Queen Mary Visits Army Establishments In Southern England -- Queen Mary chatting to some of the children with their nurse while visiting Queen Mary's Home for the children of Soldier's Families. Queen Mary made a comprehensive visit to various Army establishments in the South of England, during which she inspected the Army School of cookery, visited a Home for Children of Soldier's Families and took the salute at a march past of an Ontario Regiment of which she is Colonel-in-Chief. September 11, 1941.