Alma Webb - can you help?
Alma Webb served as a nurse during WW2, and my mother, Margaret Whitehead, served with her as a VAD in Abbottabad, India between 1945 and 1946.
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Alma Webb served as a nurse during WW2, and my mother, Margaret Whitehead, served with her as a VAD in Abbottabad, India between 1945 and 1946. My mother described her in a letter:
“She has auburn hair, dark eyebrows, is only 5 ft 2 ins, and a real outdoor type. She has never disclosed her age, but must be nearing her forties, which surprises me as she is so energetic.”
My mother also mentioned that Alma had a brother, and a friend at Knockholt, Kent, which suggests that she was fron the south east.
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After her tour in India, she went on to serve at the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar in Gosport.
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My mother wrote a great deal about Alma in her letters to my father and it would be lovely to share this information with family members. I have been trying to find Alma's descendants or other relations, but as yet I have not succeeded.
I started by working through a long list of unmarried Alma Webbs listed in the General Register Office records. The Alma Webbs I still have to investigate are:
- Alma Marland Webb b. Stockport 1901
- Alma Florence Annie Webb, b. Greenwich 1905 (although this seemed the most likely her family feel certain that this is not the same Alma)
- Alma Whitehead Webb, b. Manchester 1905. My mother never mentioned Alma’s middle name. This Alma was a nurse throughout her life and even lived in Hampshire at one point. However, she does not appear to have had a brother.
- Alma Edith Webb b. Kensington 1906
- Alma Webb, b. Prescot 1911
Once I’ve exhausted all the options, I will have to consider whether the was born abroad, or whether Webb was her married name. My mother never mentioned that she was a widow, but it is quite possible, given the era.
Can you help me to find her?