New Milton Mail July 2021

July 2021 Issue 136

Community Magazine & Local Business Directory

Meet the Locals Jacquie Jaccqu uiie Carver Carrvveer

Local History Colonel Coolonel Wheeler Wheelleerr VC VC

It’s a Dog’s Life

Farewell Fa rewell Old Old Friend Fr ien d

What’s On Local History Meet the Locals

Going Places It’s a Dog’s Life Fiona’s Real Food

Book Reviews Local Articles Local Clubs & Societies

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Local History

Lt. Col George Campbell Wheeler VC

Shumran Bend north west of Kut 23rd of February 1917 Colonel George Campbell Wheeler VC

Buried in the cemetery at St Mary Magdalene church, New Milton is a First World War soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was Lt Colonel George Campbell Wheeler.

George Wheeler was born in 1880 in Japan. His father was Dr Edwin Wheeler, who aft fter t serv rving v in Royal Navy vyy as a surgeon, took up private medical practice in Japan. George Wheeler was sent to England for

left ftt India in 1916 for Mesopotamia

The Shumran bend was an area of the river swollen by flood water. It was about 350 yards wide. On 23rd of February ryy The Ghurkhas were rowed across the river in boats. The rowers were men of the 7th Battalion the Hampshire Regiment. This Territorial Army Battalion was raised in the New Forest and Christchurch area of Hampshire. The opposite bank for the river was heavily defended by Turkish troops who were well dug in behind embankments.

(Iraq) he was a Major.

Major Wheeler led his men in the

his education. He attended Bedford Grammar School, Woolwich military ryy academy and then Sandhurst. He was commissioned as an offi fficer fi in January ryy 1900 serv rving v firstly with the East Yorkshire Regiment before joining the 2/9th Ghurkha Rifles in 1902. He was promoted Captain in 1909 and by the time the Regiment

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In February ryy 1917, Major Wheeler and the men of the 2/9th Ghurkhas were tasked with crossing the river Tigris at Shumran bend and clearing the Turkish forces from the opposite bank. This action was import rtant t as the British Army were advancing on Baghdad and using the river Tigris to bring up supplies and reinforcements and take the wounded downstream to hospitals and safety. In 1915, a short rtt distance down river, a part rtt of the British Army had become besieged at the town of Kut. The action in February ryy 1917 was part rtt of a campaign to recapture Kut.

first boat in an attack on the Turkish position. His action is described in the London Gazette of 8th of June 1917. “This offi fficer, fi together with one Ghurkha offi fficer fi and eight men, crossed a river and immediately rushed the enemy trench under heavy vyy bombing, rifle machine gun and art rtillery t ryy fire. Having obtained a footing on the river bank, he was almost immediately aft fterw t rwards w counter-attacked by a strong enemy part rty t with bombers. Major Wheeler at once led a charge with another offi fficer fi and three men, receiving a severe bayonet wound in the head, but managed in spite of this, to disperse the enemy. This bold action on his part rtt undoubtedly saved the situation.

In spite of his wound, he continued to consolidate his position.” For this action Major George Wheeler was awarded the Victoria Cross. The medal was presented to him in 1919

by King George V. Aft fter t the war George Wheeler continued to serv rve v in the Indian Army.

He saw active serv rvice v on the Nort rtht West Frontier as the commanding offi fficer fi of 9th Ghurkha Rifles and was awarded campaign medals for serv rvice v

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Colonel Wheeler VC in later life. Photo courtesy of New Milton Advertiser.

The River Crossing Assault.

in Waziristan. His final posting was as commandant of the Military ryy Police at Port rtt Blair in India. On retirement in 1925 he settled in Bart rton-On-Sea t living at ‘Mary ryv yville’ v Beach Avenue.

The Times of 28th October 1912 announced that in November the marriage would take place of Captain George Campbell Wheeler and Miss Beatrice Ethel Knyv yvett. v They went on to have three sons. Sadly, Beatrice’s health was not strong and she was at some time admitted to the Holloway Sanatorium in Virginia Water where she passed away in 1940.

George Wheeler took an active part rtt in local aff ffairs. f He was a member of the Conserv rvative v Club and a keen support rter t of the ‘New Forest Players’.

It is known that he had a fine baritone voice and took part rtt in operatic perf rformances f in India. He was a staunch support rter t of the New Milton Branch of the Royal British Legion attending the various meetings and the annual Serv rvice v of Remembrance along with other parades. The local British Legion minute books note that he was invited to become the President but declined. He is

recorded as volunteering to help the branch with welfare matters, in part rticular t driving around the parish dropping off fff Christmas presents to the children of Legion members and ensuring that no child went without.

