Mortimer Singer

1863 - 1929  (65 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Mortimer Singer
  Born	25 Jul 1863	Yonkers, Westchester, New York
  Gender	Male
  Biographical Information	Jan 1910
  	In January 1910 he became the twenty-fourth person in France to hold a pilot's certificate from the Aéro-Club de France, and in May the eighth person in the United Kingdom to hold one from the Royal Aero Club.
  		Mortimer Singer Pilot. Mortimer Singer Pilot.
  Military Service	While he never served in the military two days after the outbreak of the First World War, he offered his estate called Milton Hill at Milton in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) for use as a military hospital. It became a 220-bed facility, the largest of the privately run wartime hospitals. there were over 4,500 men treated there. Until the 1918 influenza pandemic, the facility had only had one death among its patients. Singer and his brother Washington underwrote the entire operating costs of the hospital. Singer worked throughout the war as its chief administrator. His wife worked as matron-in-chief, and she was actively engaged in nursing and massage.
  		Milton Hill Hospital. Milton Hill Hospital.
  		Milton Hill Hospital. Milton Hill Hospital.
  Died	24 Jun 1929	England
  Buried	Torquay Crematorium, Torquay, Devon, England
  		Singer Grave. Singer Grave.
  Siblings	5 siblings
  1. Winnaretta Eugénie Singer,   b. 8 Jan 1865, Yonkers, Westchester, New York ,   d. 26 Nov 1943, London, Middlesex, England
  2. Washington Merritt Grant Singer,   b. 1866, Yonkers, Westchester, New York ,   d. 1934
  3. Paris Eugene Singer,   b. 20 Feb 1867, Paris, Île-de-France, France ,   d. 24 Jun 1932, London, Middlesex, England
  4. Isabelle-Blanche Singer,   b. 1869,   d. 1896
  5. Franklin Merritt Morse Singer,   b. 1870,   d. 1939
  Person ID	I61265	Nagel
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Isaac Merritt Singer,   b. 26 Oct 1811, Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York ,   d. 23 Jul 1875, Devon, England  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Isabella Eugénie Boyer,   b. 17 Dec 1841, Paris, Île-de-France, France ,   d. 12 May 1904, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1863
  Family ID	F18530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Jul 1863 - Yonkers, Westchester, New York Died - 24 Jun 1929 - England Buried - - Torquay Crematorium, Torquay, Devon, England  = Link to Google Earth
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  Mortimer Singer. Mortimer Singer.