Skellett, Herbert Herbert was born in Whissendine, Rutland in the summer of 1898 and lived in Ashwell near Oakham with father Charles Henry (farm waggoner), mother Elizabeth and two lodgers. Just before 1911, father became publican of the Sun and Railway Inn at the corner of Church Street and Wothorpe Road and the family moved to Stamford.… Read More
Sykes, John Neville John Neville Sykes John was the son of John and Alice Sykes. He was born in 1897 in Liverpool. He had an older brother Alan Lucas aged 25 in 1911, who was a post office clerk. The family lived at 4 Tinwell Road in 1901, moving along the road to number 8 by 1911. This… Read More
Townshend, George George was born in Stamford in 1898. In 1911 he was 13 and lived at 3 Peels Buildings (now demolished), St Paul’s Street with his parents George and Sarah (nee Skellett) Townshend and 4 siblings Albert – born 1902, Doris – born 1905, Louisa – born 1907 and Evelyn – born 1909. His father was… Read More
Plowman, Charles Leslie Charles Leslie Plowman– 49 Scotgate Charles Leslie was born in Peterborough at the end of 1899 but had moved to Stamford before he was two years old and grew up in the town. His father, John Tom Plowman, was a groom. In 1901 they were living at 23 Broad St. In 1911 Charles Leslie was… Read More
Ringham, Harry Harry was born in Stamford in 1895. He was baptised on 18th September in Oundle. In 1911 he was 15 years old and was living at 57a St Leonard’s Street with his parents John William and Florence (nee Smith) Ringham. His father was born in Stamford and his mother in Oundle (Northants) . His father… Read More
Russell, Charles Thillet Edward and Charles Thillet Russell In 1901 Edward and Charles were living with their mother Emily and William Russell and were step children with the surname Peat. By 1911 the two brothers lived at 19 Bath Row with their mother Emily and had taken William’s name. William was a labourer in a brickyard and had… Read More
Plowright, Percy Edward Percy was born in Stamford in 1897. In 1911 he was 13 and was living with his parents Thomas and Katherine Plowright (nee Leeton) at 15 St Paul’s Street, Stamford. His father was a printer. Percy was the youngest of four surviving children. Ethel Kate (23) and Violet Eunice (21) were dressmakers. Florence Mabel(19) was… Read More
Rippin, Bertie Bertie Rippin- 59 Cemetery Road Bertie Rippin was born in October 1894. In 1901 he was living at 5 Edward’s Cottages with his parents William a threshing machine driver and Annie two brothers Albert 19 and Ernest 17 and two sisters Ethel 13 and Amelia 9. By 1911 they were living with at 59 Cemetery… Read More
Ryman, Leslie Maltby Leslie Maltby Ryman– 31 Empingham Road Leslie Ryman was born in Bury, Lancashire in November 1899 where his father was the Deputy Borough Engineer. He was the youngest of 4 children. The family came to Stamford when his father, Frederick Robert, became the Municipal Engineer and Surveyor for the Borough Council. They lived at 31… 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