Richard Wallace Fleming MBE (abt. 1914)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

Richard was born in 1914.^[1] He was the son of Scottish-born George Norval Fleming^[2] and his wife Ethel Sackville Reed.^[3]

In 1930 Richard, his mother and sister, Margaret, disembarked from the Armadale Castle in Southampton, Hampshire. They were due to visit "Riddings" in Alfreton, Derbyshire, and had sailed in First Class.^[4] In October 1935 Richard returned from Africa to England where he was a student at Magdalene College, Cambridge.^[5]

Richard was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1946 New Year's Honours list. He was serving as a Major in The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment).^[6]

The next year Richard married Gillian Mary Willett in Bedhampton, Hampshire, England.^[7][8][9]

"FLEMING : WILLETT. – On Saturday, April 12 1947, at St. Thomas’s Church, Bedhampton, MAJOR RICHARD WALLACE FLEMING, M.B.E., The Black Watch (R.H.R.), son of Mr. and Mrs. George Fleming, of Gilston Estate, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, to GILLIAN MARY, daughter of CAPTAIN and MRS. BASIL WILLETT, of The Old Mill House, Bedhampton, Hants." ^[10]

Research notes

Richard registered his father's death in Southern Rhodesia in 1961^[2] and his mother's the next year.^[3] There is lots of family information to be extracted from the documents. Fuller-8857 20:59, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Zimbabwe Government Gazette. 11 Jul 1986. p649. gazettes.africa. Accessed 15 Feb 2022
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Zimbabwe Death Registers, 1890-1977; Index to Death Register, 1892-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-CNSS-C6?cc=1837900&wc=M6LS-XP8%3A163032901%2C163298301 : 17 December 2019), Death registers > 1961, #1-550 > image 331 of 561; National Archives, Harare.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Zimbabwe Death Registers, 1890-1977; Index to Death Register, 1892-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-CF4M-S?cc=1837900&wc=M6LS-FWL%3A163032901%2C163308201 : 17 December 2019), Death registers > 1962, #1-550 > image 286 of 580; National Archives, Harare.
4. ↑ Ship’s name “Armadale Castle”. Voyage from Natal, Cape ports and Madeira to Southampton. Aug 1930. Southampton, England. Port of embarkation: Capetown.
   9. FLEMING Ethel Sackville. Newlands, Riddings, Alfreton, Derby. Age 59. Country of last permanent residence: S. Rhodesia
   10. FLEMING Margaret A. Newlands, Riddings, Alfreton, Derby. Age 17. Country of last permanent residence: S. Rhodesia
   11. FLEMING Richard Wallace. Newlands, Riddings, Alfreton, Derby. Age 15. Country of last permanent residence: S. Rhodesia
   Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces. Image
5. ↑ Ship’s name Edinburgh Castle. Port of Arrival: Southampton. 7 Oct 1935. When Arrived Natal via Union Ports & Madeira. Tourists. Port of embarkation: Capetown.
   124. Fleming Richard Wallace. Proposed address: Magdalene College, Cambridge. Student. Age 20. Country of last permanent residence: England. Country of intended future permanent residence: England.
   Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces. Image
6. ↑ Major (temporary) Richard Wallace FLEMING (64149), The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment).
   The London Gazette. Publication date: 28 December 1945. Issue: 37407. Page: 25. Accessed 15 Feb 2022
7. ↑ Marriage: Name: Gillian M Willett; Event Type: Marriage Registration; Event Place: Gosport, Hampshire, England; Registration District: Gosport; County: Hampshire; Registration Year: 1947; Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun; Affiliate Line Number: 112; Volume: 6B; Spouse Name (available after 1911): Fleming; Possible Spouse: Richard W Fleming.
   "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 20 March 2020. From "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006." Database. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : 2012. Citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
8. ↑ "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976," Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, (Ancestry Record 1897 #342772), Original data: Andrews Collection. Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, Kent, England citing Name: Gillian Mary Willett; Father's Name: Basil Willett; Spouse's Name: Richard Wallace Fleming; Marriage Date: 12 Apr 1947; Marriage Place: Bedhampton, Hants.
9. ↑ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005," Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010, (Ancestry Record 8753 #57914780), Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England; Volume: 6b; Page: 645 citing Name: Gillian M Willett; Registration Date: Apr 1947; Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun; Registration District: Gosport; Inferred County: Hampshire; Spouse: Richard W Fleming; Volume Number: 6b; Page Number: 645.
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Andrews Collection. Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, Kent, England. Image