Colonel Wheeler was described as being a warm heart rted, t generous man with a keen sense of humour. He was also a gift fted t linguist speaking French, German, Japanese and Hindustani.

In his youth he had been a great sport rtsman. t He had played rugby for Surry ryy County and cricket, tennis and polo when he was stationed in India.

George Wheeler died on 26th of August 1938 at the Grove Nursing Home in Bart rton t on Sea following an operation. He was buried at St Mary ryy Magdalene churchyard and the New Milton Advert rtiser t of 3rd of September 1938 report rted t that ‘disappointment was expressed’ that Colonel Wheeler was not given a military ryy funeral.

There was not even a bugler to sound the last post, or an army chaplain to recite the committal serv rvice. v The only token was that his coffi ffin fi was covered with the Union Jack. His obituary ryy records that members of New Milton

Branch of the Royal British Legion were present at the funeral.

By the 1990s his grave had fallen into a sad state of repair with the stone cross broken. In September 1999 a new headstone for George Wheeler was unveiled in a serv rvice v of remembrance. The stone was paid for by members of Bedford school and the Ghurkha Rifles association replaced the stone. Sadly, Colonel Wheeler’s grave was once again neglected until 2008 when New Milton Town Council agreed to take on the responsibility for keeping the grave weeded and in good order. In the words of former Councillor Goff fff Beck “We owe it to him and should be proud to have such a brave man living here”.

Nick Saunders Nick Saunders is a local historian who would be pleased to hear from any reader who has information relating to local history ry. y In addition he would be interested to see any postcards or photographs of our district.

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Jacquie Carver This month we meet Jacquie Carver who had a long and successful career in the Metropolitan Police whilst at the same time raising a family.

Born in London on 24th November 1965, Jacquie is the eldest of five girls. Aged 10 her family moved from London to St Albans, Hertfordshire where she attended St. Alban’s Girls school.

In September 1982 she joined the Metropolitan Police Cadets and during her 2 years at Hendon cadet college passed A’ levels in English and Sociology., alongside her police studies. She took part in all of the sports available, including becoming a member of the Police Life Saving Team, successfully competing throughout her service. Many of Jacquie’s closest friends date from these early training days.

Jacquie loves horses and in 1986, after 2 years as a probationary constable, she applied to become a mounted police officer. She was successful on her first application which was quite an achievement for a female officer at that time. She completed the twenty week course at Imber Court Mounted Branch training centre, during which she was lucky enough to meet Princess Diana, presenting her with a bouquet during the Royal visit.

She served 11 years in the Mounted Branch firstly at Rochester Row Police stables, then Great Scotland Yard Stables, both in central London. Her mounted duties included numerous ceremonial events, football matches and public order events, such as the Poll Tax demonstration in March 1990.

In 1991 Jacquie had her first daughter, Zoe, and continued

to work full time. Following the birth of Natasha, in 1994, she became one of the first officers to take up the opportunity to work part time, and had her third daughter, Holly in 1995. A great active role model, Jacquie trained at TISKA Karate Club, St Albans with her three girls, who all have black belts, and she achieved Black belt 2nd Dan. Jacquie met her husband, Mike, also a Met. police officer, in 1992 and they became grandparents to Nancy in 2019.

In 1999, as a result of a new police tenure policy, whereby officers with more than 10 years in specialist departments had to return to foot duty, Jacquie was posted to Harrow police station.

During her time there she passed her advanced driving course and became a Family Liaison Officer. This role is more investigative than we

promotion process and was posted to Wembley police station.

As a response team Sergeant she continued to work shifts, enjoying the varied and busy role, including working in the custody suite.

She became a Family Liaison Officer CoJacquie with her 3 daughters and granddaughter ordinator and following the see on the TV police dramas, terrorist attacks of July 2005 not only supporting the families worked with London but gathering information to underground bomb victims and assist in the investigation. their families at UCH. She Jacquie worked in cases of high remains in contact with one of risk missing persons, suicides, the victims to this day. fatal fires, murders and Whilst working as a Safer accidental deaths, including Neighbourhood Team Sergeant that of one of her colleagues, in 2006 she took further and received police promotion and was posted to commendations for her work.

Kilburn Police Station, Brent, as In 2003 Jacquie decided to a uniformed Inspector in charge take promotion and studying of a response team. She the four ‘Blackstone’s Police undertook Firearms Incident manuals” was no small feat.

