Life History
14th Sep 1888 |
Born in Cliff House, Enderby, Leicester.1,2,3 |
1891 |
Recorded in census in Blaby, Endersby (Moores Lane, Cliff House, Blaby, Endersby) |
1901 |
Recorded in census in Aberystwyth, Wales (14 and 15 South Marine Terrace, Aberystwyth, Wales) Dorothy was a boarder at a school in Wales in 1901 |
about 1905 |
Educated "Fontainbleau" Bournemouth.2 |
about 1906 |
Educated "Villa Laletta" Florence Italy.2 |
from 23rd Sep 1910 to 4th Aug 1914 |
Occupation Nurse in training at Charing Cross Hospital.2 |
Jan 1913 |
Occupation Nurse in Charing Cross Convalescent Home, London.2 |
from 4th Aug 1914 to 4th Feb 1915 |
Occupation Nurse in Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, Devon.2 |
1915 |
Resident in 210 Bedford Hill, Balham, London, |
1917 |
Resident in C/O Dr. Turle, The Infirmary, Shirley Warren, Southampton |
18th Jan 1918 |
Married Tom SLINGSBY in Shirley, Southampton.4 |
23rd May 1919 |
Resident in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire |
before 1975 |
Death of Tom SLINGSBY |
1975 |
Died in Norfolk |
Notes
- Dorothy lived in Swanage Dorset.
The Nurse
Signed on to train as a nurse at Charing Cross Hospital before the war. She moved to Nottingham on completion of her training. After the death of her fiancee, Captain Douglas Talbot, on the 4 June1915, Dorothy joined the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service and was posted to Egypt. It is believed that she actually landed on the Gallipoli peninsula at Cape Helles in November1915 to see where Douglas died but could not proceed any further. She worked as an army nurse in Egypt and on the hospital ship Lanfranc. Dorothy married Tom Slingsby in 1918. Tom had been a close friend of Captain Douglas Talbot and been introduced to Dorothy through Douglas. Slingsby was posted to India in 1927 with the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Their three daughters were born in India. When Dorothy died an appeal was made that Dorothy's ashes be scattered on the beaches at Gallipoli. The Turkish Embassy took a long time considering this and her ashes were finally scattered under an oak tree in an area of the countryside that Dorothy particularly loved. A week later theTurkish Embassy communicated that it would be okay for the ashes to be scattered on the beaches.
M. Moyniham (ed), Greater Love: Letters Home 1914-1918, W.H.Allen The Times, 10 February 1980, p33, col 3
Captain Ainslie Douglas Talbot remembered with honour on a memorial at the Lancashire Landing Cemetry
WO 339/8466 - Service record of Dorothy Everard Turle (nurseWWI) When she signed up on 18 April 1915 her address was 210 Bedford Hill, Balham, London, and the witness was Arthur Turle. On 2nd September 1917 Dorothy , serving in Alexandria, requested that her resignation be accepted as she had 'anxieties regarding illness of parents. In November 1917 when her resignation from the Nursing Staff of the Army was accepted by letter (30/11/1917) Dorothy was living C/O Dr. Turle, The Infirmary, Shirley Warren, Southampton.
By the 23rd May 1919 Dorothy was Mrs. D. Slingsby and her address was Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Sources
- 1. Ross Turle Family Tree
- MyFamily
- 2. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing
- 3. The Times
- Galegroup.com
- Sep 19, 1888; pg 1; Issue 32495; Col A
- 4. The Times
- Galegroup.com
- Jan 21, 1918; pg 1; Issue 41692; Col A