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
Lee, Cyril Bernard In 1901 Cyril Bernard Lee was living in an orphanage in Wantage. By 1911 he was aged 15 was back living with his mother Eliza and sisters Ida 16 and Winifred 13 at 5 Barn Hill. He was working as a solicitor’s clerk for Phillips, Evans and Dalton. In October 1915 he enlisted and joined… Read More
Lanham, William William Lanham was born in 1895 and in 1911 was living at 8 Church Lane, St Martin’s, Stamford with the family of William Henry Bradshaw, a house-painter. He worked as a ‘domestic houseboy’ for Bradshaw’s wife, Lillian Clarice, and their only son John. Although in 1911 he said he came from Wothorpe, in 1901 he… Read More