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Name: SMILEY, Moyra Eileen, Mrs
Nee: Montagu-Douglas-Scott, dau of Lord Francis George Montagu-Douglas-Scott, sister of Pamela
Birth Date: 15 Mar 1919 London
Death Date: 4 Feb 2011 London
First Date: 1920
Last Date: 1944
Profession: Farmer's daughter. European War 1939-42 with ATS (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) (despatches)
Area: Rongai, Nakuru
Married: 1. In Nairobi 28 Feb 1942 Major Hugo Douglas Tweedie, Scots Guards, b. 1910, killed in action 1945; 2. In Westminster, London 28 Apr 1947 Col. David de Crespigny Smiley (11 Apr 1916 London-8 Jan 2009)
Children: Anna Bridget Eileen (McFerran) (18 Dec 1942); Gavin Hugo (2 Aug 1944-2004); Xan de Crespigny (1 May 1949 Hanover); Philip David (26 Aug1951)
Book Reference: EAWL, Debrett, FANY
War Service: FANY - EA HQ Nairobi - Ciphers Despatches. Previously FANY England 1939-40
School: Governesses, Limuru Girls' School, Downe House School, Newbury, UK
General Information:
She was head of ciphers and decoding in Nairobi during the second world war, as a sergeant in the FANY; she was mentioned in dispatches (in the same dispatch in which Joss Erroll was also mentioned).