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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: CES-genealogy on Monday 20 November 17 17:57 GMT (UK)
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Hello People,
I was wondering if people could help me please,
My nan's partner and I have been talking about during WW2 and his experiences when they got evacuated.
He lived on Caversham Street in London and he does not feature on the 1939 census but he is back in 1941 as he told me about his house being bombed and how a lodger lost his life.
He has got old photos with names on the back, they went away to a Mrs Horsepool in Ascot but I cant find anything.
Any clues or tips would be brill.
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As he was a child in 1939 and is still alive his 1939 record will be closed. Any search should be made using his parents details or by searching for Mrs Horspool
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I have just done a quick search on the name Horsepool. Nothing is coming up for Ascot, Berkshire. I also checked to see if there Ascots in other counties - there are, but nothing coming up there either.
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I have searched Horspool living Berkshire and there is a suitable candidate with a young child staying who could be an evacuee and some blacked out records. Ascot comes under Windsor.
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Thank you so much..
I’ve just found a Mary A Horspool in Berkshire, her son in visible and another young boy but two people on there are not visible.
I’ve just messaged him to ask if the address rings a bell our the other boys names
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Hope it is the right one
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Rosie99 sadly it is not the right one, he doesn’t know the names of the two boys or the address. I’ll just keep searching
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Good luck :)
It certainly looked as though the child in that property was possibly an evacuee -their birth was registered in Chelsea RD.
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Mrs Horsepool was a widow; her husband having died as a result of gas poisoning in ww1. In 1939, her address was 12 Pine Cottages, South Ascot, Berks. She had two children; a daughter who had died of tuberculosis and a son 'Ted' who worked at a local golf club. In September 1939, she accepted three evacuees (all boys) who were members of Christ Church School,Chelsea. They were Alfie, aged 12, and Douglas, aged 8 whose home addresses were in Chelsea Manor Street, and Kenneth, aged 10, who lived in Caversham Street Chelsea. The three boys were later joined by two girls Joyce and Barbara. All these children, except Douglas returned to London before the war really got serious in 1940.
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Hi Douglas
So the name is Horspool and she is there at 12 Pine Cottages. Her name is Mary. The district is described as 'Windsor' and not 'South Ascot'. Two of the members of the household are blanked out. However, listed is (presumably) her son Ted who is actually Edward Horspool, a fishmongers assistant. The other person is Alfred Bickers, who must now be dead as his details are open.
Hope this helps.
CD
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Douglas this is amazing and can’t believe it.
Kenneth is my nans partner and the two girls are his cousins.
The house in Caversham street was bombed and a lodger lost his life and Kenneth’s Grandfather only just got away with his life.
Ken was back home when the house was bombed.
How did you find this out for further research.
Again thank you very much
Chris
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I was one of the boy evacuees. Incidentally, Mrs Horsepool's house was in an unnamed road, now called 'Oliver Road', South Ascot.
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Douglas I only realised this morning it may have been you.
Could I get your email or maybe you could email me on (*) to get more information about this?
Chris
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