West, Bertrand Hatton
Bertrand Hatton West Baptised: Abode: Son of: 23rd August 1885 at St Saviours Church, Leicester 16 St Saviours Terrace, Leicester Alfred and Clara (nee Foster) West Siblings: Reginald Alfred West Frederick Victor West Dorothy Mabel West 11thSep 1883 – 6thMay 1964 23rd Sep 1887 – 1st Nov 1945 23rd Dec 1891 – (Jan-Mar) 1967 Census […]
Wightman, Frederick Gordon
Buried at La Delivrarde, War Cemetery, Douvres, France. Son of Walter William and Florence Wightman, of Leicester; husband of Florence Isabel Wightman, of Leicester.
Foxon, Samuel Nevil
Buried at the Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India. Son of Samuel and Rhoda Louisa Foxon, of Leicester; husband of Hilda Foxon, of Humberstone, Leicester.
Flewitt, Walter Douglas Haigh
Enlisted into the Militia, 1939 as number 10103632. He later served in the Malaya Campaign 1941-1942 with the Regiment’s 1st Bn and was made a prisoner of war. He died of beri- beri and malaria as a prisoner of war in Thailand between the 1-31 July 1943, aged 24. He is commemorated on the Singapore […]
Munday, William
George was the third child of Walter Munday who was an Agricultural Labourer from Luton. Walter married Annie Stevens in 1884 in Adstock in Buckinghamshire where their first three children were born, Alfred John born in 1885, Cicely Kate, born 1887 and Walter George born in 1889. The family later moved to Toft and Lound […]
Mason, John William
The brother’s parents, William And Annie Mason were living in Brook Street in Kettering before moving to Leicester, he was working as a Bricklayer. William was originally from Colwell in Herefordshire and Annie was from Malvern in Worcestershire. By the 1891 Census the couple were living at Victoria Avenue in Knighton with their five children, […]
Lee, William Ernest
William was born on 9/11/1895, he was the oldest son of Joseph Gaskell Lee and Annie Janet Wheat who had married in 1895. Joseph was a Shoe Clicker and Annie was a Griswold Hand from Wigston Magna. In 1901 the Lee family were living at 134 Knighton Fields Road East in Knighton, Joseph and Annie […]
Goddard, Arthur Pearson
Arthur was the oldest son of George Alfred Goddard his first wife, Rose Hannah Bean who married in 4th May 1885 in Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. George was working as a Shoe Finisher and the couple lived at Birstall Street and went on to have five children. Arthur born in 1886, Mary, Kate, George and John […]
Burden, Thomas
Thomas born in 1893 was the son of George Burden an Elastic Web Weaver and Susanna Allen who had married in 1877. Before moving to Knighton the family were living on Saffron Lane, they went on to have six children, sadly two died in their infancy, Mary who was born in 1880 died at the […]
Goldsmith, Frederick Leonard
Frederick Leonard was born in 1897 Son of FrederickGoldsmith&EllenCrutchleyof 162, Milligan Rd., Leicester. They married 25th August 1895 at St Helen’s Church Ashby de la Zouch. 1911 census: 162 Milligan Road Leicester GOLDSMITH, Frederick Charles Head Married M 37 1874 Hosiery Trimmer HathernLeics GOLDSMITH, Helen Wife Married15 years F 38 1873 Day Hills Staffordshire […]
Gibson, Arthur Gordon
Baptised at Copt Oak 30 Aug 1896 the son of George & Amelia Gibson – School Records give his date of birth as 20th July 1896 1911 census transcription details for: 7 Scott St Leicester GIBSON, George Henry Head Married M 51 1860 Shoe Clicker Wellingborough GIBSON, Amelia Wife Married21 years F 47 1864 Copt […]
Chetwyn, William Edwin
William and George were born to Thomas Chetwyn, a shoe maker, and Sarah Ann (nee Powell). There were 9 children in total – William Edwin 1877 Elizabeth R 1879 Ada SA 1881 May 1883 Tom 1886· George Stephen 1889 James 1891 Harry 1893 Frank 1895 In 1881 census the family lived at 51 Carden St., […]