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George Augustus Roberts                     1875-1962
George was born about 1875, the son of Albert James Roberts and Ellen Wace, at Wadhurst, Sussex.   During the First World War he was surgeon to the Winchester Red Cross Hospital.   He was created C.B.E. (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 1920.


Florence Muriel Mills                           1880-1957
Florence was born on 8 February 1881, the daughter of Colonel Arthur McLeod Mills, in Barrackpore, India. She always went by the name of Muriel.
I have identified the following children:

  Michael Wace Born 15 Dec 1907   Devonshire Married Dorothy Brenda Haggie
George Cuthbert D. Born abt 1909   Devonshire  
Felicity Elizabeth Born 16 Sep 1910   Devonshire  
Anne No Date    
Anthony No Date    
Mark Arthur Monson Born 21 Sep 1923   Married Rosalind Margaret Vaughn Drummond

Birth of Parents
George Augustus Roberts b: abt 1875         Wadhurst, Sussex       1875 3Q Ticehurst 2b 89
son of Albert James Roberts and Ellen Wace

Florence Muriel Mills b: 8 Feb 1881  c: 26 Feb 1881               Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
daughter of Colonel Arthur McLeod Mills

Marriage
abt 1906
George Augustus Roberts
Florence Muriel Mills
Hampshire               1906 4Q Portsmouth 2b 1134

Children
Michael Wace Roberts b: 15 Dec 1907         Devonshire       1908 1Q Devonport 5b 319
son of Dr. George Augustus Roberts and Florence Muriel Mills
George Cuthbert D. Roberts b: abt 1909         Devonshire       1909 3Q Devonport 5b 315
son of Dr. George Augustus Roberts and Florence Muriel Mills
Felicity Elizabeth Roberts b: 16 Sep 1910                 Devonshire       1910 4Q Devonport 5b 290
daughter of Dr. George Augustus Roberts and Florence Muriel Mills

1911 Census RG14-(193) 3 April 1911 Tamar, Devonport, Devon
9 Tamar Terrace
George Roberts
Muriel (Wife)
Michael
Cuthbert
Felicity
Plus 4 Servants
Age 35
Age 30
Age 3
Age 1
Age 7 Mon
Medical Practioner Tidebrook
Barrackpore
Devonport
Devonport
Devonport
Sussex
India
Devon
Devon
Devon
abt 1875
abt 1870
abt 1907
abt 1909
abt 1910
    The Census reports that they had 4 children, only 3 born alive.

Anthony Roberts No Date        
son of Dr. George Augustus Roberts and Florence Muriel Mills
Mark Arthur Monson Roberts b: 21 Sep 1923         Hampshire       1923 4Q Winchester 2c 230
son of Dr. George Augustus Roberts and Florence Muriel Mills
Anne Roberts No Date        
daughter of Dr. George Augustus Roberts and Florence Muriel Mills

Death
Florence Muriel (Mills) Roberts Died 30 Nov 1957, Age 77,       1957 4Q Winchester 6b 858

The Times, Tuesday, Dec 3, 1957                         DEATHS
  ROBERTS - On November 30, 1957, suddenly, at Preston House, Colebrook Street, WInchester, Florence Muriel Roberts, dearly loved wife of G. A. Roberts.   Funeral Thursday, December 5th, Winchester Cathedral, 12:30 p.m.
WINCHESTER   28 Jan 1958                         Probate
ROBERTS, Florence Muriel - of Preston House, Colebrook Street, Winchester (wife of George Augustus Roberts) died 30 November 1957, Administration Winchester 28 January to, the said George Augustus Roberts, surgeon.   Effects £790 1s. 7d.

Death
George Augustus Roberts C.B.E., F.R.C.S. Died 25 Sep 1962, Age 87,       1962 3Q Winchester 6b 656

The Times, Wednesday, Sep 26, 1962                 Obituaries
MR. G. A. ROBERTS

  Mr. George Augustus Roberts, C.B.E., F.R.C.S., who retired as consulting surgeon to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, died at his home at Winchester yesterday at the age of 87.
  He was born in 1875, son of the Rev. A. Roberts and was educated at Marlborough.   During the First World War he was surgeon to the Winchester Red Cross Hospital.   He was created C.B.E. in 1920.
  In 1906 he married Florence Muriel, daughter of Colonel A. McLeod Mills.   They had three sons and two daughters.
WINCHESTER   12 Nov 1962                         Probate
ROBERTS, George Augustus C.B.E. - of Preston House, Colebrook Street, Winchester, died 25 September 1962, Probate Winchester 12 November, to Felicity Elizabeth Roberts (wife of Charles Wace Roberts) and Muriel Anne Bird (wife of Francis Doyne Godfrey Bird).   Effects £16,073 6s.

SPECIAL THANKS  to Jacqui Mills, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, for the photo of Florence Muriel Roberts.