Command training, in order to She passed the national police manage firearms incidents, written and scenario based which were numerous in Brent, exams, then the Met. police as well as Level 2 Public Order training, and Public order Command courses. All of this experience helped her secure a role in the police operational command unit for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, based at Greenwich Park, where she managed officers deployed to police the equestrian events. Jacquie spent the last year in arguably the least favourite role of her career, as a Custody Inspector, managing staff and detainees at both Wembley and Colindale

police stations.

At the end of 2015 after over 30 years of frontline service, Jacquie took retirement aged 49 and moved, with her husband, to Barton-on-Sea.

Jacquie had joined the Women’s Institute in 2014 and upon moving to Hampshire found that both the local WI’s were full, with long waiting lists.

A suggestion was made that she start a new WI, and with support from friends, she formed Barton Bees WI in July 2017. She is the current president and also a member of the Board of Trustees for Hants Fed. Of Womens Institutes.

Since lockdown in March 2020, their meetings have all taken place online, but they have embraced the challenge and certainly feel that the difficulties have advanced the whole WI technologically.

She belongs to 2 local choirs and is learning to sew, although she’s hopeless at knitting. She loves skiing, swimming, tennis, her new rowing machine, going to the gym and is a reluctant runner!

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C HANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT IN LIFE CHANGE This week I was challenged to explain my principles of practice, to sum up in a few words what guides my clinical philosophy.

PRINCIPLE: THERE IS NEVER “NOTHING YOU CAN DO” TO CHANGE YOUR HEALTH FOR THE BETTER.

My big frustration in practice is when people have been told that the ‘diagnosis’ they have been given means “nothing can be done to help”. What it really means is, the person saying it (often calling themselves “an expert”) does not have the magic bullet to cure the condition.

I hear this almost every day. Especially in relation to osteoarthritic joints.

It is demonstrably false, illogical, and lifelimiting. If it were true, I would not have a practice. A good 70-90% of the people we see in our clinic will have osteoarthritis somewhere in their body. What is more annoying for me, as a scientist, is that this opinion is really illogical. We know the causes of osteoarthritis.

Almost always it is a lack of movement.

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Nature on your Doorstep “The Summer looks out from her brazen tower, Through the flashing bars of July.”

By Francis Thompson This is the time to enjoy the warmer summer evenings.

Those of you who planted stocks, nicotiana and evening primrose will be enjoying night -scented gardens. These unusual flowers appeal to insects which can attract swooping bats at the end of warm day. There are 18 species of bats in the UK, we have over two and a half million of them. The two types of pipistrelle (below right) are the most common and account for over 75% of the population, so other species of bats are quite rare. Contrary to popular belief, they aren’t blind and see quite well in the half light of a summer’s night.

They use echolocation, high pitched sounds that bounce off objects, to create a landscape of the space around them.

One of the most interesting moths to discover in the garden is the Garden Tiger Moth (below). It’s numbers have declined in recent years,

but they are widespread in the UK. As caterpillars, they are stout and hairy, brown and black in colour, known as a ‘woolly bear’. Their hairy exterior protects them from predators like birds. As a moth, the forewings are chocolate brown with cream patterns and the hindwings are an orange red with black spots.

Froghoppers are small, brown insects that jump huge distances when they are under threat. You’ll recognise the larvae, on plant stems, coated in a froth of cuckoo spit to protect from predators as it feeds on fresh new shoots and leaves. They are roughly 6mm long and hide in hedgerows and flower borders.

Summer is a great time to try and spot owls. If you hear the well-known ‘twit-twoo’ at night, then you may be able to catch sight of a tawny owl (above).

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Other owls make different noises, screeches and calls.

This is the time that chicks rely on parents for food whilst they are learning to hunt for themselves, this means that the adults are away from the nest, hunting for longer periods and are easier to see.

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Owning Your Home Jointly

There are 2 ways in which you may own the home in which you live jointly with another.

Firstly, you may own the home jointly as joint tenants. Secondly, you may own the home jointly as tenants in common. The word “tenants” is not connected to a landlord and tenant relationship nor with the payment of rent.

Jointly as joint tenants means that you both own the whole property. On the death of one joint tenant the survivor will keep the whole property. For example, Jack and Jill own 1 Windmill Cottage jointly as joint tenants. Jill dies. Jack inherits the whole property automatically because he and Jill own as joint tenants.

