 His private Ashendene Press printed 40 works between 1895 and 1935.In 1942, Rosamund Hornby joined the Women's Voluntary Services, giving up her job as assistant matron of the girls' school which had been evacuated in 1939 to Chantmarle, the family home in Dorset.The WVS was led by Stella, Dowager Marchioness of Reading.