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Elizabeth Glanville Waymouth (Betty, Mrs Hirst) Born at Shoeburyness on 29 Sep 1906 Died
This 1907 photo of Silas Waymouth's
family includes Betty on her mother's
knee, middle row, right end. Betty
was the younger of two daughters of
Ernest Waymouth (back row, right
end) and Elsie (nee Bleecker). Betty
was educated at Bath. In 1940 she
married Geoffrey Milnes Hirst (Major
in army) and they had one son. Betty
drove Army ambulances during WW2.
She was a first class tennis player and
professional coach in the 1950s.
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