Would anybody have any information on Phoebe Marion Curtis, ATS who died 22nd October 1944 and is buried in Durrington Cemetery Wiltshire, grateful for any assistance. Tony
Hi Tony UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 Name: Phoebe Curtis Given Initials: P M Rank: Subaltern Death Date: 21 Oct 1944 Number: 238775 Birth Place: Hampshire Residence: Aberdeen Branch at Enlistment: Women's Services Theatre of War: United Kingdom Regiment at Death: Auxiliary Territorial Service Branch at Death: Women's Services England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Phoebe M Curtis Birth Date: abt 1912 Date of Registration: Dec 1944 Age at Death: 32 Registration district: Salisbury Inferred County: Wiltshire Volume: 5a Page: 217 A copy of the above should tell you how and where she died UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Name: Phoebe Marion Curtis Birth Place: England Death Date: 22 Oct 1944 Death Place: England Cemetery: Durrington Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Durrington, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England Has Bio?: Y URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-... TD
Hi Tony Checking further I have only found 2 births that might fit the bill: Phoebe Curtis 1913 Jan-Feb-Mar Aston Warwickshire Phoebe M Curtis 1911 Jul-Aug-Sep West Ham Essex As the second one has the middle initial 'M' I would assume that this is hers, so born 1911 in Essex TD
Tony, Curtis was her married name. The London Gazette lists her as Mrs Phoebe Marion Curtis. I have found a reference for her being born in Hampshire and residing in Aberdeen, Scotland. I am struggling to find her marriage though? Guy
I wonder if this is the marriage, the only one I could find at present for a Phoebe Marion marrying a Mr Curtis 1938 +/- 5 years Name: Phoebe M Whitfield Spouse Surname: Curtis Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1931 Registration district: Hendon Inferred County: Middlesex Volume Number: 3a Page Number: 1499 Name: John H Curtis Spouse Surname: Whitfield Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1931 Registration district: Hendon Inferred County: Middlesex Volume Number: 3a Page Number: 1499 Comments welcome TD
Using the Whitfield surname for her and birth 1912: Name: Phoebe M Whitfield Mother's Maiden Name: Herr Registration Year: 1912 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district: Portsmouth Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: Hampshire Volume: 2b Page: 794 From this I note that there are 2 private family trees that have the details above included in their tree, there is no guarantee that they have any more (marriage, death etc) but I can ask or point them in the direction of this thread. TD edited to add: Guy maybe your fingers work quicker than mine do :P edited to add: On looking again at the private family trees I note that they are by the same person - so only 1 tree on Ancestry
Probable siblings to Phoebe Marion: Cyril Jackson Whitfield Birth: 1907 - Hampshire, England Edward Nicholas Whitfield Birth: 1910 - Hampshire TD
TD, Durrington is next door to Larkhill. Yesterday I was looking for a WO II serving with the Royal Artillery who died in 1944. He was stationed at Larkhill, hospitalised in Salisbury and buried at Durrington. Guy
Guy As Phoebe's Roll of Honour info gives her residence as Aberdeen I would guess that was where she died, or at least the accident ocurred (then hospitalised?) after her death I assume she was moved by the family to Durrington for final burial. Initial guess work on my part. It will be interesting to see the death cert and see what that says. TD
Well! Having spent weeks with colleagues’ assistance and my own physical problem and computer breakdown. I eventually received Phoebe’s Death Certificate and completed her profile I prepare such documents in a Word Document for easier corrections and copy and paste into the main document. This I did and clicked on SAVE and the bloody thing disappeared . So here we go again any corrections or errors gladly received.+ Phoebe Marion Curtis nee Whitfield was born October 1912 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Patents Forenames unrecorded other than Mother’s maiden name was Herr. Phoebe had two siblings Cyril Jackson born 1907 and Edward Nicholas born 1910 both born in Hampshire. There is a record in the July-Sept quarter, 1931 of a marriage in Hendon, Middlesex between a Phoebe M. Whitfield and John H, Curtis. Sounds reasonable. No further details of her pre 1939 Years when she enlisted in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, her enlistment rank is unknown but her management ability was enough for her to be commissioned as a Subaltern by 1944. Phoebe was obviously attached to one of the many Army Garrisons based in the Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire area because she was run over by Amy motor vehicle on a military road in Tilshead, Wiltshire on 21st October 1944 and died in hospital on 22nd October from Laceration of the brain. Her address is recorded as West Lodge, Dunecht near Aberdeen. This address is also quoted in her Army Record so one assumes this was where she and her husband set up home. Complied by Tony Murphy, with assistance of colleagues, in March 2016
Tony some revisions: Parents forenames unrecorded other than Mother’s maiden name was Herr she was run over by an Army motor vehicle on 21st October 1944 and died in hospital the same day from laceration of the brain. Well done Tony TD
Thanks TD I accept the two spelling errors, blame my fingers, but C.W.G.C. Certificate records died 22 October 1944. However the Death Cert may be wrong as, they initially have "Thirty first" recorded twice and both deleted with "Twenty first" entered above so who is correct? I also noticed that I had omitted to enter " Buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire grave location 803" Tony
