Lockton, William Frederick
Enlisted 24.6.1940. Served in the Malaya Campaign and was killed in action 15th December 1941, aged 28. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial, Singapore. Son of Archie and Ethel Lockton; husband of Annie Lockton, of Leicester. Home address given as Leicester.
Doyle, Joseph Patrick
Buried at Wigston Cemetery. Son of John and Annie Doyle, of Wigston Magna, husband of Irene Winifred Elsie Doyle, of Wigston.
Wright, George Austin
George was baptised on 17/12/1905 at St Matthew’s Church. His parents were Joshua Thomas Wright, a waterworks labourer, and Lucy Ann (nee Austin). They had 7 children: George Austin 1894 Else 1895 Ida 1889 William 1900 Amy 1904 Frances Dorothy 1907 1 unknown In 1901 census the family were living at 53 Farnham Street with […]
Murphy, Frank
Smith, Frank
Gateway School 1930-35. Son of Mr. P. Smith. Private Smith died from the injuries that he received during the fighting against German forces in Tunisia. He is buried in Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery, Tunisia, Grave 4. B. 25. On 8 November 1942, Commonwealth and American troops made a series of landings in Algeria and […]
Wales, Henry
Henry known as Harry was the youngest child of Edward Dennis Wales a Shoe Finisher and Emma Stevens who had married on 29/3/1875, although their surname was Wales it was spelt as ‘Wells’ on the marriage certificate. The couple lived at 37 West Holme Street and had three children, Harry was the youngest, Caroline Louise […]
Valentine, John William
John William Valentine was born in 1893, his parents were John Valentine and Kate Hester who had married in 1889. His father was a Shoe Finisher and his mother was a Shoe Fitter & Machinist. They started married life at Emerald Street which was near Blackbird Road, it was an area where the streets were […]
Tomlin, Edgar Hewitt
Edgar was born in 1878, his parents John Hewitt Tomlin originally from Lincoln and Mary Barker Ellis had married in 1874 in Bramley in Leeds. John was a Teacher in Elementary School, although by 1891 he and Mary were Boot Manufacturers. The couple had four children born while they were living in Bramley, Ellis born […]
Smith, Edward
Edward was the third child of Frederick Smith and Sarah Ann Chell who married in Stone in Staffordshire. They married on 1st March 1890 at The Immaculate Conception & St Dominic a Roman Catholic Church, the same church was used to baptise their first child, Frederick who was born on the 12th April 1892. The […]
Overton, Gerald Driver
Apart from being in the Leicestershire Regiment, unable to trace links to Knighton or Leicester.
Munday, George
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, Oliver Reginald
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, […]
