Webster, John Alfred John Webster, born in 1898, was the son of Alfred and Rose Webster, his father Alfred was a self- employed gas plumber. He had two sisters, Louise and Ethel and they lived at 1 Crown Street. John enlisted with the 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Territorial Regiment in 1914. He was 5ft 5ins and weighed 138lbs and… Read More
Wright, Albert Albert Wright Albert Wright was born in Norwich in April 1899. In 1911 he was living with his father Albert, stepmother Elizabeth, sister Alice aged 14 and stepbrother Frederick aged 6 at 25 Recreation Road. His father worked as a Moulder for an agricultural engineering company. In 1915 when he was seventeen, he enlisted with… Read More
Ward, Walter Fred Ward Fred Ward was born in 1899 . He was the second child of George and Fanny Ward. It was a large family. His elder brother was Walter aged 14 ,then Charlie 10, Lucy 9,Frank 6, Harold 5 and George 2. George worked for Charles Miles a timber merchant . The family all lived… Read More
Whincup, Francis Francis Whincup Francis was the son of Francis and Edith Whincup. Francis was a farmer. Their son Francis was born in 1896 in Morcott, Rutland. His father died when he was eighteen months old in 1897. Edith married her brother in law Thomas in 1901 and moved to Ashton. She had two more children Thomas,… Read More
Ward, Fred Fred Ward Fred Ward was born in 1899 . He was the second child of George and Fanny Ward. It was a large family. His elder brother was Walter aged 14, then Charlie 10, Lucy 9, Frank 6, Harold 5 and George 2. George worked for Charles Miles a timber merchant . The family all… Read More
Wyer, Jack Jack Wyer was not really a Stamford boy although he had Stamford connections. His father was a butcher in Nottingham and 16 year old Jack’s occupation was also butcher in 1911. Jack and his sister Elsie, may just have been visiting their aunt and uncle (Mary & Alfred Illingworth) at the time of the census… Read More
Ward, Arthur Arthur Ward Arthur born in April 1900 was the son of Charles and Eliza. In 1901 he was living in King Street, Norwich and his father was a corn carter. All the family were born in Norfolk and must have come to Stamford shortly before the 1911 census. In 1911 he was living at 4… Read More
Whistler, John Cecil John Cecil Whistler In 1911 John Cecil was living at 1 Newboults Cottages Cemetery Road with Thomas aged 65, a signalman and A.M Whistler aged 62. John aged 13 and his sister aged 8 were too young to be children of Thomas and A.M. They were possibly the children of the daughter Mabel who was… Read More
Wyldes, Edward Clifford Edward Clifford Wyldes In 1911 Edward was 11 years old. He was born in Stamford on 10 November 1900. His parents were Frank and Selina Wyldes. His family including 4 other siblings were living at 3 Adelaide Street. His father was a clerk in a motor car engineering company. His elder brother, Robert, also worked… Read More
Ward, Robert Henry William Ward had been a cabinet maker, upholsterer and councillor in Stamford and his brother, Thomas Jeffery Ward was an architect and land surveyor. Thomas and his wife Eliza (née Gutteridge) occupied 8 rooms at 6 Ironmonger Street. Thomas & Eliza had no children of their own but were providing accommodation for William’s grandson, 13… Read More