 Singer lived at Steartfield House, Paignton (now the Palace Hotel).On 21 July, 1915 he married Ellen Mary Longsdon, widow of Alfred Allen Longsdon, who had been drowned at Le Havre while driving his ambulance earlier that year.On 25 July, 1927 they adopted Mary's youngest son, Grant Allen, in the name of Grant Allen Singer (1915–1942).