Lance Sergeant

Booton, Norman

Commemorated on the East Africa Memorial, Kenya. Son of John Thomas Booton and Edith Booton, of Narborough, Leicestershire.

Walker, Edgar

Served with Leicestershire Regiment during World War One. Listed as 7/11359.Was awarded the Military Medal. See London Gazette 21.9.1916 page 9204. Also served as Private 85220 Northumberland Fusiliers. Period of Service : 1910s Conflicts : WW1  Not on CWWG   1891 Census Percy Street, Leicester, Edwin Walker Head Married Male 46 1845 Shoe Maker Leicestershire, […]

Potterton, Arthur Samuel

Son of William and Caroline Potterton, of 43, Denmark Rd., Leicester; husband of Alice Potterton, of 7, Mursell St., Melbourne Rd., Leicester. School Records give his DOB as 15th February 1891 and left Granby Road 10th February 1905 but is not with his parents in 1911. Arthur married Alice Freeston in 1909 Leicester 1911 census […]

Mars, James (Brother)

Despite conflicting census returns I believe James to be the son of James Mars & Mary Ann Hannah Cooper who were married in Nottingham in 1876 their sons both seem to have been born in Leicester Mars, James     (Cooper) GRO: 1890 S Leicester  Vol7a  Page 263 Mars, George  (Cooper) GRO: 1893 M Leicester  Vol7a  Page […]

Lars, George (Brother)

Despite conflicting census returns I believe George to be the son of James Mars & Mary Ann Hannah Cooper who were married in Nottingham in 1876 their sons both seem to have been born in Leicester. Mars, James     (Cooper) GRO: 1890 S Leicester  Vol7a  Page 263 Mars, George  (Cooper) GRO: 1893 M Leicester  Vol7a  Page […]