Tenth Generation

365. Martha "Patty" IVE was born on 7 September 1864 in Hampton Court, Hampton Wick, Middlesex. She was baptized on 5 October 1864 at St John the Baptist in Hampton Wick, Middlesex. She died on 8 August 1958 at the age of 93.
Appears on 1881 Census living with her parents employed as an assistant Book-keeper.

Martha "Patty" IVE and Charles Henry STOODLEY were married on 31 August 1886 at St John the Baptist in Hampton Wick, Middlesex. A marriage announcement appears in the London Times dated 7th September 1886. Charles Henry STOODLEY, son of Benjamin STOODLEY and Elizabeth BURGE, was born on 21 December 1858 in Bridgewater, Somerset. He died on 7 June 1941 at the age of 82.

Appears on 1881 census lodging at Prospect Place, Long Ditton, Surrey his occupation is given as Clerk Exchequer and Audit Somerset House.

At the time of the death of their son Gerald in 1917, Charles and Martha are living at The Bungalow, Belgrave Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

Martha "Patty" IVE and Charles Henry STOODLEY had the following children:

+695	i.	Edith Mary STOODLEY.
696	ii.	Margaret Evelyn STOODLEY was born on 29 November 1888 at 2 Carlton Villas, Popes Grove in Twickenham, Middlesex. She was baptized on 29 December 1888 at Holy Trinity in Twickenham, Middlesex. She died on 2 August 1978 at the age of 89.
+697	iii.	Edwin Alan STOODLEY.
698	iv.	Gerald Hugh STOODLEY was born on 12 September 1893 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. He died on 17 January 1917 at the age of 23 in Mesopotamia (Iraq). He was buried in 1917 in Basra War Cemetry, Iraq. Serjeant 2571 lst/6th Bn., East Surrey Regiment attd., Supply and Transport Corps who died on Wednesday 17th January 1917. Age 23. Additional Information: Educated at Kingston-on-Thames Grammar School. Clerk at Drummonds Bank. Enlisted Sept., 1914. Commemorative Information Cemetery: BASRA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq Grave Reference/Panel III.0 16. Location: Basra is a town on the west bank of the Shatt-al-Arab, 90 kilometres from its mouth in the Persian Gulf. The cemetery is about 8 kilometres north-west of Basra. Historical Information: During the First World War, Basra was occupied by the 6th (Poona) Division in November 1914, from which date the town became the base of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. A number of cemeteries were used by the MEF in and around Basra; Makina Masul Old Cemetery was used from December 1914 to October 1916 and the Makina Masul New Extension was begun alongside the old cemetery in August 1917. These two sites, enlarged later when more than 1,000 graves were brought in from other burial grounds, now form Basra War Cemetery. The cemetery now contains 2,551 burials of the First World War, 74 of them unidentified. The headstones marking these graves were removed in 1935 when it was discovered that salts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. The names of those buried in the graves affected are now recorded on a screen wail. The cemetery also contains the Basra (Tanooma Chinese) Memorial, commemorating 227 unidentified casualties of the Chinese Labour Corps who were attached to the Inland Water Transport during the First World War. A panel in their memory was added to the screen wail when it became evident that their graves in Tanooma Chinese Cemetery could no longer be maintained. During the Second World War, Basra was the scene of fighting from 2 - 7 May 1941 when Iraqi forces were driven from the town, which then became a base for Commonwealth forces. Basra War Cemetery was used once again and after the war, further graves were brought in from other burials grounds in Iraq and Iran. There are now 365 Second World War burials in the cemetery. In addition, there are 37 war graves of other nationalities, many of them Polish, and 16 non-war burials. Directly opposite Basra War Cemetery is the Basra Indian Forces Cemetery containing burials of both wars, and the Basra Cremation Memorial commemorating Indian casualties of the Second World War whose remains were cremated in accordance with their faith.
699	v.	Winifred Maud STOODLEY was born in 1893 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. She died in 1983 at the age of 90.