09 January 2010

Cecil George Hedding

Cecil George Hedding
Parents: William Hedding (1864-) and Bertha Elizabeth Warren (1869-1961)
Life Range: Cir 1891 - 4 Apr 1919

Birth 13 Feb 1891 in King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Christening: 22 Mar 1891 in King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa



Citation: Anglican Church (South Africa), Parish Registers, 1850-2004, "Baptism Register, Holy Trinity, King William's Town," Cecil George Hedding, Page 79, Entry 781; digital images, FamilySearch
 
29 Feb 1908 Arrival: Southampton, Hampshire, England. Aboard the "Kenilworth Castle" outbound from East London.

Also travelling with Cecil:
Blanche Hedding (1889-1930)
Charlotte Iris Hedding (1890-1936)
James Lawrence Hedding (1896-1916)

Citation: "UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960," Class: BT26; Piece: 352; Item: 36; Ancestry.com.


16 Apr 1914 Departure: Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Aboard the "Edinburgh Castle" bound for Southampton.
28 Apr 1914 Arrival: England, Hampshire, Southampton. Aboard the "Edinburgh Castle" outbound from Cape Town.


Citation: "UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960," Edinburgh Castle - Class: BT26; Piece: 598; Item: 46; Ancestry.com.

4 Apr 1919 Death: Dorset, England.

Bertha and James Hedding travel to the UK 1901/1902

Bertha Elizabeth Warren
James Lawrence Hedding
 
South Africa to England
3 Aug 1901  Departure East London, Cape Province, South Africa Aboard the "Dunottar Castle" bound for Southampton
24 Aug 1901 Arrival Southampton, Hampshire, England Aboard the "Dunottar Castle" outbound from East London




Citation: "UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960," Class: BT26; Piece: 190; Item: 19; Ancestry.com.

England to South Africa
20 Aug 1902 Departure:    England, Hampshire, , Southampton.  Aboard the "Saxon" bound for East London, South Africa.
11 Sep 1902  Arrival:    South Africa, Cape Province, , East London.  Aboard the "Saxon" outbound from Southampton.




Citation:
Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department, Outwards Passenger Lists (1890-1960), Manifest of "Saxon", Page 10. 

08 January 2010

James Lawrence Hedding (1896 - 1916)

James Lawrence Hedding  (1896 - 1916)


 

Birth: 26 Jun 1895 in East London, Cape Province, South Africa
Christening: 7 Aug 1895 in East London, Cape Province, South Africa


Baptism Register James Lawrence Hedding 1895


Death: 28 Mar 1916 in France
Burial: 1916 Bethune, Pas de Calais, France

Son of William and Bertha
Brother of Blanche, Charlotte, Cecil, Sylvia and Eric

Served as a Private in the Hampshire Regiment
Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
Web: http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/Sawston.html
Extract from:
Marquis De Ruvigny, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 (N.p.: Naval and Military Press Ltd, 1 Oct 2006), 134.

Transcription:

HEDDING, JAMES LAWRENCE, 2nd Lieut., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. (Dorsetshire Militia), Thc Dorsetshire Regt., 2nd s. of William Hedding, of Chalumna, Dunbar Road, Bournemouth, by his wife, Bertha Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hawlett Warren ;  b. East London, South Africa, 26 June, 1898 ;  educ. Selbourne College, East London, South Africa, and afterwards by a tutor in Cambridge, where he was when the European War broke out ;  volunteered and enlisted in the 7th (Service) Battn. The Hampshire Regt. 14 Sept. 1914, and after going through a course of training, was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Dorsetshire Regt. 14 April, 1915 ;  served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 1 Oct. following, when he was attached to the 1st Battn. The Middlesex Regt., and died in hospital at Bethune 28 March, 1916, from wounds received in action in the trenches near Cuinchy the same day from a rifle grenade ;  unm.

 


 

Sylvia Hannah HEDDING (1893-1972)



Parents: William Hedding (1864-) and Bertha Elizabeth Warren (1869-1961)

Birth: 10 May 1893, King Williams Town, Cape Province, South Africa. 
Christening: 7 Jun 1893 • King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa  
 - Address: Holy Trinity Church - King William's Town

Marriage Register Raymond Lloyd and Sylvia Hedding 1925

   
Marriage Register Raymond Lloyd and Sylvia Hedding 1925

Marriage:  9 Dec 1925 • Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Spouse Raymond Lionel Lloyd (1886-1957).
Divorced circa 1937.

Children: Sylvia June LLOYD  was born June 4, 1931.
Sylvia and  George William Leonard WHEELER  were married about 1954.
1972 Sep 24  

Death: 24 Sep 1972 Cape Town, Cape, South Africa.