Edith Ingamells

Edith 'Judy' Ingamells, née Gude (12 January 1894 – 1 March 2006) was recognized by Guinness as the oldest living person in the United Kingdom, following the death of 113-year-old Lucy d'Abreu on 7 December 2005, until Ingamells' death aged 112. She was the 21st oldest living person at the time of her death. Born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, Ingamells, nicknamed "Judy", moved to Enfield, London at the beginning of the Second World War, where she married a florist, Percy, who worked for a family firm based in Covent Garden. She lived in other areas around England, and worked as a milliner before coming back to settle in Enfield in 1990. Ingamells had three daughters, five grandchildren, four great-grand children and two great-great-grandchildren. She had lived through the reigns of six monarchs, both world wars and crossed three centuries. She was 20 when the First World War started and was 51 by the end of World War II. When serenaded with wartime songs on her 112th birthday, Ingamells responded "I don't like war songs. Who wants to remember something as horrible as the war?"