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Thanks Rosie99 - I have Henry or Harry as dad's name and Alice as mother's name.  Doesn't seem like any way to establish which Emily Budd is the right one if the parents names don't match  :-(

Update - made it to the London Metropolitan Archives.  Emily was employed as a "Nursing Helper" from Aug 15 1915 - Aug 30 1918.  No other info was given for employees in the records I saw, so still no concrete evidence of where she was born or her parents names.  I've gone back through BMD records and an incredible number of Henry or Harry Budds married a lady with Alice in her name! 

If anyone should be where the Lambeth Union records are kept and find they have time on their hands, I'd so much appreciate your looking up anything about the Emily Budd who was there. One relative thinks her whole name was Emily Marie Violet Budd, but that may have become muddled with time.

Thanks to all    I'm coming to England in May, so I'll be able to get to the hospital records.  I really would like to be able to tell my auntie where her mother was born, and a little more about her life in England.

I would be so grateful if someone would look up some information when they are doing their own research.  My aunt's mother was a WWI Canadian War Bride who died young, so her memories of her are few.  I got the marriage certificate, searched the Censuses and birth records, but have been unable to find where she was born and lived before this time.  Emily Budd, daughter of Harry Budd (deceased) married William Charles Offord on August 31st, 1918 at All Saints Church, Carshalton. Her address was listed as Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton.  She is listed as William's next-of-kin living at No. 1. Pearl Street Cottage. Winkfield, Nr Windsor, Berks.

I think the hospital staff records will shed more light on where she came from.  With that information, I could find out her parents' names and any brothers and sisters to tell my aged aunt.  Thanks for any help with this!