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Kathleen Ethel Daisley[1]
Abt 1898 - 1959 (~ 61 years)
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Name Kathleen Ethel Daisley Born Abt 1898 Gender Female Died 26 Dec 1959 Wokingham, Berkshire, England 
[2] Person ID I349 Family Last Modified 17 Jan 2024
Family Albert Edward Worrall, b. 9 Nov 1881, 55 Christopher Buildings, Marylebone, London, England , d. 31 Oct 1940, West London Hospital, London, England (Age 58 years) [3, 4, 5] Married 01 Jan 1915 Type: partnership - There was no formal marriage - date given here to show it was second liaison.
Children 1. Jean Krithia Daisley Worrall, b. 1 Dec 1916, 86 Prestbury, Warlingham, Surrey, England , d. 12 Jan 2010, Norwich, Norfolk, England (Age 93 years)2. Peter Gordon Daisley Worrall, b. 1 Dec 1922, Plymouth? , d. 23 Apr 1998, Reading General Hospital, Reading, Berkshire, England (Age 75 years)Photos 
Beechfield House Hotel
The pub venture in Cornwall was I believe the Beechfield House Hotel at Yelverton on Dartmoor. I have visited the area a few times and made some enquiries to senior residents of the village, some of whom had a few memories of the old hotel but the site has long been re-developed. A ´photo / postcard of the original house is attached as well as…
AEW & Kathleen Daisley. Tregantle Fort sports field
That Minnie only found out about Kathleen through a misdirected letter when AEW was involved with Tregantle Fort:-
This, whilst a good story does seem extraordinary.
By this stage i.e Tregantle Fort comes into the story in 1920 according to MoD archive information - a good few years had passed since the relationship with Kathleen had started,…
Jean Worrall & her parents Last Modified 31 Jan 2024 Family ID F4 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos My husband's mother's mother
Kathleen Daisley
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Notes - The only Kathleen Daisley I found in the 1901 census is about 10 years too old. I'm assuming her name was Ethel, and that the one I found in 1911 is the correct one.
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Sources - [S114] Other Researchers - Peter Worrall.
For AEW, it is mentioned in the website that Kathleen Daisley was a nurse when they met in the summer / autumn of 1915 on AEW´s return from Gallipoli. He was wounded there on June 4th and by the time he made it back to England via Malta it must have been into July or perhaps later. Kathleen was at that time only a young girl of 17 or 18, so maybe she was serving as a Red Cross volunteer girl or something similar as opposed to a full nurse.
On her headstone (d.1959) at St Sebastian´s near Wokingham no date of birth is given for her but just an age of 62 so therefore born 1897/98 - you have very probably visited the church at some stage.
In any case Kathleen was certainly a young mother when Jeremy´s mum Jean was born in 1916. - [S1] Certificate, vol 6a p251 FRC reference.
Death certificate. She died at Pinewood Hospital, Wokingham. Her address was 25 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berks. Her son Peter was the informant - he said she was 62 and the widow of Albert Edward Worrall a retired Army Major. - [S114] Other Researchers - Peter Worrall.
The difference between a seasoned AEW and a shy young lady is charmingly obvious in the ´photo attached. Taken I think on the sports field at Tregantle Fort probably in the early ´20´s. No doubt they had journeyed there in AEW´s car a ´photo of which is also attached. - [S114] Other Researchers - Peter Worrall.
I cannot see see that AEW ever did leave Kathleen, as we understood from Dad and our family talk that he - AEW that is - & Kathleen had been parents in the normal way. Even though we never had the opportunity to meet AEW, we did get to see Kathleen (Nanna Worrall to us as children) when we were very young and Dad used to talk a good deal about his times at home in Barnes with his Mum & Dad - although he well knew that something was going on elsewhere with Minnie and the other side of the family and often talked about the various discussion & debates that went on. Our Dad Peter, of course being only 17 when AEW died.
NB. later on when Dad bought the house (Pixies Folly) at Mortimer Common in the autumn of 1959, his idea was to make a granny flat for Nanna Worrall / Kathleen. Sadly she never got to live in it as she died that Christmas before her lodging was ready.
Our Dad, Peter was indeed in the RAF in WW2 (Bomber Command) and afterwards went into civil aviation with British South American Airways & later BOAC. He took part in the Berlin Airlift and afterwards was actively involved in the start of jet age travel flying the first Comet aircraft. Later on the glorious VC 10 and had a terrific flying career ending in retirement in June 1977.
- [S114] Other Researchers - Peter Worrall.
His Army career.
Looking back to the beginning of his career - when AEW enlisted in the KOSB´s at Berwick in April of 1897 - he was only 15 and obviously lied about his age - as did many - to get into the army.
That he was admitted at such a young age must have been either due to him being a mature looking young lad or that the recruiting sergeant was rather lenient that day (´OK son, you´ll do....' ) and with the Boer War boiling up in the background and the need for troops, there may have been shall we say, a certain relaxing of the regulations...
Thus after his initial training and formation in the KOSB´s, when he embarked for the Cape and the Boer War in January 1900 he was just 18.
- [S114] Other Researchers - Peter Worrall.
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