Owning a property jointly as tenants in common means that each of you owns a share in the property. The shares may be owned in percentages. So Jack and Jill may own 1 Windmill Cottage as tenants in common owning 50% each or 1% for Jack and 99% for Jill or any percentages in between. If Jack and Jill own 1 Windmill Cottage jointly as tenants in common and Jack dies then Jack’s share in the property does not automatically pass to Jill. Jack’s share in the property forms part of his estate and it will pass by virtue of his will if he has one, or, if he does not have one, it will pass on intestacy to the beneficiaries detailed in the Administration of Estates Act 1925 as amended.

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Jill unless he has made a will naming Jill as his beneficiary because the Administration of Estates Act 1925 does not recognise unmarried couples no matter how long they have lived together.

When buying a property jointly with another always consider carefully if you need to own it as joint tenants or tenants in common. If you have invested more in the purchase of the property than the other joint owner then always consider owning the property jointly as tenants in common to protect your additional investment. If you do not and your relationship breaks down then it may be assumed that you have made a gift of the additional contribution.

So, Jack and Jill buy a property for £300,000.

Jack paid the deposit of £100,000. Jack and Jill bought the property as joint tenants. Jack and Jill separate and it is assumed that Jack made a gift to Jill of the deposit. The property is sold and the proceeds of sale are divided equally between them. If Jack and Jill had purchased the property jointly as tenants in common then Jack’s investment of £100,000 could have been protected.

When buying a property jointly with another always consider whether you should own the property jointly as joint tenants or jointly as tenants in common and discuss this with your legal adviser. Always review your wills or make wills because of your change in circumstances when buying a new property.

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Slice thinly the onion and thickly the mushrooms and cook in the wok for a few minutes in the oil adding the chopped garlic. As it softens, season with salt and pepper and after a couple of minutes add the spices from the top of the jar of sauce and cook for a further 2 minutes. Then add the sauce from the jar and the double cream. While this is coming to the boil tear up the chicken into medium to large pieces and drop into the sauce and simmer for a further 2 minutes. Chop up the coriander and add to the wok, stir gently and take off the heat.

If you have a round dish this becomes much easier but as the tortillas are easy to tear it doesn't really matter. Put enough sauce and chicken to cover the bottom of the dish and then place a layer of the corn tortillas. Continue to layer up like a lasagne to the top layer, keeping enough sauce back pour over the top layer. Add the grated cheese and put into a hot oven for half an hour or until the top is golden brown.

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Local History

The Hurn Branch

Having given you a couple of columns on Highcliffe Castle recently (Visitors and Tenants), I thought I’d do the same with the local railways, for as previously mentioned, I do love my railways. So, I took you on a journey along the BrockenhurstChristchurch line last month: This time we’re heading further back in time. It’s time to shine my literary torch on the Hurn Branch, a.k.a.

The Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway, which was the first to reach the centre of the Priory town (and, when it was extended, Bournemouth).

The junction for this line was Ringwood, which had opened with the Southampton and Dorchester Railway in 1847 and continued in use for 120 years until this line, the so-called ‘Castleman’s Corkscrew’, was closed in its entirety, thanks to railway bogeyman Dr. Beeching, in 1967.

Not much remains in Ringwood to sugg ggest g there was ever a railway here, with the station site occupied by light industrial units.

I have read, however, that a 2009 report rtt of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) did recommend the reinstatement of the Brockenhurst-Ringwood line, so you never know, there may be a postscript to come.

The Ringwood-Christchurch line opened in November 1862, with two intermediate stops. The first was Avon Lodge, a private and untimetabled halt, and the second was Hurn station.

Both were connected to Lord Malmesbury ryy (James Harris, the 3rd Earl, 1807-89) as the line crossed several miles of his land.

In return for selling land to the railway company, Harris insisted these two stations be provided, Hurn for his personal use (he lived at Heron Court rt, t or Hurn Court rt), t with Avon Lodge for his tenants and staff fff at Avon Cottage (or Avon Castle as it became).

themselves at odds with the railway company (by this stage the LSWR, London & South Western Railway) because of their double-barrelled insistence they could stop any train. The case went to court rtt where the TurnerTurners lost (January ryy 1874), the judge ruling that whilst they could stop ‘ordinary ry’ y serv rvices, v this didn’t apply to a through serv rvice v from Waterloo to Bournemouth.

Avon Lodge Halt, which is now a private house (Steve Roberts).

Hurn was more substantial, although it too, like Avon Lodge, was private and untimetabled to begin with, quickly becoming a public station. Opening with the line as ‘Herne’ in November 1862, the station soon appeared on timetables (January ryy 1863) and by July 1897 had become the familiar ‘Hurn’. A passing loop was eventually provided so trains could cross here.

