Doris Evelyn ALSTON [1536]

  General Notes:

Doris inherited her father's love of gadgets and of all things mechanical. When he bought a very early model of cars, she managed its intricacies and became his chauffeur driving him around his practice. She subsequently caused quite a
stir in London when she became the first woman to obtain a licence to drive a taxi although she in fact, never used it.
During the 1st World War she worked as a V.A.D., nursing members of the armed forces. During the 2nd World War she was an A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) Warden, checking that people observed theblack-out rules, helping to extinquish fires caused by bombs etc. She was a Roman Catholic and never married, but enjoyed travelling throughout Europe and on many sea cruises. She died in her sleep on 9th March 1973 while staying with her niece Ann Brooke, and was cremated and her ashes were spread at Charing, Kent where her father was cremated.

Doris's official war record is a motor driving instructor, service no. G20. She enrolled in the Womens Royal Naval Service on 19 Feb 1918

1939 Register
55 Hatherley Road , Chislehurst and Sidcup U.D., Kent, England.
Doris (Eveleen) Alston11 Sep 1895 Unpaid Domestic Duties

Alston Doris Eveleen of 110D Bluehouse Lane Limpsfield Oxted Surrey died 9 March 1973. Probate London 2 July 1973
Effects L21599 730208392B
National Probate Calendar.

  Research Notes:

Birth Notice (Sept 1895) : ALSTON - On the 11th inst., at Ardmore, Isleworth, the residence of her father, the wife of W Evelyn Alston B.A. M.B. B.C. (Cantab), of a daughter.