Original: Lessing was born in Iran, then known as Persia, on 22 October 1919, to Captain Alfred Tayler and Emily Maude Tayler (nÃ e McVeagh), who were both English and of British nationality. Her father, who had lost a leg during his service in World War I, met his future wife, a nurse, at the Royal Free Hospital where he was recovering from his amputation.
Simplified: Her father, Captain Alfred Tayler, was a patient because he had lost his leg in World War I/O. Her mother, Emily Maude Tayler (maiden name McVeagh), was a nurse.