Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
---|---|---|---|
Canterbury Control | Operator | 1941 | 1942 |
Ardingly Instation | Operator | 1942 | 03 May 1945 |
Beatrice Temple visited her at the following locations;
Canterbury 12 Dec 1941, 1 Jan 1942, 23 Feb 1942, 31 Mar 1942,
East Grinstead 4 Oct 1942.
Born in Staffordshire to William, a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers and his wife Kathleen, she was baptised in Cricklewood, London.
Hiliary married a Dutch Army officer, Lieutenant Berend Piets, on 5 Feb 1944 at Holy Trinity, Brompton. ATS Wireless Operators for Special Duties, Hilary Graham was a bridesmaid and attended in uniform and Beatrice Temple and Wendy Kaines also attended. A huge amount of Dutch Army and Diplomats attended. The couple had twins in Oct 1944. Berend became a Diplomate after the war as Holland's first minister to Bagdad.
Beatrice Temple Diary
Ancestry.co.uk
Mid Sussex Times
Leicester Daily Mail 29 March 1951