See also
- Leslie RATCLIFFE's parents: Edward RATCLIFFE (1853-1899) and Florence Ethel STEED (1857-1920)
- Leslie RATCLIFFE's siblings: Lily F RATCLIFFE (1877?- ), Margaret M RATCLIFFE (1880- ), Oliver Percy RATCLIFFE (1883-1916), Gertrude RATCLIFFE (1884- ), Mable RATCLIFFE (1886- ), Evelyn E(lla?) RATCLIFFE (1888- ), Claud Harold RATCLIFFE (1890-1978), Ivy G RATCLIFFE (1893- ), Hilda Helen RATCLIFFE (1897- ) and Cyril Edmund RATCLIFFE (1898- )
Leslie Maurice RATCLIFFE (1895-1955)
| RiD No.: | 1349 |
Personal Details
| Birth | 24 July 1895 | |
| Leslie's birth was registed in September quarter 1985 in Sudbury, Suffolk. Further investigation shows he was born on the 24th July in Meadow Lane, Sudbury, and was baptised on the 27 October 1895 at St Gregory, Sudbury. His father is shown as Edwin Ratcliffe (occupation Carpenter) and his mother was Florence Ethel Steed. | ||
| Census | 1901 (age 5-6) | |
| Meadow Villa, Meadow Lane, Sudbury The 1901 census shows the following persons in occupation:- Florence E Ratcliffe - Head - Widow - age 42 - b 1859 in Waldingfield Suffolk - Occ Boarding House Keeper Margaret M Ratcliffe - Dau - single - age 21 - b 1880 in Sudbury Evelyn E ratcliffe - dau - single - age 13 - b 1888 in Sudbury Claude H Ratcliffe - son - single - age 11 - b 1890 in Sudbury Ivy G Ratcliffe - dau - age 8 - b 1893 in Sudbury Leslie M Ratcliffe - son - age 6 - b 1895 in Sudbury Hilda H Ratcliffe - dau - age 4 - b 1897 in Sudbury Cyril E Ratcliffe - son - age 2 - b 1899 in Sudbury Doris Irene Mead - Boarder - age 3 months - b 1901 in Ipswich |
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| Census | 1911 (age 15-16) | |
| Meadow Villa, Meadow Lane, Sudbury The 1911 census shows the following in occupation:- Florence Ethel Ratcliffe - Head - Widow - age 49 - b 1862 Gt Waldingfield Leslie Morris Ratcliffe - son - Single - age 15 - b1869 Sudbury (Occ Outfitters Apprentice) Hilda Helen Ratcliffe - dau - age 14 - b1897 Sudbury Cyril Edmund Ratcliffe - son - age 12 - b 1899 Sudbury plus 1 boarder and 3 visitors |
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| Death | 8 May 1955 (age 59) | |
| The death registration of Leslie M Ratcliffe was in Surrey North in June
quarter 1955. Leslie's probate record shows his address as being 35 Garth Road, Kingston Upon Thames, but that he died at 26 Wolverton Avenue, Kingston upon Thames. This was the address of the local Kingston Hospital. Probate was granted on the 25th June 1955 to his widow Daisy Winifred Ratcliffe. |
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Marriage and Family Details
| Spouse | Daisy Winifred HILL (1899-1977) | |
| Marriage | Q2 1923 (age 27) | Lambeth |
| Although I am quite sure of the dates and locations I have for Leslie and
Daisy following their marriage,I would be interested to learn how Leslie, born in Suffolk, and Daisy,
born in London, came to meet and marry. I am also assuming that between their marriage in 1923 and the
outbreak of war in 1939, they were living in or around the Lambeth area of London, but it is intriguing why
Daisy was staying in a hotel in Torquay, whilst Leslie was working away from home, in Derby, on the night
the 1939 Register was taken? No children have been added to this marriage as it appears there was anouther Ratcliffe / Hill marriage in Lambeth around the same time as Leslie and Daisy, and although the birth of several offspring from a Ratcliffe / Hill marriage can be identified in Lambeth shortly after both weddings, without viewing the actual birth certificates, we cannot be absolutely sure which child goes with which marriage. Also, neither Daisy's or Leslie's 1939 register entries show any children being present with either of them, which may be a clue? If anyone has any further information they would be willing to share, I would be delighted to hear from you. |
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| Census | 1939 (age 43-44) | |
| 67, Macklin Street, Derby In the 1939 Register, Leslie appears as a married (boarder?) in Derby, with other non-related people. Occupation Civil Servant 
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