Avon Castle (Steve Roberts)

Ringwood station, March 1964 (Red House Museum).

In June 1863, the castle and halt were sold to the Turner-Turners, who later (March 1872) found

Hurn station, c.1930s (Red House Museum).

and through the waterw rworks w where there was a crossing keeper’s hut at the waterw rworks w entrance (bottom of Mill Road).

The Avon Causeway Inn, the former Hurn station. The station building can be matched up with the 1930s image (Steve Roberts).

The writing was on the wall though for Hurn and the line, especially aft fter t the Brockenhurst-Christchurch line opened in 1888. Closure of the Hurn line was first mooted in the 1920s with ticket sales at Hurn averaging just over 20 a day at the start rtt of that decade, but plummeting, until they were just a third of that by the end of the 20s. The signal box at Hurn closed in 1927 as Beeching’s predecessors circled.

The line finally reached Christchurch station which lay the other side of Bargates from today’s 1880s creation.

When the line was extended to Bournemouth in 1870, a levelcrossing was provided to get the line across Bargates. The arrival of the later line through Sway and New Milton would see today’s station open (1888) with the Bargates bridge now in place to take the road over the railway.

The 1862 station now looked a bit marooned in between the Ringwood and Sway lines.

The line continued down today’s Dudmoor Lane past St Catherine’s Hill, made its way around the back of Marsh Lane

The Avon Causeway viewed from the car park.

Dudmoor Lane is the best stretch of the old trackbed for walkers and cyclists. There’s no trace of the first Christchurch station.

Take care & stay safe folks.

View off the Bargates bridge showing the earlier Christchurch station between the tracks. The ex Hurn Branch is bearing off left, the route to Sway is right (Red House Museum).

The Knapp Mill level crossing at the waterworks which would have been where Mill Road came down to the railway and waterworks (Red House Museum).

What’s left ft? t Well, Avon Lodge is a private residence and Hurn station is the popular Avon Causeway Inn, railway-themed, and with a Pullman carriage used for Murder Mysteries, which I’ve always thought would be more entert rtaining t with a genuine murder.

Today’s Christchurch station began life as a junction as the Ringwood line was still operational, but this only lasted until 1935, when the backwater line was closed to passengers.

It remained open for freight for a few more years. I believe the final passenger train was 28th September 1935.

Steve Roberts Steve Robert rts’ t first book, ‘Lesser Known Christchurch’, was published in August 2015, by Dorset book specialist Roving Press. His second book, ‘Lesser Known Bournemouth’, was published in November 2019.

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‘Here is the Beehive’ by Sarah Crossen

Ana and Connor’s affair envelops both of them in a deep, delicious secret. When events take a tragic turn, there’s nobody to talk to, nobody to understand the grief, solitude and unending loss. This is an unflinching account of a love affair, the obsession, the deceit and the heartbreak.

‘Only You’ by Kate Eberlen Letty and Alf are both in Rome, the only two English people in their Italian class. They come from very different worlds back home, but their shared love of dance provides some common ground. Letty’s past as a ballet dancer and Alf’s skill as a ballroom champion, draw them together as they twirl around Piazza Navona and enjoy the romantic atmosphere of the city. Both have secrets. Will this shared moment lead to happiness or tears?

Kate Eberlen skilfully describes life in Italy, the traditions, the food and the culture with little snippets of the language thrown in. Her writing about the scenery and backdrop of Italian life, pull you in and give you a vicarious glimpse of a sojourn abroad.

If you can’t get to Italy this summer, this book will take you there.

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I was hooked from the opening paragraph! There are lines of monologue that are poignant, poetic, almost hypnotic. Sharp observations of the pain and discomfort of being in love and being left.

Crossan has been a highly successful author of the young adult genre for years, but I feel sure that this novel will eclipse her prior success and launch her into the forefront of an entirely new audience.

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN 1526619520

‘Far From the Tree’ Rob Parker DI Brendan Foley recognises one of them. One of the twenty-seven vacuum packed bodies found in a local wood, on his patch. Some of them have been there for decades and some for only days.

Detective Sergeant Iona Madison has been assigned to Foley’s new force in order to solve the murders.

The media frenzy that ensues puts extra pressure on the case, but Foley and Madison are balancing between the dark drug lords of Liverpool and Manchester and their private lives and family connections.

Rob Parker writes a mean, gritty cop drama; this is the first in a gripping new crime series perfect for those who enjoy a darker detective story or just miss ‘Line of Duty’.

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