MAINPRICE, Humphrey

Capt 3rd Kings Royal Rifle Regiment. Gazetted 12/11/ 1914. b c1882 Ashley Heath Cheshire. 1911C in Newquay, Cornwall, a private tutor. Played cricket for Cambridge University & Gloucestershire before the war. His Marriage certificate Oct 1914 lists occupation as soldier so he was already serving then. He was living at Hillside, Hathersage by the end of 1922, (from his medal list, his previous address was his London club). Shown as living at Park Edge, Hathersage in 1932 Kelly’s Directory, but he seemed to have left the village mid 1930’s and moved to Youlgreave. His wife Dorothy (born in Australia) was very big in the local Girl Guide Association.