What did my Great-Aunt do in WW2?

[EmmaParker]

Re-done search on Find my past

Mary M   Hodgson   1910   New Forest R.D.   Hampshire   England   Myrtte Emery Down   
Mary M   Hodgson   1910   New Forest R.D.   Hampshire   England   Myrtte Silver Street

I didn't get the top result before 

I now see she was in the Veal Household - name means nothing to me.......

[JenB]

I now see she was in the Veal Household - name means nothing to me.......

I don’t see anyone called Veal in the same household 

[EmmaParker]

This is the link where I got Veal from

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/maps/50.874228%20-1.594354/silver%20street?lat=50.8743856&lon=-1.5943527

[Jool]

Re-done search on Find my past

Mary M   Hodgson   1910   New Forest R.D.   Hampshire   England   Myrtte Emery Down   
Mary M   Hodgson   1910   New Forest R.D.   Hampshire   England   Myrtte Silver Street

I didn't get the top result before 

I now see she was in the Veal Household - name means nothing to me.......

Look at the original image for the first result you found (in red above)

[JenB]

This is the link where I got Veal from

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/maps/50.874228%20-1.594354/silver%20street?lat=50.8743856&lon=-1.5943527

Click on that household and Mary isn't in it! The indexing is incorrect.

As Jool has said, it's essential that you look at the original image, which is available on FindMyPast.
This will clearly show you the name of the house in which she was living, and the rest of the household.

[steviebyday]

don't get this one has her married, the other says she's single.
  both have her employment as volunteer deputy commandant, whatever that is.

[JenB]

don't get this one has her married, the other says she's single.
 

As we've said before on this thread, you need to look at the original, not the transcription. Mistakes are made in transcriptions!

[Jool]

don't get this one has her married, the other says she's single.
  both have her employment as volunteer deputy commandant, whatever that is.

The original image shows single for both entries.  FindMyPast has incorrectly transcribed the marital status on one of them, Ancestry has transcribed correctly for both entries.  This is why it is important to view the original.

[EmmaParker]

don't get this one has her married, the other says she's single.

I can confirm my Great Aunt was single in 1939 - she didn't actually marry until October 1987 - when she was 77.  Mary married Patrick John Eldred Clapham (Brigadier) (17/3/1907-1990).  They had had a long term relationship that I know was going on pre-1968.  Pat was married to someone else during this time.

I spoke with my Mum the other day and she is under the impression that Mary was doing something very "hush-hush" during WW2 and into the 1950's in the Middle East.