Anna Mary Lewis

Nicolas married Jennifer Sara White [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Bridget Gibbs Mary (daughter of Captain George Louis Downall Gibbs, RN, DSO, NVO and Susan Fayth Harding Newman) was born on 8 Mar 1937 in Standish, Gloucestershire; died on 18 Apr 2014. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 May 1937, Standish, Gloucestershire; St Nicholas

Notes:

Baptised 7 May 1937 at St. Nicholas, Standish. Educated at Lawnside, Malvern, Worcs.

Partner in A. Stevens & Co. (Boxmakers).

Birth:
Malthouse

Harold married Beatrice Enid Byard Sheppard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1891, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 8; Relation to Head of House: Son

Notes:

Baptised 27 August 1882 at St. Helen's, Abingdon. Educated at Newton Abbott, Devon, 1891-6, and the Naval Training ship, Britannia 1897-8. Buried Standish 2 November 1956.

Was in Rugby Football XV Navy v. Army 1910-11 and Captain of the United Services XV 1910-11. Midshipman Royal Navy Dec. 1898; sub-Lieut. 1902; Lieut. 1904; Lieut. Commander 1910; Commander 1915; retired 1923 and attained rank of Captain R.N. 1927. Captain of Destroyers
1909-19.

In the Great War he served with the Dover Patrol 1914-15 as Captain of Destroyer Crusader and took part in the bombardment of the German Army left wing from the Coast: served with the Harwich Force 1915-18 in Destroyers Matchless, Medea and Thruster. Was Captain 2nd in command of Royal Naval Coll. Dartmouth 1919-21. Commanded H.M.S. Bryony (Commander-in-Chief s yacht) Mediterranean Fleet, 1921-3. Member of the Royal Victorian Order 1911. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1916. Mentioned 4 times in Despatches (13 April 1915, 25 July 1916, 22 June 1917, 7 Jan. 1918). 1914 Star, Brit. War Medal and Allies' (Victory) medal of the Great War.

From 1923 farmed with his brother Joseph at Malthouse Farm, Standish, Glos.

Second World War: Bar to D.S.O.; served throughout war: 1939-40 Narvick (Norway); 1942-44 H.M.S. Queen Emma—Dieppe Raid and others; Sierra Leone; Mediterranean. 1944-46 H.M.S. Ganges at Shotley, Suffolk. Hon.

Secretary of the Berkeley Hunt for many years.

Portrait: Pastel by W. E. Miller last in possession of his nephew Beresford.

Birth:
Vicarage

George married Susan Fayth Harding Newman on 21 Sep 1926 in Eastbourne, Sussex. Susan (daughter of Francis Robert Harding Newman and Florence Susan Willes) was born on 11 Aug 1900 in Kirtling, Cambridgeshire; died on 5 Feb 1942 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Standish, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1901, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire; Age: 7/12; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire; Age: 10; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Notes:

Daughter of Francis Harding Newman of Midhurst, Sussex, MP, of the family of Newman of Nelmes in Burke's 'Landed Gentry'. Buried at Standish.