1909 - 2002 (93 years)
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Name |
Letitia Ethel Boyce |
Birth |
21 Mar 1909 |
Plymouth, Devon |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
Oct 2002 |
Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Notes |
- Younger daughter of Brigadier General Harry Augustus Boyce, CMG, DSO, of Farringdon House, Alton, Hampshire, by Minnie Gabrielle Williams of Dublin. Educated at Royal School, Bath and London School of Economics.
Joined the W.R.N.S. as a 3rd Officer in August 1939 and served as a Cypher Officer at Gosport, Liverpool and Portsmouth (both in the Dockyard and, later, at Fort Southwick). She was selected to be Senior Cypher Officer in the Headquarters Ship S.S. Franconia during the Yalta Conference. Became a 1st Officer, and awarded the M.B.E. for services then and during the preparations for the invasion of France. Resigned 1945. A member of the Grants Committee for the W.R.N.S. Benevolent Trust, and, for some time, Emergency Training Organiser for the Buckinghamshire Women's Voluntary Services (W.R.V.S.).
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Person ID |
I2074 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
Last Modified |
26 Apr 2023 |
Father |
Harry Augustus Boyce, b. 30 Nov 1870, Cawnpore, Bengal, India |
Mother |
Minnie Gabriella Williams, b. 8 Apr 1871, Saharunpore, Bengal, India |
Marriage |
30 Jun 1900 |
Christ Church, Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Family ID |
F2607 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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