2nd Lieutenant

Dixon, Claude Dudley

Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the only son of Edwin and Nellie Agnes Dixon. He died at Rouen from the wounds he received during the Battle of the Somme. On the 31st January 1920 the Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys […]

Chamberlain, Arthur

Son of Mrs Jessie Chamberlain, of 84, Knighton Lane.Aylestone Park, Leicester he wasBaptised on 7th October 1900 s/o Arthur & Jessie of 8 Denmark Road his School Records say he left school on 24th July 1908 aged 12.   1901 Census 137, New Bridge Street, Leicester, Arthur ChamberlainHeadMarried Male31 1870 Loughborough, Leics. Hosiery Trimmer Jessie […]

Chamberlain, Arthur

Soldiers Effects /CWWG Son of Mrs Jessie Chamberlain, of 84, Knighton Lane.Aylestone Park, Leicester he wasBaptised on 7th October 1900 s/o Arthur & Jessie of 8 Denmark Road his School Records say he left school on 24th July 1908 aged 12 1901 Census 137, New Bridge Street, Leicester, Arthur ChamberlainHeadMarried Male31 1870 Loughborough, Leics. Hosiery […]

Lord, Ernest Joseph

Ernest was rn in 1894 in Leicester to Ernest Lord, a boot factor agent and Annie Udall (nee Clark). They had 3 children- Annie May 1889 Ernest Joseph 1894 Reginald 1897 In 1901 census the family lived at 40 Paton Street, Leicester. When Ernest was 15 he went to work at Parr’s Bank. In 1911 […]

Golby, William Charles

William was born in 1884 in Hinckley, Leicestershire to William Pickering Goldby, a boot factory foreman, and Charlotte (nee Holt). They had 6 children – Gertrude 1880 William Charles 1884 Maud Mary 1887 Sydney Herbert 1889 Mabel Ellen 1891 1 unknown In 1891 census the family lived at 22 Oak St. and in 1901 they […]