In 1922 their son Leslie Charles was born [GRO Ref: Wandsworth 1d 1108, 1922 (Q3)]. It appears from the GRO birth index that he was their only child.
The Electoral Register for 1938 finds them living at No. 38, Balham High Road, Balham, London SW12. Before long they had moved to Effingham.
The National Register for 1939, taken on 29 September, finds them living at Effingham Lodge, Guildford Road and Andrew occupied as a coal and corn manager [Nat. Archives, 1939 Register, Ref. RG101/1952E]. This small cottage was situated on the west side of Dirtham Lane close to where the latter joins the Guildford Road and was actually in East Horsley parish. It once belonged to the Horsley Towers Estate and is believed to have then been a gardener’s lodge. It has since been greatly altered.
Currently, all that is known of Leslie’s military history is that he served in the Royal Tank Regiment during the War and was killed in Italy in September 1944.
The Electoral Register for 1945 (October edition) finds his parents still living in Effingham Lodge.
In 1946 Leslie’s father died aged “54” [GRO Ref: Surrey S.W. 2a 728, 1946 (Q1)]. A resident who lived in Effingham during that period has stated that Charles Andrew had hanged himself in the woods nearby, which is consistent with his entry below in the Probate Index. There appears to have been no report of his death in The Surrey Advertiser and County Times.
The Electoral Registers indicate that Violet May lingered on, alone, at Effingham Lodge for several further years before moving into nearby Calvert Farm. She died, aged just “56”, in 1952 [GRO Ref: Surrey S.W. 5g 741, 1952 (Q2)]. Her probate entry is also shown below.