Beryl Daisy SKIPWITH (née FAIR) [1915-1999]

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Names
Given
Beryl Daisy
Family
Skipwith
Maiden
Fair
Sex
Female
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Dublin
Birthplace (country)
Ireland
Died
Date
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Marriage 24 February 1941 St John's Hong Kong Carl Smith Card

Beryl Daisy Fair spinster 25 daughter of Arthur Fair to Patrick James Townsend Skipworth age 25 army officer [ He was Lieutenant  Colonel Patrick James Townsend Skipwith ]

Andrews Cards Marriage 24 February 1941

Shows groom as P J T Skipwith and her parents Arthur A Fair of Montrie Athlone Westmeath Ireland and Mrs Michael Turner of Hong Kong [she is Daisy Mainwaring Leggett Fair nee Ford]

Death Records UK

Beryl Daisy Skipwith (sic) date of birth 22 April 1915 died 13 January1999 in West Surrey. 

Birth records of Daisy Beryl (sic) Fair in Dublin 1915

Passenger List 16 January 1937 Southampton to Hong Kong

Daisy Beryl (sic) Fair age 21 and E A Fair age 23

The wedding of Beryl Daisy Fair to Capt. P. J. T. Skipwith of the Royal Artillery was covered by the Hong Kong Daily Press the following day on 25 February 1941.

Beryl Skipwith is listed in the Hong Kong War Diary as being in the Auxilary Nursing Service. During the Battle of Hong Kong, she was stationed at Univeristy Relief Hospital.

Beryl Skipwith's name/signature appears next to her mother, Daisy Turner under "Stanley Prison" on the "Day Joyce Sheet" held by the Imperial War Museum. See: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30083388. An explanation of the "Day Joyce Sheet" is given at: https://gwulo.com/media/46458