Father Nm: John George 1839 St Mary Magdalen Oxford died Headington Mar 1892- Oldest Known Ancestor: Richard Blincow, C1660, Bicester.
Mother Nm: Emma Young 1855. Newport Wales died 1938 Abingdon
K Comment: Sister Florence Mary Nurse QAIMNS, served in England. Brother Arthur Harold who served with the Oxford and Bucks Light Inf.
(Research):GR[B] Headington Dec 1879 1881, 1891* Census.Army War Deaths [JD].
1891 Census 20 Kingston Rd Oxford
John J Blencowe 51 Baker and Grocer
Emma Blencowe 35
Mabel E Blencowe 11
Walter W Blencowe 8
Lucy A Blencowe 6
George H Blencowe 5
Florence M Blencowe 5
May M Blencowe 10/12
Lydia L Dansby 45
Educated at Hampden House Brill and St Faiths Convent School Oxford
1901 Census 20 Kingston Rd Oxford
Blencowe Arthur Son 9
Blencowe Emma Head Baker and Grocer 45
Blencowe George Son Tailors Asst 15
Blencowe Lucy Dau 16
Blencowe May Dau 10
Blencowe Walter Son Grocers Asst 18
Blencowe Mabel Dau Post Office Clerk 21
Blencowe Florence Dau 13
1911 Census Christchurch Hampshire
Institution Blaeucoe (Blencowe) Mabel F 1881 30 Christchurch Hampshire
Note: This record was found in the 1911 census online and indicates nurse occupation.
Mabel’s sister Florence Mary also seems to have gone to this area before the war and they may well have been at the same private hospital/clinic at some point.
Territorial Forces Nursing Service
WW1
Blencowe Mabel Edith Nursing Sister T.F.N.S.
1915
3rd Southern Hospital Oxford, Nurse in Training
Nurse duty on a Hospital Ship where she was promoted to Nursing Sister.
1916
21st May. Cleared for Foreign Service.
23rd May. Landed in France.
When Mabel arrived in France she was sent to the No 7 Casualty Clearing Station in Merville south of Hazebrouck. The No 7 CCS was based there until 1918.
1917
9thMar. Abbeville.
Reported ill with Meningitis.
Transported 100kms to No 7 General (Base) hospital and recorded on the Sick list and in War Diary “Received telephone message from Sister Bannister, Sister in charge of 7 CCS, saying that Sister M. E. Blencowe, TFNS had been evacuated to 7 General, seriously ill with Cerebrospinal meningitis. War Office and relatives had been informed. Wired to Matron-in-Chief, War Office and Matron-in-Chief, TFNS, sent copies of wires to DGMS, and arranged for relief to join 7 CCS.”1
10th Mar. Abbeville.
Sick list: Received wire from No. 7 General Hospital informing us of the death of Sister Blencowe, TFNS. Informed Matron-in-Chief, War Office, and Matron-in-Chief, TFNS and sent copies of all wires to DGMS. Cause Cerebro Spinal Fever – Meningitis1
Death 1917
Name: Sister Mabel E Blencowe, Ref: Volume: O.5 Page: 83
Source: GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921)
The UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, Name: Mabel Edith Blencowe, Death Date: 10 Mar 1917, Rank: Sister, Regiment: Territorial Force Nursing Service, Type of Casualty: Died
Note: Tragically for Mabel’s mother Emma her son Walter Charles (who was probably exempt from service) committed suicide in 1924 at Oxford.