After injuries brought an end to William Leslie Green’s involvement in the 1st World War, he would spend the next four years in hospital being treated
for his wounds. He needed check ups and follow-up treatment for the rest of his life and suffered from a permanent stiffness in his legs.
When William Leslie Green returned to Retford after the war he married Dorothy Shedden
Dorothy Shedden was born on 6 July 1901 in London. Her father, Peter Shedden (an auctioneer in 1901) was 43, and her
mother, Rosetta (née Marks), was 25 when they married in the fourth quarter of 1900 in Hackney. Dorothy was their only child.
In 1911 Peter and Rosetta Shedden and their daughter Dorothy, aged 9, were living in Brighton and the parents were running a
boarding house at 13 Cavendish Place, Brighton (pictured right).
There were several establishments in Brighton, including the Pavilion, which were used during World War One as hospitals and
residences for nursing returning wounded soldiers. Leslie was one of those soldiers and that is how he met his future wife.
While convalescing in Brighton William Leslie Green met Dorothy Shedden, then aged 19, working in her aunt’s flower shop. In
1939 Dorothy’s unmarried aunts Violet and Daisy Marks were still running a flower shop at 120 Western Rd, Brighton.
Photo Album : William Leslie Green in Brighton
William Leslie Green was invalided from the Army on 5 May
1920.
