Banks, Charles Henry Charles Henry Banks Charles was born in 1898 at Kirkby-le-Thorpe. The family moved from Kirkby-le-Thorpe (father’s birthplace) to Stamford (mother’s birthplace) whilst Charles was still at school. With his parents and younger brother Sidney Fred he lived first at 6 High Street St Martins then 8 Wothorpe Road where siblings Evelyn and James were born.… Read More
Betts, Jack Jack Betts In 1911 Jack was 11 years old. He was born in 1900 in Stamford. He lived with his parents John & Rachel (nee Dickins) Betts at 32 Adelaide Street (now rebuilt). His father was a fettler at an ironfoundry making agricultural implements. Jack was the second child of 3. They were all still… Read More
Abbott, James Edward James Edward Abbott In 1911 James Edward aged 14 was living at Castle Cottage 8 Sheepmarket with his parents, Thomas and Georgina, brother Norman aged 6 and sister Ivy Louise aged 12. His father was a land agent’s estate clerk. He was 19 when he enlisted with the Territorials in October 1915 in the East… Read More
Banks, Sidney Fred Sidney Fred Banks Sidney, born in Kirkby-le-Thorpe in 1899, was at school in 1911. He and elder brother Charles Henry lived with father James (an oil engine fitter) and mother Emma Jane at 8 Wothorpe Road. Another brother and sister were born there and when Sidney got a job as a ‘vanman’ he moved to… Read More
Bird, George Archibald George was born in 1900 in Bottesford, his parents were George William and Augusta (nee Sardeson ) Bird. His father was born in Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire, his mother in Pilsgate, Northamptonshire. In 1911 George , his parents and siblings (Fanny (9), Lister William (2) and Marjorie Mary (8 months) ) were living at… Read More
Ablewhite, George Henry George Henry Ablewhite George was born on 20 Sep 1898 in Boston, Lincolnshire where he lived with father Henry Reuben (a gardener), mother Charlotte, elder sister Bertha and baby Gladys in Boston until the early 1900s. The family then moved to the house at 2 Park Lane, Stamford. Two of Henry’s fellow-gardeners Sam aged 57… Read More
Bannister, Douglas Douglas was born in 1897 in Beckingham, Lincolnshire. In 1911 he was living in Stamford at the home of his uncle and aunt, William and Margaret (nee Seels) Scotney at 13 Wharf Road. His aunt was his mother’s sister who was born in Newark, Lincolnshire. His Uncle William was a hotel bus driver. He was… Read More
Blackbourn, Clarence Clarence was 13 in 1911, he was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire in 1898. His parents were Thomas and Emily Jane Blackbourn. His father was an engine fitter in the repair department and Clarence was still at school. He was the third eldest of 7 surviving siblings. They had all been born in Salisbury. He had… Read More
Alderman, William In 1911 William Alderman was 13years old, still at school and living at 11 Torkington Street with his parents, 2 elder brothers and his grandmother.… 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