Stafford Millenary Pageant 1913

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Date:30th of July 1913 - 4th of August 1913 (c.)

Description:Young Women representing Riverside, Stafford and Countryside in the Pageant.

'Stafford' was Violet Edith Bostock. She read French at Somerville College, Oxford, 1911 - 1913, and was Honorary Secretary of the Belgian Refugees Committee, Stafford in 1916. She is thought to have driven an ambulance in Belgium during World War I. On 1 May 1918 she was awarded the Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians Medal. She also taught French at Oundle School, Northants during World War I. Died unmarried, in 1961

'Countryside' was Jeanie Moncur. Born in Scotland in 1890 she was the daughter of the County Surveyor. In 1911 she was an Art Student.

'Riverside' was Mary Charlotte Ridge, born 1892, daughter of Stafford dentist Walter Henry Ridge. She never married and died in 1968 in Sussex.

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Source: Mr Jake Whitehouse

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