Personal Details

Born: 20 April 1894 in Moreton Saye, Market Drayton, Shropshire.

Family: He was the fifth of six surviving children born to Henry Roberts, a stockman on a farm, and his wife Martha. He married Dora Vaughan in 1920 in Ellesmere, Shropshire and together they had five children – John T, Edgar K, Irene M, Vera A and Ronald E. 

Education: He attended Maer Mixed School from 1900 until the family left the district in 1904.

Residence: In 1901 he lived at Maerfield Gate, Maer, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire; by 1911 they had moved to 2 Mossfields Cottages, Whitchurch.

Employment: In 1911 he was a clerk; in 1939 he was a smallholder and farmer.

Died: Not known

Military Details

Military details not known.