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


5 Kings Road, Stamford

Henry William Smith Henry was born in 1895, he was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Smith and had a sister, Gertrude born in 1891. In 1901 the family lived at 7 All Saints Place and Henry was a wine and spirit merchant. Elizabeth died in 1902 and Henry moved to 5 Kings Road with… Read More


3 Kings Road, Stamford

John Percival Potter John was the son of Edwin Percival and Mary Eliza Potter. He was the only son and was born in  1897. He had four sisters by 1911 – Geraldine Maria aged 14, Dorothy Clare12, Kathleen Beatrice 11 and Vera Isabel aged six. All the children were born in Stamford. In 1901 the… Read More


Kings Road, Stamford

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


26 Kings Road, Stamford

Ernest was the eldest son of Ernest Lansford and Henrietta Palmer. His father had travelled round the country and Ernest was born in Carisbrooke on the Isle of Wight. His brother Roland was born in Stourport, Worcestershire and the youngest child Bertram was born in Stamford. They lived in Northfields in 1901 at 1 St… Read More


26 Kings Road, Stamford

Roland was the second son of Ernest Lansford and Henrietta Palmer. His father had travelled round the country and Ernest his older brother was born in Carisbrooke on the Isle of Wight.  Roland was born in Stourport, Worcestershire and the youngest child Bertram was born in Stamford. Thefamily lived in Northfields in 1901 at 1… Read More


28 Kings Road, Stamford

Cecil Downs Cecil, born in 1900, was the son of Frank George and Phoebe Ellen Downs. Cecil was born in Fulham, London in 1900. In 1911 the family were living at 28 King’s Road in Stamford. His father was a building draughtsman working for an Agricultural engineering company. In 1901 he was Clerk of Works… Read More


22 Kings Road, Stamford

Harold Edwin Bentley Harold, born in October 1898, was the son of Edwin, a mercantile clerk and Lillian May Bentley. Both parents came from Staffordshire and Harold was born in Wolverhampton . The family were living in Fryer Street, Standen, Staffordshire in 1901 but moved away shortly afterwards, as his sister Hilda was born in… Read More


20 Kings Road,Stamford

Thomas Whincup Thomas, born in 1899, was the son of Thomas and Edith Whincup. He was the step brother of Francis, who was killed at the battle of the Somme. He had a brother William, born in 1906 .He lived in Ashton, near Oundle, Northamptonshire until his father died in 1906. Edith then moved to… Read More