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Mem surname & suggested
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Date of death |
Military sources |
Other sources & comments |
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1911 |
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Alcock |
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Bracebridge ROH |
St A |
Harry / Harry
Bailey |
Bailey / Westoby |
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10488 |
09/08/1915 |
DIGW: Harry Bailey Westoby, born
Sheffield, enlisted Lincoln. L Cpl Lincs Regt 6th Batt. KIA Balkans; Helles
memorial Gallipoli, panel 44-46. Burial place unknown. WWI Medal Rolls Cards: Henry B. Westoby
(Henry) Lincs Regt 10488. L Cpl; Private. 15 star medal in Balkans; later
Victory and British medals. Presumed dead 18/7/1915. |
BMD: Harry Bailey Westoby, birth
registered Lincoln 1886. |
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Harry, born c. 1887 Lincoln,
resident 7 Thesiger Street, Lincoln. Stepson of Herbert & Sarah Bailey
(born Sheffield). Harry's surname is unclear but a step-daughter is recorded
as a Westoby. |
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Harry Bailey, born c.1887,
Lincs., resident 47 St Andrew's Street, Lincoln. Single, Locomotive fireman.
Son of Herbert (engine driver) & Sarah. |
St Andrew's memorial website,
citing Lincoln Memory Book: Harry Bailey, 104 Ripon Street, 10483
[transcription error] 6th Battn Lincs Regt; KIA 9/8/1915. Enlisted 4/8/1914.
L Cpl. |
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Sidney |
Brown |
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21/07/1917 |
FAG & CWGC: Captain Sidney
Frederick Brown, pilot, 21st Sqdn Royal Flying Corps. Son of Frederick &
Florence, resident Sandfield House, Cross o' Cliff Hill. Buried XLV B 4 Tyne
Cot cemetery, Zonnebeke, west Flanders. Memorial 11167042. |
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Sidney Frederick Brown, born c.
1897, Bracebridge. Resident Cross o' Cliff Hill, Canwick. Single. Son of
Frederick (director of companies) & Florence. |
Christ's Hospital School
website. |
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F J J |
Champion |
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138801 |
27/11/1944 |
CWGC Photo Project: Frederick
John Joseph Champion. Flt Lt (W.Op/Air Gnr) 161 Sqdn RAF (source Tim Struyf).
Awarded DFM. Son of Charles Frederick & Edith; husband of Freda Champion,
resident Bracebridge Heath. Grave in Brussels Town cemetery, Evere Vlaans-Brabant. |
Marriages: Married Freda Webber
1942, Lincoln. Numerous website
mentions of service achievements with photos and more details. |
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Bracebridge
Heath |
William |
Cowley |
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G/66522 |
27/10/1918 |
DIGW: William Henry Cowley, born
Gainsborough, resident Lincoln. Enlisted Lincoln, L Cpl London Regt 10th Batt
G/66522; 14th TR Batt 6/13722. Died of
wounds. |
Greenfield-Musgrave family tree:
William Henry Cowley, born Sept 1897 Gainsborough, died 27/10/1918. 1901
census - resident Nocton. G/66522 L
Corp 10th Batt Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt) died of wounds. Buried
Vi D Terlnethun British cemetery,
Wimile, Pas de Calais. Son of Harry Walter and Harriet, resident 7 Old
Boultham. Notes that listed in CWGC as Cowly. |
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James Alfred |
Fisher |
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8231 |
22/11/1915 |
DIGW: Alfred Fisher, enlisted
Lincoln, Private Lincs Regt 1st Batt. Died of wounds F/F. Forces War Records: Alfred Fisher, born
Bracebridge, resident Bracebridge. Private 8231. |
No certain link; could possibly
be CWGC George Alfred Fisher 2782 resident Lincoln, died 13/10/1915. |
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James Alfred Fisher, born c.1890
Grantham, resident 31 Ellison Street Bracebridge. Single, general labourer.
Son of William (boiler worker) & Alice. |
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St A |
P / F |
Ford |
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33412 / 165845 |
24/06/1918 |
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No certain link. |
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Lincoln ROH & St Andrews
memorial website record a Frank James Ford, born Lincoln c. 1898, son of
James & Louisa, resident at 42 St Andrew's Street. Corporal 33412 11th
Batt Lancs Fusiliers, formerly 165845 Royal Field Artillery. Buried Poznan Old
Garrison cemetery, Poland. Plot I Row B, Gr4. |
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C W |
Fowler |
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Bracebridge ROH |
B |
Sidney / Arthur Sidney |
Head |
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3292 |
13/10/1915 |
DIGW: Arthur Sidney Head, KIA
F/F. Enlisted Luton, L Cpl Lincs Regt 4th Batt. FAG: grave at Dept de Pas de
Calais. |
Brother of Walter Head |
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Sidney Head, born Bracebridge,
resident Manse Cottage. |
Arthur Sidney Head, born c 1886.
