John Talbot SHAKESPEAR. Born in 1885 to Lieutenant Arthur Talbot and Sophia Georgina Shakespear, Royal Engineers, died 3rd November 1911 aged 7 months.
At rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta in Plot 1 Row 23 Grave 4.
Notes about his father -
Lieutenant Arthur Talbot SHAKESPEAR. Born in 1885 at Portsmouth Hampshire to Colonel Arthur Bucknall Shakespear and Edith Annie, nee Atkinson
London Gazette dated 22nd January 1904
The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Second Lieutenants.
Arthur Talbot Shakespear. Dated 23rd December, 1903 and six others.
London Gazette dated 1st January 1917, promoted to Temporary Captain
London Gazette dated 15th September 1944
REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS. GENERAL LIST Col. (Hon., Brig.) A. T. Shakespear, D.S.O., M.C. (6666) having attained the age limit of liability to recall, ceases to belong to the Res. of Officers, 15th September 1944.
Married 5th June 1909 at St Andrews Church, Cobham, to Sophia Georgina Eyndhoven. He was aged 24, Lieutenant with the Royal Engineers, stationed at St Francis Barracks Valletta, Malta. She was aged 22 and living at Runnymeade, Cobham. In Malta they had two children, John who died in Malta and Margaret C, born in Malta 1910. In 1911 he was stationed at St Francis Barracks, Malta with his wife In 1916, and was a Major. His daughter
Joan Marion born 26th December 1916, baptised on the 7th March 1917 at St Peters Church, Yateley, Hampshire. She later joined the Royal Navy , awarded the MBE aged 26, widowed in 1984 and died 17th January 2010.
Arthur Talbot Shakespear died on the 5th September 1964 at St Pauls Hospital, Winchester. He lived with his wife, Sophia Georgina at 39 Christchurch Road, Winchester.
(Who was Who, Ancestry)
SHAKESPEARE, Brig. Arthur Talbot. D.S.O. 1918; M.C.; b. 15 Sept 1884; son of Col. A. B. Shakespear, R.M.A. and Egyptian Army; m. 1909, Sophie G. Eyndhoven; three d. Educ.: Monmouth; Cheltenham College. Service in the Royal Engineers and on the Staff of the Army in Ireland, Malta, War, 1914-18 (despatches, M.C., D.S.O.), Gibraltar, Singapore, and Egypt; A.A. and Q.M.G. , Malta, 1934-37; retired pay, 1937; A.R.P. Officer, Richmond, Surrey, 1938-39; A.A. and Q.M.G. , Gibraltar, 1940; Comdt. R.E. Depot, 1941-42. Recreations: Bowls and Beekeeping. Address: 39 Christchurch Road, Winchester, Hants T: Winchester 4555. [Died 5 Sept 1964]
Joan Marion Shakespear. Second Officer , W.R.N.S. Later married Commander Michael Gordon Rimmington, Royal Navy, DSO and Bar
London Gazette dated 14th September 1943. OBE.
To be an Additional Member of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order. Second Officer Joan Marion Shakespear, W.R.N.S., for distinguished service in connection with the operations leading to the clearance of the Enemy from North Africa.
http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/110848/rimington
Extract from link above.(Death announcement)
Joan Marion 'Molly', MBE, (née Shakespear), died peacefully after a short illness on 17th January, aged 93. Widow of Cdr Michael Rimington, DSO, RN, devoted mother of John, Richard and Buffy, beloved grandmother of seven and great grandmother to four. Private family Funeral Service. Memorial Service will be held at St Peter's Church, Petersfield at 3 p.m. on Friday 5th February. Donations in lieu of flowers please, to Great Ormond Street Hospital or St Peter's Church
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obi...naval-obituaries/7515025/Molly-Rimington.html
