Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Luke Alfred WILCE 1915 - 1944 Ruardean R I P

Luke Alfred WILCE 1915 - 1944 Ruardean R I P (reply)

hwilce — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 11:52:54 +0000

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Luke Alfred WILCE 1915 - 1944 Ruardean R I P (reply)

Jefff — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:05:01 +0000

Hi,
I don't know Slowhands personally, but it's possible he isn't a relation. He is this site's moderator/head guru and has written many similar tributes on this forum to those Foresters who gave their lives in wartime. However I have a sneaking suspicion based on his posts that Slowhands may have links to Ruardean, altho he does have a wealth of knowledge about all of the Forest.

Re your Luke Wilce, I know Wilce is a prominent name in the Forest including my home town Cinderford, but was your Luke a member of Lydbrook Parish Council in the 1930s ?. If so then have you seen this History of Lydbrook article which mentions him ? I see in our photos section an earlier Luke Wilce of Lydbrook who was perhaps his ancestor.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/downloads/Stories_Articles/History_of_Lydbrook.pdf

Re the young death of Mabel Wilce, if you are locally-based I strongly recommend you search the old "DF Mercury" archive held in Cinderford Library, unlike the Citizen for example this newspaper's not available online yet. See this prior thread
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=34114

Hope this helps, J

Mabel R WILCE nee BOWERS 1914 - 1951 (reply)

hwilce — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:39:18 +0000

I am interested in the circumstances of her death as she may have been murdered although this information has not been confirmed. Be great to speak with anyone who may have remembered the incident.

Mabel WILCE - British Newspapers on line - 1949 (reply)

hwilce — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:31:36 +0000

Thank you that was my uncle referred in the paper. He was known locally as newt. He is buried in the local church in raurdean.

Mabel WILCE - British Newspapers on line - 1949 (reply)

m p griffiths — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:24:39 +0000

On British Newspapers on Line - http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

- Gloucester Citizen - Saturday 29 October 1949

'FINE DOUBLED'

imposed on Mabel Wilce, Cinderhill, Ruardean

for failing to send her son Lawrence aged 14 school regularly - she had already been...

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When registering, you are entitled to 15 credits - (up to 3 page view - this may should be enough to read the above article in full) - although WILCE, Cinderford, seems to crop up a few times on the above website.

Freebdm

Birth: Ross District O/N/D Qtr 1934

WILCE, Lawrence GA - mother's maiden name BOWERS

Luke Alfred WILCE 1915 - 1944 Ruardean R I P (reply)

hwilce — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:55:26 +0000

Did you have any connection to my grandfather

Mabel R WILCE nee BOWERS 1914 (reply)

hwilce — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:54:15 +0000

Thank you you've been most helpful. Hopefully I'll be able to solve the mystery.

Mabel R WILCE nee BOWERS 1914 - 1951 (reply)

slowhands — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:50:49 +0000

Thank you. I do not seem to be able to obtain any information about the circumstances of her death. Can you advise?

Year: 1951
Month: Jan
Day: 18
Surname: WILCE
Forenames: Mabel
Residence: Cinderhill [COLEFORD/RUARDEAN?]
Age_at_death: 36 yrs
Officiating_Minister: R C Stebbing Rector
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/33
Page_No: 48
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean

Send for the death cert referenced in the earlier post will be a start

Check newspapers around that time for an obituary

etc

Mabel WILCE nee BOWERS (reply)

hwilce — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:48:39 +0000

Thank you. I do not seem to be able to obtain any information about the circumstances of her death. Can you advise?