Resident The Manse Cott, Bracebridge. Single, painter. |
B Roll |
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Walter / Walter Joseph |
Head |
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268178 |
20/09/1917 |
DIGW: Walter Joseph Head, born
Bracebridge, KIA F/F. Enlisted Wallasey, Cheshire Private Cheshire Regt 1st
6th Batt. |
BMD: Walter Joseph Head
registered birth Lincoln, late 1878. |
Resident Brickyard Cotts,
Bracebridge. |
Son of Joseph (domestic
gardener) & Caroline. Brother of Arthur Sidney Head. |
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Walter Joseph Head, (jobbing
domestic gardener) resident 37 Grange Ave, Liscard, Cheshire. Married to May
Adelaide; 3 sons. |
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Percy / T.P.P. |
Herring [not Herrick as
Bracebridge ROH] |
I |
130828 |
23/12/1918 |
CWGC: TPP Herring, 23, born
c.1895. Cemetery: Alexandria (Hadra) war memorial cemetery, Egypt. Forces War Records: As CWGC. Adds Private,
Machine Gun Corps. Records parents as W & E Herring, Worsley House, Bracebridge. |
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Thomas P. P. Herring |
Percy Herring, born c. 1896.
Single. Son of William (florist & market gardener) & Emma. Resident
at Fernleigh Villa, High Street, Bracebridge. |
Bracebridge database. |
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Nelson / Charles Henry Nelson |
Hilton |
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372704 |
16/06/1917 |
DIGW: Charles Henry Nelson
Hilton, born Sheffield, resident Lincoln, KIA F/F. Enlisted Lincoln,
rifleman, London Regt 8th (City of London) Batt (PO Rifles). CWGC: Arras memorial, Fauborg-D'Amiens
cemetery, Arras. FAG Buried Dept du Pas de Calais Nord. |
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Nelson Hilton born 1890,
Sheffield. Resident 13 Victoria Street, Eastbourne Terr, Bracebridge. Single.
Correspondence clerk at National Telephone Service. Son of John Hilton
(fishmonger) & Elizabeth. |
B Roll |
B |
William |
Johnson |
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19102 |
23/05/1917 |
CWGC: William Harrison Johnson,
38, born c.1879. Duisans British cemetery, Etrun. Father: Thomas, mother
Margaret. DIGW: William Harrison Johnson, Private. Enlisted Coventry. Lincs
Regt 7th Batt. Died of wounds France/Flanders. Born Lincoln, resident Washingborough. FAG: Grave Dept du Pasde Cal |
Lincs Chron 9/6/1917: reported
notification to Mrs M Johnson 10 Russell Street, Bracebridge of death at 41st
Casualty Clearing Station of Private William H Johnson Lincs Regt on
23/5/[1917] from shrapnel wounds. Mother had previously received hospital letter
from son and from chaplain. Enlisted
10/1915. Employed in Coventry but had previously worked for Ruston Proctor
& Co Lincoln. Had been wounded and treated for knee injury at
Winereux& Boulogne. Notts Evening
Post 18/6/1917 listed WH Johnson 19102 died of wounds. |
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William Harrison Johnson, 3
Sheppons Bridge, Little Bargate, Lincoln. Son of Margaret Johnson,
laundress. |
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Patrick |
I |
12844 |
26/12/1917 |
DIGW: Frederick Patrick, born
Bracebridge, resident Market Harborough, Leics. Enlisted North Carlton,
Notts., Private Lincs Regt 7th Batt. KIA F/F . FAG: Grave - Dept du Pas de Calais. CWGC: Arras memorial. |
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Fredrick [sic] Patrick 16, born
c. 1895 Bracebridge Heath, resident Rumbles Cott., Bracebridge Heath. Single.
