Miss Marion Impey Scarborough
Nurse, Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), British Red Cross
Date of Birth: Quarter 2, 1881
Place of Birth: Colyton, Devon
Date of Death: 24th October, 1963
Buried: Buried in the family grave in Teignmouth Cemetery in Devon
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Miss Marion Impey Scarborough of The Clintons Teignmouth, Devon.
Marion was born in the first quarter of 1881, in Colyton in Devon.
Her father was Elijah Impey Scarborough, a gentleman from Beer in Devon, and her mother was Margaret Blanche Scarborough (née Gilliard), from Hereford.
In 1891 she was living at Kingsholme, Colyford with her family and four servants (a governess, a cook, a housemaid and a nursemaid).
Marion had a brother, Major Michael Claud Scarborough who was killed on the Somme in 1916 aged 33. She also had a sister, Gabrielle Scarborough. Both sisters were engaged with VAD as nurses.
As a VAD nurse, during the First World War Marion worked part-time alternate weeks of day and night duty doing ward work and nursing at the Teignmouth Auxiliary Military Hospital for a total of 6720 hours.
In some records her name is spelled Marion Impey Scarbrough.
Gabrielle is remembered on the family memorial in Teignmouth Cemetery
Marion died a spinster on 24 October, 1963 aged 79 in Fairlight Nursing Home, York Road, Torquay, Devon, England.
Her sister Gabrielle who was also a spinster had died nine months previously.
Marion is remembered on the family memorial in Teignmouth Cemetery.
Date of engagement with VAD: January 1915, still serving.
Rank: Nurse.
Duties: Ward work and nursing
Service rendered at:
Teignmouth Auxiliary Military Hospital, Devon. (alternate weeks day and night duty on the wards and nursing).
Number of hours served: 6720.
Paid: £0.
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