Town, Frederick William Frederick William Town was born in October 1898 in Grantham and lived in Little Gonerby, Grantham with his four elder siblings until 1911. The family were originally from Nottinghamshire, the older children were all born in Balderstone. Fred’s father Harry was a foreman maltster and he and mother Sarah brought Fred to live in 7… Read More
Boughton, Edgar Francis Edgar Francis Boughton was born on 13th November 1895 in Easton-on-the-Hill. His parents Harry and Emma Jane had eleven children but sadly two died in infancy. In the early 1900s the family moved to 7 Greeba Villas, Barnack Road, Stamford and Edgar began working with his father as a gilder and decorator. In April 1914… Read More
Wadeworth, Reginald REGINALD WADEWORTH 1 Buda Terrace, Barnack Road Reginald Wadeworth was born on 7th June 1899 in Little Bowden, Northamtonshire and was a scholar in 1911. Four children, including Reginald, were born in Little Bowden then the family moved to two different addresses before coming to Stamford after the birth of the 6th child in 1909.… Read More
Wright, George George Wright was born in 1896 in Barton Seagrave, Northamtonshire. His father, also George was a horsekeeper who came from Barnsley in Yorkshire and his mother Lucy was born in Wigsthorpe, Leicestershire. The family lived at 31 West Side Street, Great Addington, Cheshire, in 1901. Having moved house several times, they finally came to Stamford… Read More
Moody, Vincent Reginald Vincent was born in 1899 in Smethwick, Staffordshire, now in the West Midlands, 4 miles west of Birmingham city centre. His father, Corbet Legh Moody, was a commercial clerk, born in Shropshire and his mother, Annie was from Birmingham. Vincent Reginald was one of four children all born in Smethwick but around 1910 the family… Read More
Nickerson, John Leo Born 8th November 1995 in Stamford to father John Charles, a brewer’s labourer and mother Lucy Caroline. Both parents were Londoners but lived in Stamford for many years, at first in Emlyn’s Court, All Saints’ parish. By 1911 they were living in 1 Belle Vue Terrace, with eight children and a lodger who was John’s… Read More
Cunnington, Archie Archie Cunnington was born 1895 and was possibly related to the Cunnington family who were prosperous tenant farmers on the Burghley estate. He was an apprentice plumber in 1911, one of two lodgers living with the Short family, Eliza and Edward (a labourer in the gasworks) and their three children at 5 Belle Vue Terrace,… Read More