30 Queens Walk

Francis George Webb was born in 1895 in Great Paxton Huntingdonshire. In 1901 he was living there with Martha his widowed mother, two brothers Harry 21 and Walter 13 and two sisters Maude 9 and Emily 3. By 1911 he was living at 30 Queen’s Walk with his brother in law, Percy Glitherow and his… Read More


Burghley Lane, Stamford

Thomas Herbert Wootton Thomas was born in Stamford in 1898 and was Harry’s younger brother. He lived with father Thomas Charles, mother Beatrice Helena and his four brothers and sisters (Harry, Marjorie, Dorothy and Albert) at 17 Burghley Lane. In 1911 he was still at school. There is no record of war service and the… Read More


Lumby's Terrace, Water Street

Percival Claude Walker Born Stamford 1899 lived at 11 Lumby’s Terrace, Water Street with his family. He was the sixth child and eldest son of Thomas Henry (tailor maker) and Ann who had 14 children. He was at school in 1911. On Easter Monday 1916 he enlisted in the 9th Northamptonshire Regiment as a Private… Read More


3 Southview Terrace, Stamford

Sydney, born in 1900, was the youngest son of Walter and Emma Webb. He had an older brother –  Walter James,  who was 19 in the 1911 census. His father was a gasfitter working for an ironmonger and also a fireman. His brother was an agricultural engineer. They lived at 3 South View Terrace, New Cross… Read More


Burghley Lane, Stamford

Henry Holton Wootton Henry was born in Stamford in 1897 and was the eldest of 5 children born to father Thomas Charles (a  brewery night watchman) and mother Beatrice Helena at 17 Burghley Lane. A sixth child, Redvers, died in infancy. Henry worked on the railway bookstall in 1911. By the outbreak of WW I… Read More


1 Crown Street, Stamford

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


25 Recreation Road, Stamford

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


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


20 Kings Road,Stamford

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


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