Sturgess, Horace Horace Sturgess was born on 12th July 1898 in Skeffington, Leicestershire. His father Charles was born in Skeffington and worked as a coachman, his mother Elizabeth was from Leicester. Horace and three siblings, Marguerite, Charles and Cecil lived in Skeffington until 1906 when the family moved to 15 Church Lane, St Martin’s, Stamford where a… Read More
Thurrell, Frank Cecil Frank Cecil Thurrell Frank was born in Stamford on 24th July 1900 and was the youngest of 8 children of Edward (a foundry worker) and May Elizabeth. In 1911 only Frank, a scholar, and his elder sister Agnes remained at home with their parents in 15 Lumbys Terrace. In 1916 he enlisted as Territorial 71355… Read More
Siddy, Alfred William Alfred William Siddy Alfred Siddy was born in Stamford in 1896 and lived at 4 St. John’s Terrace with his widowed father George and two sisters, Gertrude 12 and Maud 9. By 1911 they had moved to 28 Austin Street. His father George was a coach smith at Hayes Carriage works . Alfred was a… Read More
Stratton, John John Stratton was the youngest child of William and Sarah (née Riley) of Tallington. They had married in 1887 when William was 78yrs old and Sarah 25yrs. By 1901 they had 3 children and were on Parish Relief. William died in 1903 when John was only 4yrs old. The only information found for him is… Read More
Tidd, William William Tidd The Tidd family occupied 7 rooms at 2 St Peter’s Hill in 1911. William Matthews, a widower, occupied 1 room at the same address. William Tidd’s parents, William and Sarah Ann, had been married for 26 years and had had 7 children, 6 of whom were alive and 5 of whom were with… Read More
Sismore, Charles Thomas Charles was born in 1895 in Stamford. In 1911 he was living at 5 and 6 Laxton’s Court off St Leonard’s Street with his parents Charles and Mary Jane (nee Groom) Sismore and his 5 brothers and 6 sisters. Charles was the eldest at 16 years old, all the family were born in Stamford. His… Read More
Tinkler, Fred Frederick Rupert Tinkler – 32 Broad Street In 1906 Frederick Rupert’s father, a building contractor and accountant, died leaving only a few hundred pounds and his wife a widow with 3 young children. Catherine was 12 years , Frederick 11 years and Eileen 7 years old. Frederick was attending the Endowed School on St Peter’s… Read More
Sismore, Fred Fred was Charles’ 12 year old brother in 1911, he was born in Stamford in 1898 and was at school in 1911. Fred followed his brother into the Lincolnshire Regiment. Private Fred Sismore (8335) enlisted in 1915 in Stamford into the 1st Battalion, later he was transferred to the 6th Battalion. He disembarked in France… Read More
Stubbs, Isaac Isaac Stubbs Isaac was the son of Thomas and Alice Stubbs who lived at 5 Bath Row. Thomas was an iron dresser. They had had 9 children but only five were alive in 1911. Thomas 17, Florence 15, Isaac 10, Arthur 6 and George 3. The house contained 3 rooms. They had previously lived at… Read More
Tomblin, Edward Edward Tomblin Edward, born in Stamford in January 1899 was the son of Edward and Alice. His father was a bookbinder. In 1911 he was living at 13 Southview Terrace, New Cross Road with his parents, his brother Arthur a grocer’s assistant aged 20 and sister Louie, aged 18, a milliner. The family were living… Read More