Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameDorothy Mary WIX, Half 4th Cousin
Birth21 Aug 1918, Faversham, Kent
FatherErnest Henry WIX (1880-1952)
MotherPhyllis Mary COBB (1887-1956)
Spouses
BirthMar 1912, Reading, Berkshire, England
Death12 Apr 1958, Faversham, Kent
Marriage1941
Notes for Dorothy Mary WIX
Full name, birth date and location rom the My Family Tree at ancestry by Philippa Rutherford

In the 1921 census 49 Preston Street, Faversham, Kent
Head Ernest Henry Wix, age 40 years 10 months, born Worcester Park, Surrey, solicitor, employer, 20 West Street, Faversham
Wife Phyllis Mary Wix, age 33 years 10 months, born Higham, Kent, home duties
Daughter Margaret Elizabeth Wix, age 8 years 5 months, parents both alive, born Faversham, Kent
Son Henry Maurice Wix, age 6 years 2 months, parents both alive, born Faversham. Kent
Daughter Dorothy Mary Wix, age 2 years 10 months, parents both alive
A nurse (domestic), a cook and a house parlour maid

1939 England and Wales Register
69 Preston Street, Faversham, Kent
4. Dorothy Wix [later Baynes] born August 21 1918, single, U D D
[Almost all of the others on the page have records officially closed. The few others showing, state they are at school. So presumably this was a school in Faversham]

In the January to February 1941 marriage index Dorothy M. Wix and David C, Baynes, Faversham, Kent, volume 2a, page 3478
Notes for David Christopher (Spouse 1)
Full name, birth month and location and death month and location from the My Family Tree at ancestry by Philippa Rutherford

In the January to March 1912 birth index David C. Baynes, mother’s maiden name Cooper, Reading, Berkshire, volume 2c, page 699.

London Gazette June 1944
War Office, 15th June, 1944
The King has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy
The Distinguished Service Order
Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) David Christopher Baynes, M.C. (92460), The Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (Favesham)

WWII Honours (Italy, BEF, Sicily, North Africa, Iraq and the Mediterranean)
Queen’s Royal West Surrey
David Christopher Baynes, M.C.
Major (Temporary Lt. Colonel) (92460)
Queens Regiment
Distinguished Service Order, June 15, 1944, schedule 19592, Italy S???? 45
Mention [in despatches] August 24, 1944, I.P.D. Italy

D.S.O.
For D. C. Baynes Major (temporary) David Christopher Baynes, M.C., Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, is among the officers to whom the award of the Distinguished Service Order has been approved by the King in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy. Baynes is son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Wix. of Mall House. Faversham, whose younger daughter (nee Miss Dorothy Mary Wix) he married in March, 1941.

National Probate Calendar
David Christopher Baynes of Ladymead Old Burlington Hampshire died 12 April 1958 at Middlesex Hospital St. Marylebone London Probate London 16 June to Kenneth Elwood Streat Anthony D’oyly Elliot Daunt and Guy Meakin Farmiloe solicitors. Effects 32 723 pounds.
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