Born in 1897 in Surrey as Beatrice Annie Godwin, the daughter of a draper, she left school aged 15 to start working as a counting house clerk in the West End.
She was born in 1897 in Surrey as Beatrice Annie Godwin. She left school. This school was aged 15. This was to start working as a counting house clerk in the West End. Beatrice Annie Godwin was the daughter of a draper.