Mabel Ruby WILCE nee BOWERS 1914 (reply)

slowhands — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:45:45 +0000

Name:
Mabel R Bowers

Mother's Maiden Name:
Harper

Date of Registration:
Oct-Nov-Dec 1914

Registration District:
Westbury on Severn

Inferred County:
Gloucestershire

Volume:
6a

Page:
474

Name:
Mabel R Bowers

Spouse Surname:
Luke A Wilce

Date of Registration:
Apr-May-Jun 1933

Registration District:
Westbury on Severn

Inferred County:
Gloucestershire

Volume Number:
6a

Page Number:
672

Mabel WILCE ? (reply)

hwilce — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:42:42 +0000

Thank you I believe it's the first one. Have you got any info about her death

Mabel WILCE ? (reply)

slowhands — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:40:35 +0000

Hello, I am looking for any information relating to the death of the above person

Name:
Mabel Wilce

Birth Date:
abt 1915

Date of Registration:
Mar 1951

Age at Death:
36

Registration District:
Forest of Dean

Inferred County:
Gloucestershire

Volume:
7b

Page:
614

Name:
Mabel Frances Wilce

Birth Date:
4 Mar 1885

Date of Registration:
Dec 1973

Age at Death:
88

Registration District:
Forest of Dean

Inferred County:
Gloucestershire

Volume:
7b

Page:
1075

Mabel Wilce nee Bowyers (reply)

hwilce — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:38:03 +0000

Hello, I am looking for any information relating to the death of the above person.

[ADMIN moved to associated thread for clarity]

Luke Alfred WILCE 1915 - 1944 Ruardean R I P (reply)

hwilce — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:13:42 +0000

Thanks for the fabulous tribute to my grandfather. May I ask what you connection is?

Luke Wilce (reply)

hwilce — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:55:36 +0000

Hello, aim looking for any information relating to my grandfather Luke Alfred Wilce. His wife was Mabel Bowers and his mother was a Ravenhill

Luke Alfred WILCE 1915 - 1944 Ruardean R I P

slowhands — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:40:44 +0000

At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them

WILCE, LUKE ALFRED
Rank:Private
Service No:14610140
Date of Death:12/08/1944
Age:28
Regiment/Service:Welch Regiment 1/5th Bn.
Grave Reference: V.C. 15.
Cemetery: BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:

Son of Frederick and Mary E. Wilce;
husband of Mabel Ruby Wilce, of Ruardean, Gloucestershire.

Name: Luke Wilce
Given Initials: L A
Rank: Private
Death Date: 12 Aug 1944
Number: 14610140
Birth Place: Monmouthshire
Residence: Gloucestershire
Branch at Enlistment: Infantry
Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
Regiment at Death: Welch Regiment
Branch at Death: Infantry

possible WILCE/BOWERS offspring

Mary R Wilce Apr-May-Jun 1933 Ross Shropshire

Lawrence G A Wilce Oct-Nov-Dec 1934 Ross Shropshire

Hazel D M Wilce Oct-Nov-Dec 1935 Westbury S Shropshire

Kenneth L F Wilce Oct-Nov-Dec 1938 Gloucester City Gloucestershire

Peggy G Wilce Jul-Aug-Sep 1943 Forest of Dean Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire

Robert Wilce Jul-Aug-Sep 1950 Cheltenham Gloucestershire

Name: Luke A Wilce & Mabel R Bowers
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1933
Registration district: Westbury on Severn
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 672

Name: Luke A Wilce
Mother's Maiden Name: Ravenhill
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1915
Registration district: Bedwellty
Inferred County: Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 109

1911 49 Clarence Place Blaenau Gwent Abertillery Monmouthshire
Frederick Wilce 36 Lydbrook
Mary Wilce 34 Cinderford
Winifred Wilce 11 Lydbrook
Merrick Wilce 10 Lydbrook
George Wilce 9 Lydbrook
Lawrence Wilce 4 Cwmtillary
Thomas Wilce 2 Cwmtillary
Clara Wilce 1 Cwmtillary

1901
Frederick Wilce abt 1875 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Wilce abt 1877 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Winifred Wilce abt 1900 Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Albert Wilce abt 1900 Son East Dean, Gloucestershire

WILCE Frederick
RAVENHILL Mary Eliza
Forest of Dean Monmouth Register Office
1899 20 66

http://www.katiandgraham.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F381&tree=kegcTree
Other Ruardean men remembered
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15670