General labourer - iron. Son of John (widower, retired joiner). |
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Lincoln
Central Stn |
Percy William |
Sanders |
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266970; 23419; 248054; WR/266970 |
16/05/1920 |
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Lincoln RoH cites Lincoln Book
of Memory. |
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Percy W Sanders, born c.1889
Osmaston, Derby, son of Joseph (brass finisher) & Ann. |
Percy William Sanders, lodger at
28 Gaunt Street, Lincoln. Single. Goods porter on railway. |
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Linc Roll |
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C |
Simmonds |
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48283, formerly TR/5/110487 |
22/08/1918 |
http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/html-files/bracebridge-heath.htm:
Charles Alfred Simmonds 48282 5th Batt
Yorkshire Regt (Yorks Hussars/ Alexandra Princess of Wales' Own), formerly
TR/5/110487 87th TR Batt. Born Chigwell, enlisted Lincoln, resident
Bracebridge Heath, buried Glageon Communal cemetery extn. |
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Charles Simmonds, 1yr old
grandson of Frances Simmonds (charwoman) resident at Drury Street,
Metheringham. Born Chigwell, Essex. |
Charles Simmonds, 11yr old son
of Alfred & Florence, resident Blankney Barff, Lincs. |
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Edward |
Smith |
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33671 |
30/05/1917 |
CWGC: Edward Smith, Gunner Royal
Field Artillery, A Bty, 52nd Bgde. Grave 111 B 196 Bailleul communal cemetery
extn Nord. Son of Mary and late Noah Smith, 20 Boundary Street,
Bracebridge. |
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Edward Chapman Smith, 6.
Resident St Botolph's, Boultham, Lincoln. Son of Noah Smith (foundryman) and
Mary Smith. |
Edward Smith. Son of Mary Smith
(widow) laundress. Resident 20 Boundary Street, Bracebridge. Laundry errand
boy |
Edward Smith born c. 1886,
Lincoln. Resident Bracebridge; servant to John Panton; attendant in asylum.
Single. |
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John |
Walmsley / Waumsley |
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LAO Misc Dep 126: 1955 letter to
correct spelling to Waumsley. |
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B Roll |
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Arthur |
Welberry |
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23858 |
01/07/1916 |
DIGW: born Middlesbrough,
enlisted Wath on Dearne. Corpl York & Lancaster Regt 8th Service Batt.
KIA F/F. FAG: Grave Corpl A Welbery,
Dept de la Somme Picardie. |
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Arthur Welberry, born c. 1899,
Middlesbrough. Visitor at 187 High Street, Bracebridge (William Turtle,
housekeeper Emma Welberry). |
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St A |
C. / Cecil |
Worman / Borman |
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202085 |
31/07/2017 |
DIGW: Cecil Borman, born
Bracebridge,enlisted Lincoln. Private, Lincs Regt 8th Batt, died F/F . |
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Cecil Borman 3, resident 5 Manby
Street, Bracebridge. Son of Frederick John and Mary Ann. Brother of Herbert
John William. |
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St Andrew's website suggests
Cyril Borman, 120 Ripon Street, citing Lincoln Memory Book. |
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P |
Barnsdale |
II |
4807430 |
12/03/1944 |
Army ROH: Charles Barnsdale
(initials C.P.), born & resident Lincoln.
Lance Cpl Infantry, W Yorks Regt (Prince of Wales' Own). Burma. FAG: Rangoon, Yangon, Burma. Private Charles
Percy Barnsdale, died 12/3/1944. |
BMD: Birth registered early
1913. |
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H G |
Barnwell |
II |
265949 |
06/06/1943 |
CWGC: Herbert Grahame Barnwell.
2nd Lt Royal Electical & Mech Engs 33 Tank Brigade Workshops. Bracebridge
All Saints churchyard. Son of Stephen Donald & Alice Margaret; husband of
Marjorie Barnwell, resident Bracebridge Heath. |
Passenger Lists: born 1913. Aged
7 departed Bahia Blanca, Argentina for London on Huronian, passenger no.
137450. Returned to Argentina 15/9/1920 from Liverpool. |
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Bracebridge
Heath |
R A |
Bean |
II |
1015591 |
31/12/1945 |
CWGC: Ronald Arthur Bean, Cpl
RAF Volunteer Reserve. Cemetery: Kiel war cemetery 6 B 16. Son of Hastewell
Foster & Laura, husband of
Margaret Kathleen Bean, Chaldon, Surrey.
