PROMISE FULFILLED
£SOO LEGACY FOR WOMAN
Wife of a sergeant. in the Berkshire Constabulary, Mrs. Eva Bailey, of Maidenhead, is a beneficiary under tho will of Miss Alice Jane Peel, of South Lodge, Wokingham, who died hat October, and to whom she was mam-com-panion during^the war. In the will, Mrs.*, Bailey is left £SOO, nnd__her daughter, Joan, aged 10, is left Mrs. Bailey stated in an interview, that the legacy lilad come as a surprise, as Miss Peel was so good to her m her lifetime. " I was a maid-companion to Miss Peel for 13 years, and I left net service about 15 years ago. . iUr , ■ Bailey said. "The legacy is evidently a war promise fulfilled, but the promis had passed out of my mind because her kindness. . . " When my husband, who was then police-constable at Wokingham. « » to the front, Miss Peel said 'Do. w* worry; you wiil.be provided for if _ worst happens, and your little daugn . ; will be educated.' "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 2 (Supplement)
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160PROMISE FULFILLED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 2 (Supplement)
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