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Lizzie Davey was born 7 Jan 1898 at East End, Walkington and baptised the 30 Jan 1898 at Walkington Parish Church. She was the sixth child of George William Davey and his wife Hannah Maria. Lizzie had three older sisters Lily, Mary and Jane and three older brothers Alfred, John William and George, and a younger brother, Thomas. All the children were born in Walkington. Her father was employed on a farm, then in March 1883, adding a couple of years onto his age, he enlisted in the 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. He served with the Regiment in India for two years before receiving a medical discharge in 1886. George William Davey returned to Walkington, found employment as a bricklayer’s labourer, and married Hannah Maria Jobson of Etton in 1888.
By the time of the census in Apr 1911, the Davey family had moved Beverley, to 42 Norwood Walk (later known as 42 Norwood Dale).
During the Great War, British women suggested to the government that they could be of service to the War Effort, thereby releasing men for military duties overseas. Following a protest march the Women's Legion was launched by the Marchioness of Londonderry in July 1915. The organisation was divided into four sections: agriculture; motor transport; canteen and cookery for the Army in England. There were four ranks - Controllers and Administrators - equivalent to officers; Forewomen - equivalent to NCOs and Workers - equivalent to privates. The subsequent formation of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was announced in Feb 1917 and established the following month as part of the British Army. Later, in April 1918, it was renamed Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, by which time the Corps numbered 57,000 women.
Lizzie Davey joined the Women's Legion and by Apr 1918 she had transferred to the WAAC when the Beverley Guardian reported she was serving at a Scottish Camp in Catterick.
In 1939 Lizzie and her unmarried brother Thomas, together with other relatives, were still living at 42 Norwood Dale. In 1956, at the age of 58, Lizzie married John Duggleby. Mrs Lizzie Duggleby died in Hull in 1973. Her husband John died in 1988.
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