLVILLE was born 1 on 09 Sep 1903 in St George Hannover Square RD, London, England. He died 2 in 1983 in Droxford RD, Hampshire, England. He married 3 Frances 'Gabrielle' Power PALMER in 1935 in Wimborne RD, Dorset, England.
Frances 'Gabrielle' Power PALMER [Parents] was born on 16 Oct 1899. She died 1 in 1987 in Droxford RD, Hampshire, England. She married 2 Capt. George Cecil COLVILLE in 1935 in Wimborne RD, Dorset, England.
Other marriages:LIVINGSTONE-LEARMOUTH, Francis L. C.
Francis L. C. LIVINGSTONE-LEARMOUTH died before 1935. He married 1 Frances 'Gabrielle' Power PALMER in 1922 in St George Hannover Square RD, London, England.
Frances 'Gabrielle' Power PALMER [Parents] was born on 16 Oct 1899. She died 1 in 1987 in Droxford RD, Hampshire, England. She married 2 Francis L. C. LIVINGSTONE-LEARMOUTH in 1922 in St George Hannover Square RD, London, England.
Other marriages:COLVILLE, George Cecil
They had the following children:
M i Living