Personal Details

Born: 13 July 1892 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 5 October the same year in St Alkmund’s Parish Church in Whitchurch.

Family: He was the second of three children born to Mary Jones. He married Daisy Adkins in 1919 in Nantwich, Cheshire and together they had two children – Clifford William and John Thomas.

Residence: At the time of his baptism John and his mother were living in Folly Lane, Whitchurch. Nine years later the family were living in Bluegates, Whitchurch. In 1911 they had moved to 35 Yardington, Whitchurch. The 1919 Absent Voters’ Register shows an address of 46 Yardington. In 1939 he was living with his wife and children at 133 Claughton Avenue, Crewe, Cheshire.

Employment: In 1939 he was a locomotive fitter’s assistant.

Died: In 1963 in Crewe, aged 71.

Military Details

Military details not known.