Sunday 26th July 2009
Kimberley John Lindsay, of Hirschstrasse 32, 71282 Hemmingen, Germany, writes ~
I am a retired graphic designer (born 1944 in Sydney, son of AIF Major J.G. Linday, MC, psc) and I am researching the life of Major Edwin Percival Yeates (1888 – 1973), late of Boreham Road, Warminster.
Major and Mrs Yeates lived for four decades at Wylie Lodge (Mrs Yeates was formerly Christine Grace Wylie), and a neighbour, Mrs Lewis, described them as “fairly formidable” and that Mrs Yeates was a keen tennis player with a ferocious underarm service!
Another neighbour sold a next-door field, bar one acre, to Major Yeates who gave it to the National Trust. Latterly Major and Mrs Yeates moved from 84 Boreham Road, Warminster, to the Delph Nursing Home in Dorset.
I am seeking a photograph of Major E.P. Yeates, who was, no doubt, active in local affairs and often wrote to The Times.
I am very sorry to be a pest but any anecdotes, however small, would also be a great help.