Daphne Millais James (1912)

Born 13 Jan 1912 in Westminster, London, England

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Biography

Birth and Parentage

Younger daughter of George Millais James and his wife Hylda Madeleine, née Heath, Daphne Millais was named after her great grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter, Sir John Everett Millais R.A. She was born on 13 January 1912 and christened at St Paul#s Knightsbridge, London, on 20 February 1912.

In November 1931, the car in which she was travelling with her mother, who was driving, was involved in an accident.

The Leicester Daily Mercury reported on Monday, 23 November 1931 on a:

CAR CRSH NEAR HINCKLEY

Two motor cars crashed near Hinckley at about 4:45pm on Saturday.

Alfred Buckel of Binley Road, Stock, Coventry, was driving his motorcar from Leicester to Coventry, and when at the junction of Coventry-road and Frolesworth-Lane in the parish of Sharnford, he collided with another car driven by Mrs Hylda Madeleine Bates, of Oxendon Hall, near Market Harborough. Miss Heath, who was in Mrs Bates’ car, was injured, and taken to the Hinckley and District Hospital. Miss Heath was badly cut on the head, and after treatment at the hospital, was taken to Oxendon Hall.

Mrs Bates was not injured, but the car was badly damaged. Buckle’s car was slightly damaged, but the occupants were unhurt. ^[1]

Death

Sources

1. ↑ British Newspaper Archive. Leicester Daily Mercury - Monday 23 November 1931. Retrieved (with sub) from the BNA (Here;) Accessed 23 Apr 2023.

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Westminster Baptisms
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 24 JANUARY, 1946
Chief Commander (acting) Daphne Millais JAMES (192742), Auxiliary Territorial Service (Rugby).