Douglas Arnold Stirling

1897 - 1958  (61 years)

• Name	Douglas Arnold Stirling  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	15 Feb 1897	Kensington   [1, 2, 6]
  Residence	Mar 1897	38 Linden Gardens, North Kensington   [2]
  Baptism	27 Mar 1897	St Peter, Cranley Gardens, Kensington   [2]
  	parents Archibald William Stirling, solicitor, and Laura Biddulph [Pinchard], of 38 Linden Gardens.
  Residence	Apr 1911	Wellington College, Crowthorne   [3]
  Occupation	13 Oct 1915 -	France ; Lieutenant, 13th Huzzars  [7]
  Residence	Jul 1921	Holme Lea, Goring-on-Thames   [7]
  		Holme Lea, Goring-on-Thames
  Marriage	30 Apr 1924	St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring-on-Thames
  	Janet Alicia Christopher,   b. 27 Aug 1899, Kensington ,   d. Mar 1995, Hastings & Rother
  Post/Rank/Title	22 May 1926	Captain, 13th/18th Hussars  [8]
  Occupation	1931 -	Cairo ; Commandant, Remount Depot  [6, 8]
  	passengers on Bibby Line MV "Staffordshire" arr London 10 Jun 1933: Douglas Arnold Stirling, 36, Army Officer; Janet Alicia Stirling, 32 [s/be 33]; David Stirling, 7; emb Port Said, resid Egypt, UK address Restharrow, Goring-on-Thames. again on MV "Derbyshire" arr London 03 Aug 1936, travelling alone, address c/o Cavalry Club, 127 Piccadilly.
  Residence	1931 -	Cairo   [6, 8]
  Post/Rank/Title	bef 1957	Brigadier  [9]
  Residence	- 1958	9a Cloudesley Rd, St Leonards-on-Sea   [9, 10]
  Death	13 Dec 1958	9a Cloudesley Rd, St Leonards-on-Sea   [10, 11]
  Probate	20 Mar 1959	London ; £9,500 8s. 8d.  [10]
  	Stirling Douglas Arnold of 9a Cloudesley Road St. Leonards-on-Sea died 13 December 1958 Probate London 20 March to Lloyds Bank Limited and his honour judge Ralph Samuel Shove one of Her Majesty's county court judges. Effects £9500 8s. 8d. [NPC]
  Notes	Elder sister Barbara Edith Stirling (1891-1966) was a driver with the all-women Hackett Lowther Canteen and Ambulance Unit, which served in the French Army 1917-1919. She married their French liaison officer Victor Léon Henri Chatenay at Goring on 01 Oct 1919. They had 5 children: Louis-Pierre ("Peter"), Michel ("Moonie"), Jacques, Antoine ("Tony"), Anne-Marie. All the family were active in the French Resistance in WW2. Barbara herself was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943, tortured and sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp, but survived. After WW2 her husband Victor Chatenay went into politics and became mayor of Angers, where he died in 1985 at the age of 99. [Val Brown; French Wikipedia; etc]
  Person ID	I4487	Tatham | Christopher branch | Spouse
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2019

  
  

  Family	Janet Alicia Christopher,   b. 27 Aug 1899, Kensington ,   d. Mar 1995, Hastings & Rother  (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	30 Apr 1924	St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring-on-Thames   [4, 5]
  	On the 30th April, at the Parish Church, Goring-on-Thames, by the Rev. Prebendary E. M. Lance (uncle of the bride), assisted by the Rev. John Lester Biddulph Pinchard (uncle of the bridegroom), and the Rev. W. W. Lloyd, Vicar of the parish, Douglas Arnold, younger son of the late Archibald W. Stirling and Mrs. Stirling, of Goring-on-Thames, to Janet Alicia, daughter of Freville Gurney Christopher, of Goring-on-Thames. [4]
  Children	+ 1. Archibald David Stirling,   b. 09 Mar 1926, The Gables, Everdon, Daventry ,   d. 14 Aug 2007, England?  (Age 81 years)   2. Living
  Last Modified	06 Jul 2011
  Family ID	F1363	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Kensington, 1Q1897. [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Peter, Cranley Gardens, 27 Mar 1897. b 15 Feb 1897 [S01] Census, UK, 1911. age 14 b Kensington [S05] The Times, marriage notice, 02 May 1924. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Bradfield, 2Q1924. [S12] Passenger Lists, Staffordshire, 10 Jun 1933. age 36 [S29] Medal Index Cards WW1. [S37] Army Lists & Records, Monthly Army List, Mar 1935. [S05] The Times, forthcoming marriages, 26 Jun 1957. [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Hastings, 4Q1958. age 61