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Marston, Frederick Raymond

Buried at Tehran War Cemetery, Iran. Son of Ernest and Jane Marston; husband of Ethel May Marston, of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.

Kendall, Charles Brian

Educated at Alderman Newton School in Leicester, Charles Kendall was commissioned 2Lt in the Royal Artillery on 2.7.1943, and transferred to The Leicestershire Regiment on 8.8.1944. Served in Western European Campaign, 1944-45. While attached to The Glasgow Highlanders he was Killed in Action on 18.4.1945, aged 26 in Germany. Buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. […]

Coveney, John Sidney

Buried at St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Knighton, Leicester. Son of Sidney Louis Coveney and Catherine Emma Coveney of Stoneygate, Leicester.

Whittingham, Thomas

Although Thomas was born in Leicestershire, his father was from Walthamstow and his mother from Norfolk. Walter Godfrey Whittingham married Edith Mary Gordon Bensley a Solicitor’s daughter on 2nd January 1889 in Eaton St Andrews in Norfolk. In 1881 Walter was working as a Booksellers Assistant, but at the time of his marriage he was […]

Hunt, David Reginald

Son of David and Charlotte Hunt, of Daventry House, St. John’s Rd., Leicester.Born at Leicester.Educated at Wyggeston Grammar School, Leicester. 1901 Census 7, Rutland Avenue, Leicester, David Hunt Head MarriedMale 251876Leather Traveller (Shoe Trade) Leicester, CharlotteHunt Wife MarriedFemale301871 Northants, Edith M Hunt Daughter – Female 5 1896 – Leicestershire, David R Hunt Son  – Male […]

Haines, Frank Percy

Frank Percy Haines Frank was born in 1889 in Leicester to Joseph Haines, a schoolmaster, and Lucy (nee Horsley). They had 4 children – Nellie May 1886 Charles Ernest 1888 Frank Percy 1889 Reginald Joseph 1902 In 1891 census the family were living at 267 Humberstone Rd, Leicester along with Joseph’s widowed mother, brother and […]