Flight Magazine: 29/8/1946, p231 listed as Cpl R.A. Bean A/C1 RAF,
Died on Active Service |
Marriages: Ronald A Bean, spouse
Fletcher, registered early 1943, Surrey. |
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Hastewell Bean (father) resident
73 Maple Street Bracebridge, blacksmith's apprentice. |
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Bracebridge
Heath |
W |
Cottingham |
II |
P/J 108473 |
25/11/1941 |
CWGC: Wilfred Cottingham, born
c. 1900, son of George & Easter [Esther] Ann. Buried at Naval Memorial
Cemetery, Portsmouth Part III. FAG:
Able Seaman. |
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Wilfred Cottingham (6 months)
son of George (gas stoker) and Esther A. Born Bracebridge, resident 24
Francis Street. 7 siblings in 1911. |
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Daley |
II |
4866452 |
24/04/1943 |
CWGC Photo Project: Thomas
Kenneth Daley, son of Wilfred Powell and Bessie (resident Bracebridge Heath).
Private 6th Batt York & Lancaster Regt. Cemetery: Medjez-El-Bab war
cemetery, Tunisia. |
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Wilfred Daley (father) resident
at 80 St Andrew's Street, Lincoln. |
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Bracebridge
Heath |
E [not H as on database] |
Horton |
II |
14409718 |
22/01/1945 |
Army ROH: Edward L Horton,
Gunner, Royal Artillery. Born Lincoln, resident Lincoln. |
BMD: Edward L Horton, birth
registered mid 1924. Mother's surname Crane. Marriages: Andrew Leslie Horton
(father) born 1898 married Constance H Crane late 1920, Lincoln. |
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George |
Robinson |
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C/JX 224533 |
12/03/1943 |
CWGC: Son of Mr & Mrs G.H.
Robinson of Lincoln. Served on Lighning. Cemetery: Naval memorials in UK -
Chatham Vi 69, 3. |
Lincoln Book of Memory: Able
Seaman, Royal Navy. LAO Misc Dep 126: George Robinson, resident 14 Boundary
Street, Bracebridge. Navy gunner.
Enlisted 14/10/1940. Mother Mrs F. Robinson. 1957 Kelly's Directory: George Henry
Robinson (?father) 14 Boundary Street. |
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R A / Desmond |
Swain |
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7691395 |
12/06/1943 |
CWGC: Desmond Swain, son of
George & Gladys Jane (resident Bracebridge Heath) and husband of Edna
Louise. L Cpl Corps of Military
Police, 78th Divisional Provost Coy. Buried at grave IV C 18 Bone war
cemetery, Annaba, Algeria.
http://www.corpsofmilitarypolice.org/soldier/4477/ : D. Swain, L Cpl
born & resided Lincs. Killed in accident Guelma Coy in Assembly area;
Unit War Diary WO 170/176. No
identified record of Spr rank. |
Great Gonerby war memorial:
Desmond Swain. |
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F /W.F. |
Wright |
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C/LX 21627 |
06/12/1944 |
Forces War Records: William F.
Wright, son of John Thomas & Charlotte, husband of Jenny Wright (resident
Menai Bridge, Anglesey). Petty Officer Steward. |
Lincoln Memory Book: William
Frederick Wright, Petty Officer, Royal Navy, died Dec. 1944. LAO Misc Dep 126: William Frederick
Wright, resident 13 Boundary Street, Royal Navy Petty Officer, died Dec.
1944, aged 28. Information provided by Mrs E. Wright. 1957 Kelly's Directory: John Thomas Wright
(father) resident at 13 Boundary Street. |
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Thomas |
Bowman |
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Norton |
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Bracebridge
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C H /G H |
Peacock |
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William |
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T H / George Henry / or perhaps Herbert |
Ward |
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13/10/1915 |
CWGC: George Henry Ward, son of
Mrs Lucy Ward, 25 Webb Street, Lincoln. Aged 20 at death. Lincs Regt, 1st/4th
Batt. Loos memorial, panel 31-34. |
The Lincoln RoH website lists
several Wards, the two with an H initial being either Bertie Thomas Ward,
31777 [33 Gaunt Street], or George Henry Ward, 3421 [25 Webb Street], both
Private, Lincs Regt. Neither is named as such on the St Andrew's memorial. The
Memory Book states that * enlisted Sept 1914, and was Private Lincs Regt
2nd/4th Batt., died 13/10/15, aged 21. Derby Daily Tel 15/9/1917 records
19040 T.H. Ward Lincs Regt died of wounds, but gives a Derby residence. |
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Entry for 25 Webb Street,
Lincoln has been badly transcribed on Ancestry.com. The occupants should read
surname Ward (not Mard), head William Ward, coal porter. Wife Lucy. Various
children including Herbert (17) and Henry (16), both iron foundry workers,
both born at Boultham. |
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