Naylor, Cecil Cecil Naylor Cecil was born in Stamford in April 1896. He was the son of George and Annie Naylor. In 1911 he was living with his parents and older brother George aged 23 and sister Winifred aged 19 at 44 Queens Street. In 1901 Cecil and George were living with their uncle, a schoolmaster, in… Read More
Laughton, Frederick Walter Ernest Laughton Walter, born in 1896, was the son of Fred Laughton a postman and his wife Emma, who had six children. Four of their five sons served in the war. Walter was the third son and in 1911 he was an errand boy. He enlisted in 1915 and served in the Royal Garrison… Read More
Middleton, John Thomas John was born in Stamford in 1896, in 1911 he was 15. He was living at 15 St Leonards Street with his parents John William and Hannah (nee King ) Middleton. They were both born in Stamford. His father was an iron moulder of oil engines. He had 4 brothers, Frank (27), a fitter of… Read More
Needham, Harold Harold Needham Harold, born in 1897 was the son of Harry and Alice Needham. In 1911 he was living at 44 Conduit Road with his parents . He had three brothers and two sisters but only Ethel aged 18, Lily aged 10 and Jack aged 17 were living at home . Harry was an iron… Read More
Lawson, Albert Albert Lawson – 7 East Street Albert was born in Lincoln in 1898 and had lived in Grantham but by the time his sister was born in 1906 his family were living in Stamford. His father was a machinist at an Agricultural Works. Albert would have been to school in the town and was still… Read More
Middleton, Robert Edward Robert Edward and George Cyril Middleton – 1 Elm Street In 1895 Edward Middleton married Frances Emma Stafford. They were to have 7 children by 1911 all of whom were listed on the census – Elizabeth Frances 15 years , a general servant: Robert Edward 13 years (born 1897) a marine store assistant; George Cyril… Read More
Newbon, Thomas William Thomas William Newbon Thomas was born in Stamford in 1899. He lived at 1 Brooks Court with his father William, mother Harriet, brother Frank. In 1911 William was a postman and Frank a shoemaker with Thomas still at school. Frank served in the Lincolnshire regiment but Thomas was probably too young. He married Ruth Ivett… Read More
Leaberry, Percy Percy was born on September 1st1894 in Stamford. In 1901, his parents Sarah and Ernest Frederick lived in 9 Cecil Terrace and he had an older brother Ernest, born in 1888. By 1911 they had moved to “Highfield” – a 9 roomed house in Kings Road, which has now been demolished. On January 2nd 1915… Read More
Middleton, George Cyril Robert Edward and George Cyril Middleton – 1 Elm Street In 1895 Edward Middleton married Frances Emma Stafford. They were to have 7 children by 1911 all of whom were listed on the census – Elizabeth Frances 15 years , a general servant: Robert Edward 13 years (born 1897) a marine store assistant; George Cyril… Read More
Newman, John The Newman Family – 38 North Street William Arthur Newman and Annie Clarke married at Peterborough in July 1886. They had 4 sons and 2 daughters. Neither of them was born in the Stamford area and the elder children were all born in Peterborough but the family had moved to Stamford by the time the… Read More