Biography:
Olive Leggett
29/04/1891 –09/11/1947
Olive Leggett
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Plot 503 Olive Leggett (1891-1947)
Olive was born 29 April 1891, in Hackney, London to Benjamin and Alice (née Nunn) Leggatt. Both her parents were from Suffolk and her father was a Civil Service clerk in the savings bank section of the Post Office.
Olive was their third child and would eventually have four brothers and two sisters.
He family moved to Harpenden soon after her birth and she was baptised there in 1900.
By 1911 the family had moved to “St Keverne”, King’s Road, Berkhamsted. Olive, who was living with her parents, was 19 and had no occupation.
She never married.
In 1918 her brother Cyril, who was serving in the Royal Navy, died in an accident. He is buried here.
In 1921 her parents were still living at “Keverne”, with Olive, her two younger sisters and her youngest brother. Olive was carrying out “Home duties”.
By 1939 her mother had died and her father had moved to Thaxstead in Essex with Olive who acted as his housekeeper.
She died 9 November 1947 at Hertford County hospital. At the time she had been living at Datchworth Bury Farm, Knebworth.
She is buried here with her brother Cyril. Her brothers Ralph and Gilbert are buried in plot 536.
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Plot 503 Olive Leggett (1891-1947)
Olive was born 29 April 1891, in Hackney, London to Benjamin and Alice (née Nunn) Leggatt. Both her parents were from Suffolk and her father was a Civil Service clerk in the savings bank section of the Post Office.
Olive was their third child and would eventually have four brothers and two sisters.
He family moved to Harpenden soon after her birth and she was baptised there in 1900.
By 1911 the family had moved to “St Keverne”, King’s Road, Berkhamsted. Olive, who was living with her parents, was 19 and had no occupation.
She never married.
In 1918 her brother Cyril, who was serving in the Royal Navy, died in an accident. He is buried here.
In 1921 her parents were still living at “Keverne”, with Olive, her two younger sisters and her youngest brother. Olive was carrying out “Home duties”.
By 1939 her mother had died and her father had moved to Thaxstead in Essex with Olive who acted as his housekeeper.
She died 9 November 1947 at Hertford County hospital. At the time she had been living at Datchworth Bury Farm, Knebworth.
She is buried here with her brother Cyril. Her brothers Ralph and Gilbert are buried in plot 536.
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Berkhamsted War Memorial
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