In 1911 the couple were living at 2 China Row, Church Walk, Leatherhead with their children Doris Emily and Arthur Ernest (whose photograph, miscaptioned ‘Haffingden’ is on p185 of A History of Ashtead and p90 of Images of England, Ashtead).

By 1914 the family were at Graylands Cottages, Gladstone Road, Ashtead and within a couple of years Ernest was in the army and died in Belgium as part of the 2nd Battalion of The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) on 7th October 1917.

The Royal West Surrey War Diaries indicate that his Battalion had been in trenches at Polygon Wood from 3rd to 6th October as part of the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge (Third Ypres). Operations near Hooge Chateau lasted from 4th October until relief on the night of 6/7th October. Ernest’s was one of the original 76 graves in the Hooge Crater Cemetery.

Ernest has descendants in England, Canada and Australia and a grandchild, Brian Haffenden, was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2007 for services to the community.