Gutteridge, Arthur Henry Arthur Henry Gutteridge was born in October 1894 in Donington, Lincolnshire. He was the second child of John, an agricultural machine fitter, and his wife Emma. The family lived in Donington, father John’s birthplace where three more children were born although two died in infancy. The family then moved to Stamford, where baby Bethany was… Read More
Collinson, William Henry William Henry was born in 1898 at Radford, Nottingham. His father, Henry, was an engineer iron turner and he and his wife, Mary Ann, were both born in Radford, Nottinghamshire. The family of three moved to live in Stamford before William was three years old in 1901. Living at first at 4 Vine Street, they… Read More
Dunn, Ernest Henry Ernest Henry was born 1894 in Stamford. He lived with his father Charles H, an engineer/fitter and mother Fanny at 1 Albert Cottages, New Street. There were four older boys in the family, all born in Stamford, the eldest of whom had left home by 1901. William, aged 17 in 1901, left home before 1911… Read More
Brooks, Harold Harold was born 1895 in Alford, Lincolnshire. He lived there in West Street with his older sister Ethel, mother Harriet and father John, a cyclemaker and repairer. All four were born in North Lincolnshire but in the summer of 1901 Harriet died. This signalled the break-up of the family. Ethel went to work away from… Read More
Barber, John John was born in 1895 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. His father, Joseph Henry, was a self-employed agricultural engineer with a small business in Wilmslow employing several people. John lived with his father and mother Grace, in Dean Row, Wilmslow. There were two younger children, Harry and Edith, and the family employed Edith Vine, born in 1884… Read More