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Remembering the Forgotten - Ethel F. Heddle

Ethel F. Heddle - portrait by 'F.H.T.' (1899)


Ethel Forster Heddle (married name Marshall) (? - 1942) was, in her day, a popular author of 'school girl' novels and prolific contributor to the People's Friend and Young Woman newspaper, where her article, 'A Friendly Chat With the Girls' ran for several years and covered important topics such as women's place in war

Ethel in 1923 (source: The Citizen)


She was the widow of Mr William Marshall B.Sc. and the second daughter of Professor Heddle. Living most of her life in St Andrews, Scotland, she spent some time in Java when she was first married and one of her novels, Strangers in the Land was set there.

Her novel, A Haunted Town was set in St Andrews, indeed you can see the skyline on the cover, but she renamed St Rule.



She died and was buried in St Andrews and was survived by her son, Lieut. Colonel J.F.C. Marshall, MC who at the time of her death was serving in India and her daughter, Mrs. Bevis Lamb.

Her genre output and other stories of note are as follows:

Colin's Pibroch - The Home Messenger, August 1903
The Mystery of Lynford - Nottingham Evening Post, 7 July 1919
The House of Shadows - Bournemouth Guardian, 11 Oct 1919
Mere Acquaintances - West Sussex Gazette, 22 December 1927
The Ghosts of Edinburgh - The Weekly Scotsman. 9 March 1929
Ghosts of Culloden - The Scotsman, December 1930
A Chelsea Ghost - Falkirk Herlald, 23 December 1936
An Heir From The Sea - Framlingham Weekly News, 13 November 1937
By The Glove - Framlingham Weekly News, 17 December 1938


















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