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Lest We Forget #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th November 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,hoar cross hAll,second world war,first world war,Al Alamein,London,Red Cross,War Office,Military Cross,Hitler,Gestapo,Remembrance Day,RASC
...njured at Al Alamein leading to his early death in 1960. Their daughter, Also Dorothy, moved back to Hoar Cross at the outbreak of war and joined the Joint War Organisation of the Red Cross and St John, which meant travelling overseas to Africa, Sicily and ItAly.
One of the Meynell's overseas photos
My own father served in the RoyAl Army Service Corps (RASC) as a despatch rider because he owned a motor bike and had been racing it at Donington Park during the 1930s. He served in North Africa and Al Alamein as did Hugo Meynell. Who knows - they could have crossed paths during the war, my dad never dreaming for a moment that he would one day own Hu...Lest we forget #86
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th November 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Barons Eden,hoar cross hAll spa hotel,remembrance day,Poppy day,meynell ingram,Al Alamein,north africa,RASC,military cross,Frist World War,Second World War,Volunteer,Hitler,Amazon,History,TB,disabled,invAlid,my dad bought a mansion,Red Cross
...njured at Al Alamein leading to his early death in 1960. Their daughter, Also Dorothy, moved back to Hoar Cross at the outbreak of war and joined the Joint War Organisation of the Red Cross and St John, which meant travelling overseas to Africa, Sicily and ItAly.
An overseas military group (from the Meynells' photos)
My own father served in the RoyAl Army Service Corps (RASC) as a despatch rider because he owned a motor bike and had been racing it at Donington Park during the 1930s. He served in North Africa and Al Alamein as did Hugo Meynell. Who knows - they could have crossed paths during the war, my dad never dreaming for a moment that he wo...
Hoar Cross HAll - a bit of history #11
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th November 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,first world war,second world war,christian community,Goshen,El Alamein,HRH Princess Alice,Earl of Dartmouth
...HOAR CROSS HAlL - A BIT OF HISTORY: Hoar Cross was part of Needwood Forest, the 11th century lands of Henry de Ferrers. The land was passed down to Henry’s son and subsequent various people over the course of 500 years ending with the Webb family, around the 1730s, who bought the land and house known as the Manor of the Cross. This was quite a large house built on a hill near YoxAll (which is the village next to Hoar Cross). In 1740 the manor house was demolished and later the Hon. Charles TAlbot bought the estate for £17,000. EventuAlly it was sold to Hugo Meynell, who Already owned huge amounts of property All over the county.
This branch...
Hoar Cross HAll - a bit of history #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,de Mesnil,william the conqueror,Emily Meynell,El Alamein,second world war,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton,River Nile
...Hoar Cross was part of Needwood Forest, the 11th century lands of Henry de Ferrers. The land was passed down to Henry’s son and subsequent various people over the course of 500 years ending with the Webb family, around the 1730s, who bought the land and house known as the Manor of the Cross. This was quite a large house built on a hill near YoxAll (which is the village next to Hoar Cross). In 1740 the manor house was demolished and later the Hon. Charles TAlbot bought the estate for £17,000. EventuAlly it was sold to Hugo Meynell, who Already owned huge amounts of property All over the county.
This branch of the Meynell family originated from Leicestershire,...Celebrating VE Day #94
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th May 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,barons eden,hoar cross hAll spa hotel,History,World War 2,World War 1,V E Day,D Day,Great Britain,TB,downton Abbey,Motor bike,RASC,Americans,Aeroplanes,period drama,V J Day,Victory,Meynell,wartime
...njured at Al Alamein leading to his early death in 1960. Their daughter, Also Dorothy, moved back to Hoar Cross at the outbreak of war and joined the Joint War Organisation of the Red Cross and St John, which meant travelling overseas to Africa, Sicily and ItAly.
One of the Meynells' photos of military men
My own father, William Bickerton-Jones, served in the RoyAl Army Service Corps (RASC) as a despatch rider because he owned a motor bike and had been racing it at Donington Park during the 1930s. He served in North Africa and Al Alamein as did Hugo Meynell. Who knows - they could have crossed paths during the war, my dad never dreaming for a...
Hoar Cross HAll - a bit of history! #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd June 1973 in History | Meynell,First World War,Second World War,Newborough,Hugo Meynell,William the Conqueror,hoar cross hAll,red cross,George VI,Queen mother
...HOAR CROSS HAlL - A BIT OF HISTORY: Due to many requests asking about the history of the house, this week I'm taking a break from my family's story to look back a few hundred years of what happened before we lived there! Hoar Cross was part of Needwood Forest, the 11th century lands of Henry de Ferrers. The land was passed down to Henry’s son and subsequent various people over the course of 500 years ending with the Webb family, around the 1730s, who bought the land and house known as the Manor of the Cross. This was quite a large house built on a hill near YoxAll (which is the village next to Hoar Cross). In 1740 the manor house was demolished...