Waumsley, Wilfred Wilfred was the youngest son of George and Maria Waumsley. In 1911 he was aged 14, living at 3 Jubilee Villas (16 Vine Street) with his brother Horace aged 20 and his sister Annie aged 22. The eldest boy George had left home and his father George died in 1910 at a London hospital. George… Read More
Plowright, Bertie Robert Plowright was born in Stamford in early 1896. His father Robert Henry, who was a woodwork machinist for a coachbuilder, and mother, Alice. Bertie had a younger brother Robert and a sister Elizabeth. (There may have been another son, born in 1901, who died soon after birth.) Robert Henry was 27 years old and… Read More
Plowright, Robert Robert Plowright was born in Stamford in early 1899. His father Robert Henry, who was a woodwork machinist for a coachbuilder, and mother, Alice already had 2 other children, Bertie aged 4 years and Elizabeth 1 year. (There may have been another son, born in 1901, who died soon after birth.) Robert Henry was 27… Read More
Green, Cecil Cecil Green Cecil Green was born in Stamford in 1897 and was the son of Thomas and Annie Green. In 1911 they were living at 25 Vine Street with a sister Hilda aged 16. Thomas Green was a school porter. In 1901 they lived at 14 Elm Street. Cecil was a motor engine fitter when… Read More
Blades, Charles Robert Charles Robert Blades Charles Robert, born in 1895, was the only child of Robert and Caroline Blades. Robert was a printer compositor working on a newspaper. In 1901 they lived at 2 All Saints Place and in 1911 they had moved to 1 Coronation Villas, 15 Vine Street. In 1915 Charles was working as a… Read More
Wallis, Charles Samuel Charles Samuel Wallis Charles Samuel Wallis was born in October 1898 in Southwick, Northamptonshire. His parents were William Henry from Water Newton, a labourer and Mary Jane from Yarwell, Northamptonshire. In 1901 they were living at 16 Protection Place, in Scotgate – the worst slum in Stamford. He had two sisters and a brother but… Read More