Born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Daughter of David Gregory Marshall
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 95
[location unknown]
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Biography
Molly (Marshall) Rose OBE was born in Cambridgeshire, England.
Molly was born in 1920[1].
In the 1921 census Molly was the daughter of David Gregory Marshall in Aviatios Hall, Newmarket Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England.[2]
Molly married Rose married Bernard Rose in Hove Parish Church on 19 December 1939[3].
"Molly Daphne Rose, OBE, DL, JP born 26th November 1920 died 16th October 2016 aged 96 was a British aviator who flew for the Air Transport Auxiliary in World War II and later served as a magistrate in Oxfordshire. Her father, David Marshall, formed Marshall Motor Holdings and Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group.
Having enjoyed flying as a passenger in her brothers de Havilland Gipsy Moth, it was unsurprising that in 1937 she passed her pilot's licence. Her father David Gregory Marshall (otherwise known as "DGM") had, developed the Marshall Motors business he set up in 1909 and her brother, Arthur, set up the Cambridge Flying School. On returning from schooling in Paris, Molly's father suggested she became an apprentice engineer and she worked in the hangars of the family business, which she did, until called up by the Air Transport Auxiliary, on 16th September 1942. During her time with the ATA, Molly delivered 38 different types of aircraft, which is broken down to 486 aircraft, of which 276 were Spitfires. After the war, she raised three sons with her husband Bernard and became a Justice of the Peace in Oxford. She was active raising funds for various charities in Oxfordshire, was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Oxfordshire in 1983 and was awarded the OBE for Service to Oxfordshire in 1990. Molly also service as a Parish Councillor in the village of Appleton in Oxfordshire."[4]
She passed away in 2016.
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N9M-63Z : 1 October 2014), Molly Marshall, 1920; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑
1921 Census:
"1921 Census Of England & Wales"
Archive: The National Archives; Series: RG 15; Piece number: 08088; District reference: RD 180 RS 2 ED 8
FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 22 October 2023)
Molly Daphne Marshall daughter in household of David Gregory Marshall (47) in Aviatios Hall, Newmarket Road, Fen Ditton in Chesterton registration district in Cambridgeshire, England. Born in Cambridgeshire, England. - ↑ FreeBMD 1939 Hove marriage record
- ↑ https://www.spitfireclub.co.uk/dowding---park/the-air-transport-auxiliary
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