Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJoyce Elizabeth Mary PIRIE
Spouses
1Cecil Norman SMITH, 2C1R
Birth11 Sep 1913, Kingston, Surrey, England
Baptism5 Oct 1913
DeathDec 1994
FatherCecil Frederick SMITH (1889-1941)
MotherAugusta Barbara SYMONDSON (1891-1941)
Marriage11 Aug 1945, Madras, India
Notes for Cecil Norman (Spouse 1)
In the October to December 1913 birth index Cecil N. Smith, mother’s maiden name Symondson, Kingston, Surrey, volume 2a, page 757
Parish Records St. Andrew, Wimbledon South, Surrey
Born September 11 1913, baptism October 5 1913, Cecil Norman Smith, parents Cecil Frederick and Barbara Augusta Smith of 151 Gladstone Road, father is a traveller, ceremony by A. S. Bryant
London Electoral Registers 1935, 1939
47 The Drive (Hale Lane), Hendon
Barbara Augusta Smith
Cecil Frederick Smith
Norman Cecil Smith
[Note the reversal of the first and second names.]
In the 1939 England and Wales Register
47 The Drive, Hendon, Middlesex
1. Barbara A. Smith, born October 17 1891, married, unpaid domestic duties
2. Cecil F. Smith, born September 29 1889, married, traveler (textile)
3. Norman C. Smith, born September 11 1913, single, salesman, wholesale textile
4. Betty Smith, born November 6 1919, single, actress (theatrical)
5. Patricia B. Smith, born March 24 1932
from Laughter in the Air by Georgina Morgan (nee Symondson)
One night during the London Blitz, the house of another sister of my father [Augusta Barbara] received a direct hit. For safety, the three youngest children still living at home - Garnet, Ernest and Patrica - had been placed underneath the stairs and were unharmed. But the rest of the house was destroyed, and the bodies of my aunt and uncle were blown to bits. The following morning, Ernest, aged about twelve or thirteen discovered his father’s leg in the rubble. The older sister was in Canada, and their older brother, who was also called Norman, was abroad in ther army. Recalled on compassionate leave, he was at a loss to know what to do with the three orphaned children. Auntie Connie offered to look after them and they moved into her house on Vicarage Road [Willesden]
Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, England
Smith : Pirie
On Saturday, August 11, 1945, at St. Mary’s Church, Fort St. George, Madras by the Venerable Jack White, Archdeacon of Madras, Captain Norman Cecil Smith, Gordon Highlanders, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Smith, Edgware, Middlesex, to Joyce Elizabeth Mary, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. L. Pirie, Madras and Aberdeen, Scotland.
Possible Entry British Army Lists
October 1945
The Gordon Highlanders
Regular Army Emergency Commissions
2nd Lieutenants
N. C. Smith (W.S./ [War Substantive] Lieutenant February 9 1943) August 9 1941
A possible entry in the December 1994 death index Norman Cecil Smith, born September 10, 1913, died age 81, Watford, Hertfordshire, register C38D, district 5361C, entry 274
Parish Records St. Andrew, Wimbledon South, Surrey
Born September 11 1913, baptism October 5 1913, Cecil Norman Smith, parents Cecil Frederick and Barbara Augusta Smith of 151 Gladstone Road, father is a traveller, ceremony by A. S. Bryant
London Electoral Registers 1935, 1939
47 The Drive (Hale Lane), Hendon
Barbara Augusta Smith
Cecil Frederick Smith
Norman Cecil Smith
[Note the reversal of the first and second names.]
In the 1939 England and Wales Register
47 The Drive, Hendon, Middlesex
1. Barbara A. Smith, born October 17 1891, married, unpaid domestic duties
2. Cecil F. Smith, born September 29 1889, married, traveler (textile)
3. Norman C. Smith, born September 11 1913, single, salesman, wholesale textile
4. Betty Smith, born November 6 1919, single, actress (theatrical)
5. Patricia B. Smith, born March 24 1932
from Laughter in the Air by Georgina Morgan (nee Symondson)
One night during the London Blitz, the house of another sister of my father [Augusta Barbara] received a direct hit. For safety, the three youngest children still living at home - Garnet, Ernest and Patrica - had been placed underneath the stairs and were unharmed. But the rest of the house was destroyed, and the bodies of my aunt and uncle were blown to bits. The following morning, Ernest, aged about twelve or thirteen discovered his father’s leg in the rubble. The older sister was in Canada, and their older brother, who was also called Norman, was abroad in ther army. Recalled on compassionate leave, he was at a loss to know what to do with the three orphaned children. Auntie Connie offered to look after them and they moved into her house on Vicarage Road [Willesden]
Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, England
Smith : Pirie
On Saturday, August 11, 1945, at St. Mary’s Church, Fort St. George, Madras by the Venerable Jack White, Archdeacon of Madras, Captain Norman Cecil Smith, Gordon Highlanders, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Smith, Edgware, Middlesex, to Joyce Elizabeth Mary, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. L. Pirie, Madras and Aberdeen, Scotland.
Possible Entry British Army Lists
October 1945
The Gordon Highlanders
Regular Army Emergency Commissions
2nd Lieutenants
N. C. Smith (W.S./ [War Substantive] Lieutenant February 9 1943) August 9 1941
A possible entry in the December 1994 death index Norman Cecil Smith, born September 10, 1913, died age 81, Watford, Hertfordshire, register C38D, district 5361C, entry 274