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 soon come over too, he & Dr Sutcliffe are living together just now. I brought Mary’s cat over for […]
Tag: Guernsey
1941 Account of an escape from Guernsey sent to Eda Le Messurier
This is an undated account of an escape under fire from Guernsey across the Channel to England after WWII started. The account was copied by Eda Stringer, and contains her additional notes. Possibly escape was August 1941. It is not clear whether this whole transcript is written by the same person, or whether it ‘morphs’ into a letter from Eda at the point where the group was taken to Scotland Yard. Note from Eda: From […]
Letter 1940 June Evacuation of Guernsey – Edwin Le Messurier – Eda Le Messurier
Note from Eda Stringer at top of letter: Holme View, Aglionby, Carlisle 15.7.40 Failure to evacuate more completely must have been due, as he says, to the Guernsey authorities. It looks as if they had not asked for sufficient boats, so I don’t think the Cabinet can be blamed! Father had been told, you remember, that the Bailiff had gone jittery & that contradictory orders had been issued. No wonder the island was in a state […]
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 been inserted in the appropriate places of the letter below: c/o J. Pierce Esq. Holme View Aglionby Carlisle 3/7/40 My Dear Alf It […]
Letter 1940 June (2) Evacuation of Guernsey – Eda Le Messurier – Margot Stringer
Monday Dear Margot Here is a link to the wikipedia article about the Guernsey evacuation. The latest news is that 2000 Germans (two thousand) landed in Guernsey alone. This comes from the Waymouths. Father was away during the whole of Sunday – 9 am to 7 pm – dealing with the children. Someone, he forgets who, had had news of the Waymouths. They have a very big bakery at L’Islet, in the Vale Parish, & […]
Letter 1940 June Evacuation of Guernsey – Eda Le Messurier – Margot Stringer
Note at top of letter: You know the two big posts at the gate, with the ramblers. Father pruned them severely this year, & they are perfectly gorgeous, huge clusters of blooms as big as your head – the clusters, not the blooms. Saturday. Dear Margot Here is a link to the wikipedia article about the Guernsey evacuation. Thank you for your letter. Either I missed out a comma! (Father’s pet) or else you missed […]
Family christening robe
This christening robe was designed and executed after her marriage in 1847, by Elizabeth, née Robert. She was the wife of John Tourtel and lived in St Martins , Guernsey. Making a christening robe was traditional when expecting a first child, as was also knitting a shawl. She had three children, John Martel (22-11-1848), Robert Henry (28-07-1850), and Elizabeth (04-11-1859). All three wore the robe, and it was handed down to the eldest daughter, as […]
Le Messurier family photos
Eda Le Messurier is pictured in the middle of her extended family. At the back, her aunts Agnes and Lou standing. Seated, her grandfather Nicholas, Eda herself and her grandmother Mary Ann Thoume. At their feet is her uncle Harold. Agnes and Lou were very skilled needle workers, and taught Eda many skills. Nicholas LeMessurier with the silver tea service presented to him when he retired in 1898 from his position as […]
Eda and her doll
These pictures show Eda Le Messurier aged 4 and a half with her doll. She is wearing a black velvet dress with a red sash and collar and cuffs crocheted by her Aunt Agnes. She was very proud of it.