Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone (1900-1979)

Born in Haiphong in the province of Tonkin (now North Korea) on 16 October 1900, eldest of five children of Frenchman Auguste Ardizzone of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. and his wife Margaret née Irving. In 1905 the family returned to England firstly to London and then coming to East Bergholt, Suffolk. In 1906 his mother returned to China to join her husband leaving the children in the care of his grandmother who educated him privately. His formal education was at Ipswich School 1909-12, but he proved to be a poor scholar. In 1911 his 35 year old mother Margaret was living at 4 Gainsborough Road, Ipswich with 10 year old Edward, 9 year old Elizabeth Grace, 7 year old Lauret...