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Martha Jane STAPLE (née WARBRICK, aka Joan) [1894-1987]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Staple
Given: 
Martha Jane
Maiden: 
Warbrick
Alias / nickname: 
Joan
Birth
Date: 
1894-02-19
Birthplace (town, state): 
Carlisle, Cumberland
Death
Date: 
c.1987-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

Barbara Anslow notes she was a Nursing Sister, and sister of Miss I. Warbrick.

Birthplace (country): 

Grace Rose / Grace Rosa SMITH (née BELCHER) [1863-1944]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Smith
Given: 
Grace Rose / Grace Rosa
Maiden: 
Belcher
Birth
Date: 
c.1863-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Kingston, Surrey
Death
Date: 
1944-01-14

A diary she kept while in Stanley Camp has been posted online: https://gwulo.com/node/55801

Birthplace (country): 

Ernest Dudley MATTHEWS [1875-1944]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Matthews
Given: 
Ernest Dudley
Birth
Date: 
1875-05-08
Birthplace (town, state): 
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Death
Date: 
1944-01-06
Birthplace (country): 

John Allan FITZGERALD / SOO (aka Jacky) [1927- ]

Status: 
Unknown
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Fitzgerald / Soo
Given: 
John Allan
Alias / nickname: 
Jacky
Birth
Date: 
c.1927-10-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
West Ham
Birthplace (country): 

Elizabeth Evelyn ELLISON / WILLIAMS (née FITZGERALD / SOO, aka Betty / Chin Yu) [1921-c.2011]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Ellison / Williams
Given: 
Elizabeth Evelyn
Maiden: 
FitzGerald / Soo
Alias / nickname: 
Betty / Chin Yu
Birth
Date: 
c.1921-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
West ham, Essex
Death
Date: 
c.2011-01-01 (Year is approximate)

Barbara Anslow:

Betty became an actress and appeared on the London stage under the name CHIN YU; married her leading man, then had twins - a boy and a girl.  In 2000 the twins died within 6 months of each other.  Betty passed away a year or so ago.

Birthplace (country): 

Vincent Malborn BENWELL [1905-1978]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Benwell
Given: 
Vincent Malborn
Birth
Date: 
1905-12-31
Birthplace (town, state): 
West Bromwich
Death
Date: 
1978-04-20

DoB from John Black's list, which gives Mr Benwell's occupation in 1941 as "Health Inspector".

Birthplace (country): 

James Ivor BARNES (aka Jimmy) [c.1904-2008]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Barnes
Given: 
James Ivor
Alias / nickname: 
Jimmy
Birth
Date: 
c.1904-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hartley Witney, Hampshire
Death
Date: 
2008-12-04
Birthplace (country): 

Paul Ewart Francis CRESSALL [1893-1943]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Cressall
Given: 
Paul Ewart Francis
Birth
Date: 
1893-05-02
Birthplace (town, state): 
Bronley, Kent
Death
Date: 
1943-04-08
Birthplace (country): 

John LANCHESTER [1888-1955]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Lanchester
Given: 
John
Birth
Date: 
1888-08-17
Birthplace (town, state): 
St Helen Auckland, County Durham
Death
Date: 
1955-02-11

Barbara Anslow:

Dr. Lanchester was a government dentist.

His full name comes from the 1940 Dental Register: http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1940/581719.pdf

Birthplace (country): 

Anna Lilian BLACK (née LANGSTEIN) [1880-1975]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Black
Given: 
Anna Lilian
Maiden: 
Langstein
Birth
Date: 
c.1880-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Chorlton, Lancashire
Death
Date: 
1975-05-08
Birthplace (country): 

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