Alfred Thoume le Messurier was “great-gran” to Jean and Tiny. He had been the postmaster of Guernsey, like his father before him. His daughter Eda Le Messurier married an englishman, William Stringer, who had come to Guernsey to be the headmaster of the boys high school, and after a decade of marriage, they moved to […]
Category: Le Messurier – Alfred Thoume 1859 – 1952
Letter June 1940 Evacuation of Guernsey Agnes Le Messurier – Alfred Le Messurier
Albecq King Harry Lane St Albans Herts June 27. 40 My dear Alfred Here I am, an evacuee. I left home Tuesday by the night boat & arrived here at 2 p.m. yesterday. Hilda & Mary came over last week & is staying at home with her people. I hope Grenville will […]
Letter 1940 June Evacuation of Guernsey – Edwin Le Messurier – Alfred Le Messurier
Letter found in envelope addressed to A.T. Le Messurier, 27 Aston Hall Lane, Hawarden, Chester. Here is a link to the wikipedia article about the Guernsey evacuation. Eda Stringer also copied the letter to send on, and annotated it, so there is the original letter from Edwin, and a copy by Eda. Her annotations have […]