Before the war the family ran a lingerie and haberdasher's shop, called "A la Poupée". During the war it became an Officers' Club.
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Eliane, the youngest of 3 daughters, was a most attractive red-haired girl, a feature that quickly gave her the nickname "Ginger".
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Married Jerome van Steen (1927), moved to London where she died in 1942.
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"Ginger" is mentioned in many diaries and memoirs. Also Tubby Clayton refers to "Ginger's fame: any defects in the cuisine or in the quality of champagne were more than compensated by the honour of being chosen as her partner in the exhibition dance which she gave with the utmost decorum as the evening drew on."
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"Ginger" was a special guest at the Toc H Birthday Festival in the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 08.12.1928. The picture below was published in the Toc H Journal, January 1929.
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On 31.05.2015 a statue of "Ginger" was unveiled in the Poperinge market square near the site of the former Officers' Club.
